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• Channels Receptors and Signalling

  https://le.ac.uk/mcb/research/channels-receptors-and-signalling

  Find out more about Channels, Receptors and Signalling research at the University of Leicester.

• Research degrees

  https://le.ac.uk/mcb/study/research-degrees

  The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester provides excellent facilities for post-graduate research leading to a PhD. Find out more about our research interests and find a supervisor.

• Publications

  https://le.ac.uk/cbs/facilities/nucleus/publications

  Browse the publications written by academics where the Nucleus genomics facility at the University of Leicester has been of use.

• Biography of Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys

  https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/biography

  A short biography of Sir Professor Jeffreys - the inventor of DNA fingerprinting. From research at Leicester to Knighthood and current work.

• Project to investigate genetic roots of resistance to anti-cancer therapy agents

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/project-to-investigate-genetic-roots-of-resistance-to-anti-cancer-therapy-agents

  The mechanisms that cause cancers to respond poorly to therapy are to be investigated in a project that commemorates and honours the work of an eminent Leicester geneticist.

• Skin swabs could detect COVID-19

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/skin-swabs

  COVID-19 could be detected through non-invasive skin swab samples, new research published by the Universities of Leicester, Surrey and Manchester has revealed today.

• Frank May

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/frank-may

  We have learned, with regret, of the death of Dr Frank May MBE, a former member of the University Court and Council and a generous benefactor for many years. The Levaya – funeral – of Frank May will be on Sunday 9 October at 10.

• The increase in funded medical school places from 2018 is obviously good news but there is a snag

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/more-medical-school-places-will-not-solve-doctor-shortage

  Professor Philip Baker (pictured), Head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of Medicine, has written an article for University Business discussing the increase in funded medical school places from 2018 announced by...

• Lord Willetts elected as honorary fellow of the Royal Society

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/lord-willetts-elected-as-honorary-fellow-of-the-royal-society

  Lord Willetts, Chancellor-elect of the University and an honorary graduate, has been elected as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. He is among eminent personalities who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society for their exceptional contributions to science.

• 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.