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Earth-based observations prepare Juno for the Great Red Spot Encounter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2017/06/30/earth-based-observations-prepare-juno-for-the-great-red-spot-encounter/
University of Leicester staff blogs
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Staff and student travel
https://le.ac.uk/brexit/travel
As the University has a number of overseas research and teaching operations, the potential disruption to travel as a result of Brexit is a concern. Find out more about what we're doing to ensure travel for staff and students runs smoothly after Brexit.
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Scientists find clues to tuberculosis progression in gene expression
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/tuberculosis-gene-expression
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute working with collaborators at the University of Leicester have identified how gene expression changes during different stages of tuberculosis (TB), including early after infection before any symptoms are clinically detectable.
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Expedition 339: Mediterranean Outflow
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2011-12/mediterranean
November 2011 – January 2012 Expedition 339 was primarily paleoceanographic in nature, focusing mainly on the investigation of Mediterranean Outflow Water (MOW) through the Strait of Gibraltar (Gibraltar Gateway) and its influence on North Atlantic Ocean circulation and...
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Richard III Geneticist leads DNA search to identify the man who shaped early America
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/richard-iii-geneticist-leads-dna-search-to-identify-the-man-who-shaped-early-america
The University of Leicester geneticist who led the DNA identification of the ‘The King under the car park’ –Richard III – has been called upon to help identify the headless remains believed to be those of a man ‘who shaped early America’.
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Space Park Leicester – Phase One Complete
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/21/space-park-leicester-phase-one-complete/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 April 2021 Congratulations from the School to all those involved in developing Space Park Leicester, as the keys to the pioneering £100 million research, innovation and teaching hub for space-related...
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Immigration and indigenism in popular historical discourses
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/immigration-and-indigenism
Research Associate: Dr Marc Scully The relationship between a sense of national or regional identity and collective memory has been a matter of longstanding concern across a range of disciplines, including social psychology, sociology, history and politics.
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Buried ‘without any pompe or solemne funeral…’
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/buried
After the battle, Richard’s corpse was returned to Leicester, accompanied by Henry Tudor and the victorious Lancastrian army. By all accounts, Richard’s body was not treated well after the battle.
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News archive 2020
https://le.ac.uk/law/news/law-news/news-archive-2020
Read news stories from Leicester Law School in 2020.
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A Historical Long View of Posthumous Harm: Comparing organ snatching to body-snatching. By Floris To
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/16/organ-and-body-snatching/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 16, 2016 Improper Procurement and Retention Taking organs of dead children without parental permission at Alder Hey is a practice The Economist (2001) dubbed the ‘return of the body-snatchers’.