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Chronology of DNA fingerprinting at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/chronology
Explore Professor Jeffreys research journey in the development of DNA fingerprinting from 1977 to the present day.
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Ancient chimpanzee Adam lived over one million years ago
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/ancient-chimpanzee-2018adam2019-lived-over-one-million-years-ago
Chimpanzees have an ancient common ancestor – or genetic ‘Adam’ - that lived over one million years ago, according to a research team led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics.
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Leicester City Football Club Scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/leicester-city-football-club-scholarship
To honour the founding spirit of our university, we are awarding 100 Centenary Scholarships of £1,000 to undergraduate students beginning their studies in September 2018.
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April Fools No we are not changing our name
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/april-fools-no-we-are-not-changing-our-name
Today’s brilliant April Fool story in the Independent has generated a lot of discussion on social media, with many people citing it as their favourite jape of the day and others apparently duped. This leading South African news website seems to have accepted the story as genuine.
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Katja Ziegler
https://le.ac.uk/people/katja-ziegler
The academic profile of Professor Katja Ziegler, Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law and Co-Director of the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI) at University of Leicester
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Jing Chen
https://le.ac.uk/people/jing-chen
The academic profile of Dr Jing Chen, Lecturer in Statistical Genetics at University of Leicester
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Raymond Dalgleish
https://le.ac.uk/people/raymond-dalgleish
The academic profile of Professor Raymond Dalgleish, Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at University of Leicester
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Christopher Talbot
https://le.ac.uk/people/christopher-talbot
The academic profile of Professor Christopher Talbot, Professor of Radiotherapy Genetics at University of Leicester
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New test could help preserve endangered gibbon populations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gibbons-twycross-genetic-endangered
A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable Gibbon populations from extinction
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Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching: Academic and staff blogs from the Uni
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester