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Radiographer lecturer receives MBE at Windsor Castle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/claire-robinson-mbe
Radiography senior lecturer Dr Claire Robinson beams with pride having received an MBE for services to forensic investigation.
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Glimpses of the young David Attenborough in the University Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/05/09/glimpses-of-the-young-david-attenborough-in-the-university-archives/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on May 9, 2016 It’s well known that David and Richard Attenborough, along with their brother John, spent part of their early lives living on the campus of what was then University College, Leicester.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-18-june-1-july
Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he discusses the famous painting commissioned by the Duke of Wellington after he triumphed over Napoleon.
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Blood cancer breakthrough offers clues for tailored patient treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/blood-cancer-breakthrough-offers-clues-for-tailored-patient-treatment
Patients with blood cancer could be offered a tailored course of treatment in the future, after Leicester academics successfully trialled the use of liquid biopsies to help predict how successfully patients would respond to treatment.
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Local meeting of the minds leads to creative triumph
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/local-meeting-of-the-minds-leads-to-creative-triumph
Following the successful Journeys in Translation event hosted by the University's Centre for Translation and Interpreting Studies (LeCTIS) last year, a group of translating students at our University have worked closely with local poet Pam Thompson to provide their...
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A new potential treatment pathway for cardiovascular disease
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/31-trib1-research
A collaborative study involving scientists from the University of Leicester has shown, for the first time, that a protein expressed in a subset of immune cells contributes towards the build-up of fatty deposits in arteries, which leads to cardiovascular disease.
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Patient risk factors
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/infection-prevention/risk-factors/patient-risk-factors
Identifies some patient risk factors to take into consideration prior to surgery
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jbridges: Page 9
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/9/
This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards...I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions.
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Geologist to monitor effects of controlled demolition near former city council HQ
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/geologist-to-monitor-effects-of-controlled-demolition-near-former-city-council-hq
University geologist Dr David Hawthorn will be setting up equipment near the former city council HQ to record the effects of the controlled demolition of the site planned for this weekend. Dr David Hawthorn is a seismologist in our Department of Geology.
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Leicester researcher wins prize for COVID-19 research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/manish-pareek
A researcher from Leicester has been awarded the Graham Bull Prize from the Royal College of Physicians, after he was amongst the first scientists and doctors to highlight the differing impact of COVID-19 on ethnic groups.