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• Adrian building

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/adrian-building

  Formally opened in 1968, the Adrian Building was the home of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys’ historic discovery of genetic fingerprinting in September 1984.

• Breakthrough research breathes hope into a new treatment for asthma

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/breakthrough-research-breathes-hope-into-a-new-treatment-for-asthma

  An international team of scientists, led by the Universities of Leicester and Glasgow, have announced findings that could pave the way to a new treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and reverse the key hallmarks of inflammatory lung disease.

• Group members

  https://le.ac.uk/hopkinson-group/members

  Learn more about the current and former group members within the Hopkinson Group in the School of Chemistry and the LISCB.

• New ‘explant’ technique predicts a tumour’s responsiveness to breast cancer treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/breast-cancer

  Cancer researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a technique that could predict how well some breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy and antibody-directed cancer treatments

• University celebrates inspirational women in Centenary year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/inspirational-women-2022

  Women from the University of Leicester who have been an inspiration to their colleagues have been honoured in a special photographic display.

• Undergraduate Courses

  https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate

  Find out about the undergraduate Chemistry degrees on offer at the University of Leicester.

• Publications

  https://le.ac.uk/hodgkinson-group/publications

  Browse the publications published by and relating to the research undertaken by the Hodgkinson Group in the School of Chemistry.

• Cancer Molecular Biology and Therapeutics MSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/cancer-molecular-biology-and-therapeutics-msc/2026

  Join a world-leading cancer research centre by studying Cancer Molecular Biology and Therapeutics MSc, to make a real contribution towards the future treatment of cancer.

• 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.

• James Arthur (Jim) Mackley

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/jim-mackley

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Mr Jim Mackley. Jim joined the Department of Genetics as a technician in 1964, and was then Chief Technician in the Department of Biochemistry from 1981 until his retirement.