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• How a technological revolution is helping us to understand the human Y chromosome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/how-a-technological-revolution-is-helping-us-to-understand-the-human-y-chromosome

  Professor Mark Jobling (pictured) from the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has published a new review in Nature Reviews Genetics with a colleague from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge which examines the properties of the human Y chromosome and...

• Leicester academic leads study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/when-should-blood-transfusions-be-given-after-cardiac-surgery

  Professor Gavin Murphy (pictured), British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiac Surgery in our Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at Leicester is the lead author of a new study that has shown that patients having heart surgery do not benefit if doctors wait until a...

• Jupiters vivid auroras captured by Hubble

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/jupiters-vivid-auroras-captured-by-hubble

  Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows in a planet’s atmosphere — on the poles of the largest planet in the Solar System, Jupiter.

• NHS funding fosters health inequalities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/24-nhs-funding-fosters-health-inequalities

  Poverty and deprivation are strongly associated with poor health outcomes, including higher levels of multimorbidity and mortality, resulting in greatly increased workloads for general practitioners working in deprived areas.

• BBCs Countryfile comes to University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/bbcs-countryfile-comes-to-university-of-leicester

  The BBC’s programme dedicated to rural and agriculture issues, Countryfile, will be making a visit to the University of Leicester this week.

• CancerStories project recruiting young people with cancer across the East Midlands

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/cancerstories-project-recruiting-young-people-with-cancer-across-the-east-midlands

  An innovative project spearheaded by Professor Alex Mitchell from the Department of Cancer Studies is looking to recruit young people with cancer to share their stories via online video diaries.

• EarthSense partnership maps clean air cycle routes in Britains cities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/earthsense-partnership-maps-city-clean-air-cycle-routes-in-britains-cities

  A project combining Ordnance Survey (OS) geospatial data with real-time air quality data from EarthSense Systems is set to highlight clean cycle routes in Britain’s cities. EarthSense Systems is a joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and our University.

• National Trust and University of Leicester launch pioneering film to explore fascinating stories of disability from the Trust’s sites and collections for the first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/everywhere-nowhere

  Everywhere and Nowhere is a collaboration between the National Trust and the University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries The collaboration shines a light on ten fascinating stories of disability from collections and sites in the National...

• jbridges: Page 22

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/author/jbridges/page/22/

  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.

• Simon Dixon: Page 4

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/simon_dixon/page/4/

  I am Archives and Special Collections Manager within the University Library. My role is to manage and develop the Library's and other University research collections and exploit digital technologies to reach new audiences for these collections.