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• Reproduction and gene shuffling in malaria parasites: how does it work?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/malaria

  Scientists from the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham have received nearly £600,000 to research how sexual development and gene shuffling within the malaria parasite could help to control malaria transmission.

• Adjusting to life in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/law/study/undergraduate/offer-holder-info/adjusting-to-life-in-leicester

  Starting your law degree is an exciting time but coming to university can be a big step and it may take a little while for you to adjust.

• Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/esuantsiwa-jane-goldsmith

  “When I was President I had to go to Senate meetings, me with 90-odd white guys, so I always turned up wearing banana yellow and big hair to scare the mortar boards off them.

• Space scientist makes giant leap towards becoming an astronaut

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientist-makes-giant-leap-towards-becoming-an-astronaut

  Space scientist Dr Suzie Imber from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be competing to realise her dream of becoming an astronaut as part of a televised competition broadcast by the BBC.

• Red squirrel and human leprosy link found at English medieval archaeological site

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/squirrel

  New evidence from medieval archaeological sites shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) strains also responsible for leprosy in humans.

• Explore our research

  https://le.ac.uk/research

  With a vibrant environment and research-intensive roots, there is nowhere better placed to research the unknown. Our world is a work in progress.

• History

  https://le.ac.uk/study/history

  Our courses cover a wide range of historical periods to help you better grasp how history is made, viewed and discussed.

• Findings could represent breakthrough in how autopsy practice is conducted in UK and worldwide

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/findings-could-represent-breakthrough-in-how-autopsy-practice-is-conducted-in-uk-and-worldwide

  A ground-breaking study by Leicester pathologists and radiologists could represent a breakthrough in how autopsy practice is conducted in the United Kingdom and around the world.

• Ancient Antarctica reveals a ’one–two punch’ behind ice sheet collapse

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/ancient-antarctica-ice-sheet-collapse

  University of Leicester geoscientist contributes to study showing impact of ocean warming on ice sheets, using results obtained from expedition to the Ross Sea in Antarctica

• Juno and Hubble data reveal electromagnetic ‘tug-of-war’ lights up Jupiter’s upper atmosphere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/jupiter-tug-of-war

  Dr Jonathan Nichols is a Reader in Planetary Auroras at the University of Leicester and corresponding author for the study.