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Services and techniques
https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/emf/services
The Electron Microscopy Facility provides a range of services and techniques for users inside and outside the University of Leicester.
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Methods in Physical Chemistry 1
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch7005
Module code: CH7005 In this module, you'll look at planet Earth as a single physical system - the net result of interacting chemical, physical, biological and dynamical processes involving the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
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Leicester Cathedral dig finds coffin of asylum surgeon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/cathedral-dig-surgeon
University of Leicester archaeologists have found the coffin of the first resident medical officer for the Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum in 1836.
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Edward Derbyshire
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/edward-derbyshire
We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Professor Edward Derbyshire, former Head of the Department of Geography, who passed away on 9 July 2024.
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Hit to Lead Drug Discovery
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ch3211
Module code: CH3211 This module will introduce you to advanced principles and theories behind the study of drugs, their discovery, delivery, absorption, metabolism, and more.
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Hit to Lead Drug Discovery
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch3211
Module code: CH3211 This module will introduce you to advanced principles and theories behind the study of drugs, their discovery, delivery, absorption, metabolism, and more.
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Hit to Lead Drug Discovery
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ch3211
Module code: CH3211 This module will introduce you to advanced principles and theories behind the study of drugs, their discovery, delivery, absorption, metabolism, and more.
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Postgraduate Research (PhD / MD / MPhil)
https://le.ac.uk/lcrc/study/postgraduate-study
The Leicester Cancer Research Centre offers supervision for research degrees of PhD, MPhil, and MD either full-time or part-time. Research projects range from laboratory studies in cell and molecular biology and genetics through to high-impact clinical and translational studies.
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Researchers create novel compound targeting melanoma cells
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/researchers-create-novel-compound-targeting-melanoma-cells
An international team of researchers, including a Professor from the University of Leicester, has developed a novel compound that successfully inhibits growth of melanoma cells by targeting specific epigenetic modifying proteins in these cells.
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Medical Genetics BSc
https://le.ac.uk/courses/medical-genetics-bsc/2026
Genetics and molecular biology already tell us so much about who we are. But when researched and tested in the right ways, they also tell us how to better diagnose and treat disease. If this sounds up your alley, this degree is for you.