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• Targeting toxins

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/targeting-toxins

  In 2015, a team from our Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation used X-ray crystallography to determine the molecular structure of pneumolysin.

• The sting of the bling

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/sustainable-metal-extraction

  Experts Professor Gawen Jenkin and Dr Dan Smith explain the importance of pursuing sustainable methods of metal extraction in order to tackle climate change.

• Male DNA cracks crime and illuminates history

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-and-crime

  Professor Mark Jobling discusses how research into the Y-chromosome helps in solving crime.

• Talk will explore the search for life beyond Earth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/talk-search-life-beyond-earth

  Professor Karen Olsson-Francis from the Open University will give her talk ‘Living Life at the Limits' at Space Park Leicester on 25 April

• Bacteriophages

  https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages

  Bacteriophage (phage) are small viruses that infect bacteria. They are either lytic: they undergo a productive infection within a bacterial cell causing death or they are lysogenic. The study of phage can be utilised for the treatment of antibiotic resistant infection.

• Researchers solve space riddle of planetary rings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/researchers-solve-space-riddle-of-planetary-rings

  An international team of scientists, including Professor Nikolai Brilliantov from the Department of Mathematics, has solved an age-old scientific riddle by discovering that planetary rings, such as those orbiting Saturn, have a universally similar particle distribution.

• Quality of conference presentations could be affected by social media

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/quality-of-conference-presentations-could-be-affected-by-social-media

  A new pilot study into the impact of Twitter on conferences suggests that social media may impact on quality of presentations as speakers receive real-time feedback.

• Presessional English Language 20 weeks (minimum IELTS 5.0): Modules C and D

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/presessional-20-weeks/2025

  Presessional English language course for Intensive General and Academic English. Our 20-week presessional programme will give you the English language and academic skills you need for successful study at a UK university.

• Presessional English Language 6 weeks (minimum IELTS 6.0): Module E

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/presessional-6-weeks/2025

  Presessional English language course for Intensive General and Academic English. Our 6-week presessional programme will give you the English language and academic skills you need for successful study at a UK university.

• Know your zone

  https://le.ac.uk/library/using/study-spaces/zones

  Learn more about the zones and areas in the David Wilson Library at the University of Leicester.