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• Reproduction and gene shuffling in malaria parasites: how does it work?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/malaria

  Scientists from the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham have received nearly £600,000 to research how sexual development and gene shuffling within the malaria parasite could help to control malaria transmission.

• Adjusting to life in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/law/study/undergraduate/offer-holder-info/adjusting-to-life-in-leicester

  Starting your law degree is an exciting time but coming to university can be a big step and it may take a little while for you to adjust.

• Red squirrel and human leprosy link found at English medieval archaeological site

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/squirrel

  New evidence from medieval archaeological sites shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) strains also responsible for leprosy in humans.

• Dr Georgina Manning

  https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/georgina-manning

  Dr Georgina Manning, alumna of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. Now at the University of Wolverhampton as Head of the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science.

• Evelyn Waugh, Cynic?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/01/27/evelyn-waugh-cynic/

  A summary of Naomi Milthorpe's research in the Evelyn Waugh Collection at the Huntington Library.

• Student FAQs

  https://le.ac.uk/natural-sciences/study/faqs

  Do you have some questions about studying Natural Sciences? We asked some of our students to answer some frequently asked questions around studying at the University of Leicester.

• Lesley Davis

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/lesley-davis

  We have learned, with deep sadness, of the death of Lesley Davis, a much-loved and respected member of the Library Services team, who passed away on 6 January 2025. The funeral will take place at Loughborough Crematorium on Thursday 30 January at 4.30pm.

• School of Physics and Astronomy

  https://le.ac.uk/physics

  Welcome to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester.

• Academics celebrate Leicesters Premier League victory

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-academics-celebrate-leicesters-premier-league-victory

  Academics from across the University have been celebrating Leicester City Football Club's sensational victory in the Premier League - the first time in history and making Leicester one of only six teams to win the Premier League.

• Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic ‘tug-of-war’ lights up Jupiter’s upper atmosphere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/jupiter-tug-of-war

  New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up aurorae in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, using a combination of data from NASA’s Juno probe and the Hubble Space Telescope.