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Dr Robert Owen ‘Toby’ Law
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/toby-law
The University regrets to report the death of Dr Toby Law, who was for more than 30 years a member of academic staff. Toby was appointed to a University Lectureship in 1971 in the then new Department of Physiology (formed in 1968) and in 1987 was promoted to Senior Lecturer.
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The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/cotton-bobbin
Read the article "The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/asbestos-cancer-nero-leicester-fennell
Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos
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Student Projects
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/biodiversity/student-projects
Our students are passionate about their environment and are often asking how we can be more biodiversity-friendly.
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Pichia Pastoris
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/facilities-and-technologies/protex/available-vectors/pichia-pastoris
vectors available for expression in p.pastoris
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Research shows new way lungs respond in asthma attacks
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-shows-new-way-lungs-respond-in-asthma-attacks
A team led by Professor Andrew Tobin (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology) and Dr Yassine Amrani (Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation) has discovered a new way in which the lungs operate during asthma that could lead to new treatments for...
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Case Study - A S Miles Consulting
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/help-to-grow-management-programme/case-study---a-s-miles-consulting
Introduction A S Miles Consulting Limited, based in Glenfield, Leicestershire, were established in 2015 and provide management consultancy services to the transport industry ensuring businesses and their transport operations are safe, compliant and profitable.
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Newly appointed Archbishop of Cardiff discusses time as student at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/archbishop-cardiff
Leicester alumnus and newly appointed Archbishop of Cardiff, Mark O’Toole, has spoken about his time at the University. His Excellency was installed as the eighth Archbishop of Cardiff and Bishop of Menevia in June, at St David’s Cathedral in the Welsh capital.
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Gender and Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy2094
Module code: SY2094 In this module you'll explore key concepts, issues and debates in the sociology of gender and the broader field of gender studies.
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Feminist Fiction
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3102
Module code: EN3102 This module explores the relationship between feminism and fiction from proto-feminism in the 1960s through Second Wave feminism in the 1970s and 1980s to Third Wave or Postfeminism from the 1990s on.