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Leicester researcher contributes to space arts odyssey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-researcher-contribute-to-space-arts-odyssey
ESA and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (pictured), with the BBK Foundation, are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Spanish arts centre with a performance of Chasmata, a journey to Mars through contemporary art, music and architecture.
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Games Masters students to run video game tournament to be broadcast live
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/games-master2019s-students-to-run-video-game-tournament-to-be-broadcast-live
University of Leicester video gamers are to go head-to-head against local rivals De Montfort University in the first in a new series of derby eSports matches.
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Trainee medics take first aid skills to the streets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/trainee-medics-take-first-aid-skills-to-the-streets
A group of 15 medical students from our University working as the Leicester branch of national charity StreetDoctors is set to expand its already successful first aid training and education initiatives over the coming months.
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Art under attack 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/art-under-attack-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016 . The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016.
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Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2014-15/atlantis
October 2015 – December 2015 IODP Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life aims to improve our understanding of seafloor serpentinization and its role in driving hydrothermal systems; sustaining microbiological communities; and the sequestration of carbon in...
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/host-microbe-interactions/copd
COPD is a progressive-obstructive disease that is not completely reversible and is predominantly caused by smoking. COPD is characterised by intermittent flare-ups that commonly lead to bacterial infections. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both features of COPD. Asthma.
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Olga Makarova
https://le.ac.uk/people/olga-makarova
The academic profile of Dr Olga Makarova, Lecturer in Gene Expression at University of Leicester
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The Geography of the Criminal Corpse: Magic, therapies and bodily pieces across Europe. By Francesca
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/01/19/francesca-matteoni-the-geography-of-the-criminal-corpse-magic-therapies-and-bodily-pieces-across-europe/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on January 19, 2016 I have been involved in the first two years of the project as a postdoctoral researcher working on the medico-magical employment of the criminal corpse’s pieces: hands, fingers,...
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Ukrainian History Unearthed in East Midlands Oral History Archive’s Polish Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/09/03/ukrainian-history-unearthed-in-east-midlands-oral-history-archives-polish-collection/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on September 3, 2025 By Iona Kerstin Volynets September 05, 2025 Content warning: This article includes mentions of massacres, war, labour camps, death, and illness.
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Phage biology
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/bacteriophages/phage-biology
Phage biology is the study of all aspects of bacteriophages (phages). Martha Clokie and colleagues have specifically worked with bacteriophages that target Clostridium difficile. Bacteriophage are studied with respect to therapy and diagnosis.