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Pneumonia
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/pneumonia
Pneumonia is disease characterised by inflammation of the lungs, specifically the alveoli. Researchers within LeMID are most interested in the microbiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Hospital acquired infections
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/amr-and-stress-responses/hospital-acquired-infections
Nosocomial (hospital acquired) infections are associated with antibiotic resistance, and lead to unnecessary hospital admissions.
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Online sources for Leicestershire history
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/historical-research/leicestershire-history
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. Read our list of other websites for exploring the history of Leicestershire’s towns and villages.
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Pharmacists based within care homes make them safer for residents, research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/care-home-pharmacies
Research by the University of Leicester has shown that basing pharmacies in care homes makes them safer for residents.
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Leicester academics receive cash boost for pioneering international space partnership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/bahrain-bilateral-fund
The University of Leicester and Geospatial Insight will receive up to £75,000 to support work on carbon mapping sensors for monitoring greenhouse gas emission management programmes in Bahrain and the wider Gulf region.
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Martian atmosphere behaves as one
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/martian-atmosphere-behaves-as-one
New research using a decade of data from ESA’s Mars Express has found clear signs of the complex martian atmosphere acting as a single, interconnected system, with processes occurring at low and mid levels significantly affecting those seen higher up.
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Space Technologies to help protect communities and the environment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/space-technologies-to-help-protect-communities-and-the-environment-1
Multi-million pound funding for world-class research at our University, to use space technologies to help herders in Mongolia and monitor tropical forests in SE Asia, has been announced by Science Minister Sam Gyimah.
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Laser-firing spacecraft lauded by Leicester Director
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/laser-firing-spacecraft-lauded-by-leicester-director
Professor John Remedios, Head and Professor of Earth Observation Science and head of the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) at our University has been involved in an event for a new European Space Agency instrument.
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University of Leicester students unveil Windrush mural at David Wilson Library
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/mural
Students from Leicester Law School have unveiled a mural to celebrate the Windrush Generation at David Wilson Library
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University of Leicester gets major funding for project on early medieval manuscripts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/insular-project
The University of Leicester led INSULAR Project has been awarded €2.5m by the European Research Council