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£3.7 million grant for multi-disciplinary single-molecule research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/03-splicing
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has awarded more than three million pounds to the University of Leicester, University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde.
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Employee involvement can help solve the productivity puzzle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-employee-involvement-solve-productivity-puzzle
A group of people gathered around a table in an office environment|University of Leicester expert calls for fresh thinking on how to involve employees in the work place A new report by Professor Stephen Wood, Professor of Management at the University of Leicester suggests...
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Facilities
https://le.ac.uk/gge/services-for-business/facilities
Our facilities include X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thin sections/sample preparation and LA-ICP-MS.
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Leicester mini workshop, August 2018
https://le.ac.uk/miv/workshop-programme/august-2018-leicester-mini-workshop
We held a mini-workshop for the minimal surfaces project at the University of Leicester in August 2018.
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Ischaemic preconditioning and remote conditioning of cardiac muscle
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/intervention/ischaemic
Our laboratory is interested in ischaemia/reperfusion injury in the heart and how the cardioprotective technique of remote ischaemic conditioning works to both protect the heart against I/R injury but also prevent adverse remodelling of the myocardium following ischemic injury.
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How locust ears can help us understand hearing loss
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/24-how-locust-ears-can-help-us-understand-hearing-loss
Dr Ben Warren has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship to understand the science behind how ears work and shed light on why hearing loss occurs in animals.
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Professional services staff
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/people/professional-services
Browse the professional services staff who work in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and see their contact details.
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Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics this week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week
Despite promises of ‘ultrafast’ broadband services in the latest Budget announcement, Dr Bianca Reisdorf from the Department of Media and Communications and Anne-Marie Oostveen from the University of Oxford reflect on how we have yet to see the results of previous promises of...
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Forensic analysis using micro-CT
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/forensic-analysis
The forensic analysis of the Greyfriars bones by micro-computer X-ray tomography (micro-CT) is the first time that this advanced technique has been applied to an archaeological investigation and was crucial to the investigation.
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Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system
An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.