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Winter 2020 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/winter-2020
The October edition of the newsletter stated that we continue to sail into uncharted waters but at last our destination appears just visible on the horizon.
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Mutation and adaption for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/mutation-and-adaption/higher-education
Learn more about horizontal gene transfer for higher education at The University of Leicester.
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Flow Cytometry Facility (FACS)
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/flow-cytometry
Find out more about the Flow Cytometry facility, based in the Core Biotechnology Services at Leicester.
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The Story of Pulque, Part 1
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/10/the-story-of-pulque-part-1/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on March 10, 2015 In the 17th century, the Mexican historian Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl recorded a pre-Columbian legend about the origins of pulque.
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Hot hot hot, above the Great Red Spot
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/28/hot-hot-hot-above-the-great-red-spot/
Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 28, 2016 One of the largest remaining questions in understanding the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, the outmost layer of the atmosphere, is: ‘Why is this region so very hot?’.
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History of tobacco and our health
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/tobacco-history
How did tobacco become one of the first truly global commodities, and arguably history’s most deadly habit?
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Academics pipe up with a new interpretation of history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/pipes
The historic misuse of the humble smoker’s pipe has led to two University of Leicester academics’ realisation that we might be missing a trick when it comes to interpreting history.
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Prehistoric penis worms shed light on ocean ecology half a billion years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/prehistoric-2018penis-worms2019-shed-light-on-ocean-ecology-half-a-billion-years-ago
Dr Tom Harvey from the Department of Geology has been involved in a study along with researchers at the University of Cambridge into Ottoia, a type of phallic-shaped ‘penis worm’ – and has helped to identify that the creature used a bizarre set of teeth to drag itself across...
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Museums and the Transgender Tipping Point
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/transgender-tipping-point
Over the past decade there has been a growing number of museum exhibitions and displays featuring transgender lives, reflecting an increasing trans-visibility across many areas of public life.
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University equality work wins national award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/19-pride-and-prejudice-award
PinkNews Award Members of the team collecting their award 800|Groundbreaking work by the University of Leicester and the National Trust wins prestigious PinkNews Award.