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Dr George Pohl
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/george-pohl
We have learned, with regret, of the passing of Dr Jurgen (George) Pohl MBChB, MRCP, who helped to establish the Leicester Medical School in the 1970s, serving as Senior Lecturer in Medicine until his retirement in 2001.
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New research suggests a simple blood test could improve the early detection of lung cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/12-research-blood-test-detect-lung-cancer-mrc
A patient having a blood test|University of Leicester researchers hope earlier diagnosis could improve prognosis New research led by scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit and University of Leicester suggests that, by analysing levels of...
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UK scientists generate electricity from rare element to power future space missions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-americium-electricity-space-power
Experts have generated electricity from a rare chemical element for the first time which may mean future space missions can be powered for up to 400 years.
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Insights into safe drinking water to be presented by experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/insights-safe-drinking-water-workshop
Workshop will bring together experts from H2OforAll project with water treatment professionals, supported by University of Leicester team who are evaluating technologies to remove disinfection by-products from drinking water
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Frederick and Mary Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/attenboroughs/frederick-and-mary
Frederick was our second Principal and under his leadership it expanded rapidly. He, and his wife Mary, lived on the campus with their sons Richard, David and John.
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Careers in Charities and International Aid
https://le.ac.uk/career-development-service/recruitment-fairs/employment-sector/charities
accountancy and finance administration advice and counselling business development and project management campaigning, lobbying and fundraising corporate social responsibility (CSR) human resources (HR) information technology...
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Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners
In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...
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People, EDI and Wellbeing Committee
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/committees/council/equality
See the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee's terms of reference and membership, including details of their role, responsibilities, reporting hierarchy and meetings.
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Research training
https://le.ac.uk/ggb/study/research-degrees/research-training
In the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology at the University of Leicester, all research students are trained for the research that they will undertake and with regard to the transferable skills that they will require throughout their careers.
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Research degrees
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/study/research-degrees
The Victorian Studies Centre at Leicester has a lively community of doctoral students, who register with the department most connected with their research topic (English, History or History of Art).