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Sweet genes – not sweet dreams - could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes you older
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/sleep
New funding support to research teams at University of Leicester to study sleep’s effects on ageing epigenetics Changes to our DNA occur as we get older and could be affected by sleep disturbance Scientists aim to find out whether this epigenetic clock plays a...
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Sydney Holloway
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/sydney-holloway
We have recently learned with great sadness of the death of Sydney Holloway, who was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.
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Alumni stars are recognised at glittering awards night in London
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/alumni-stars-awards-night-london
The University of Leicester recognised its inspiring alumni for their achievements at a special awards evening held in London.
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Facilities
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/facilities
The Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester occupies a recently-refurbished, modern, purpose-built laboratory space, furnished with up-to-date equipment for the latest molecular genetic methods.
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International Social Impact recognition for alumnus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/international-social-impact-recognition-for-alumnus
Alumnus of the University, Dr Thomas Tagoe, has been awarded the Social Impact Award by the British Council. Last night, the British Council announced the winners of the Study UK Alumni Awards 2018 in Ghana at an awarding ceremony in Accra.
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Giant storms cause palpitations in Saturns atmospheric heartbeat
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/giant-storms-cause-palpitations-in-saturn2019s-atmospheric-heartbeat
Immense northern storms on Saturn can disturb atmospheric patterns at the planet’s equator, finds the international Cassini mission in a study led by Dr Leigh Fletcher from our Department of Physics and Astronomy and published in Nature Astronomy.
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Why alcohol limits and unit guidelines could be completely wrong
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/5-academic-explores-why-alcohol-limits-and-unit-guidelines-could-be-completely-wrong
ULSB academic explores why alcohol limits and unit guidelines could be completely wrong
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Breasts: a new commodity?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/breasts
Read the article "Breasts: a new commodity?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Research, Space, and Distance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/07/16/research-space-and-distance/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on July 16, 2015 In June I attended a research seminar at which Professor Joanna Story, Principal Investigator of the Leverhulme Trust funded project, The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain: Evidence,...
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Unique project to provide route for Armed Forces into health careers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/armed-forces-allied-health
The project has been led by Amanda Cox, lecturer in Operating Department Practice within the School of Allied Health Professions. She said: “I have a number of family members and friends who have served in the Armed Forces, so creating this project has been close to my heart.