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• Researchers develop new genetic tool to identify people at risk of coronary heart disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/researchers-develop-new-genetic-tool-to-identify-people-at-risk-of-coronary-heart-disease

  A new genetic risk score that could help to identify individuals at risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) much earlier and potentially improve its prevention has been developed by a team including a University of Leicester Professor in research part-funded by the British Heart...

• Andrew Dunn: Page 146

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/146/

  Academic Librarian.

• Study creates first 3D vision of cancer target

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-creates-first-3d-vision-of-cancer-target

  A team from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has for the first time published a detailed description of a protein linked to many types of cancer. The lab-based study now provides an opportunity for scientists to develop drugs to target this protein.

• ESA space education conference declared a success

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/26-esa-conference-report

  Space education experts from across Europe gathered at the University last week for the third European Space Agency Symposium on Space Educational Activities.

• Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro taught by Leicester alumnus Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-alumni-sir-malcolm-stanley-bradbury-taught-nobel-prize-winner-for-2017-kazuo-ishiguro

  This morning, British writer Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ishiguro is a novelist, screenwriter and short story writer.

• Research facility

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/biomarker-facility/research

  The van Geest grant will enable further interactions between scientists and clinicians in a dedicated cardiovascular research centre, where detailed studies of a patient’s protein and metabolite make-up will complement their clinical and demographic data, and in combination...

• Special Collections in the News

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/09/11/special-collections-in-the-news/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on September 11, 2014 While we may be tucked away in the basement of the David Wilson Library there are plenty of exciting discoveries to be made in Special Collections, as recent media interest in our collections demonstrates.

• University of Leicester and Birmingham Museums Trust join forces to tackle museum attendance and benefit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/birmingham-museums-trust

  The Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) will host a series of public workshops to address the museum attendance and benefit gap.

• We’ve moved to a new website!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2025/07/31/weve-moved-to-a-new-website/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on July 31, 2025 If you’ve been wondering why this site has been a little quiet over the years then it’s because we have moved to a new website! Keep up to date on all things Library related by visiting our new site:...

• GIONET

  https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/gionet

  GIONET is a European Centre of Excellence for Earth Observation Research Training, supported by the European Commission Marie Curie Programme.