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• Wellcome boost for structural biologists

  Date: 23 Jun 2021

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  Leicester researchers studying our molecular machinery have been awarded £3.89 million in research funding by the Wellcome Trust.

• Moles hate eating sand, Leicester research reveals

  Date: 27 Aug 2020

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  Anyone who has had their day at the beach ruined by the sound and sensation of biting into a sandy sandwich can look to the humble mole for ways...

• £3.7 million grant for multi-disciplinary single-molecule research

  Date: 3 Dec 2019

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  The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has awarded more than three million pounds to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ,...

• Over £20 million government award marks Midlands’ bio-economy strengths

  Date: 23 Oct 2019

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  A consortium of Midlands research-active universities, including the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, has just been awarded research studentships worth...

• Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene

  Date: 13 Oct 2019

  /news/2019/october/14-thames-molluscs

  In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.

• Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting

  Date: 8 Sep 2019

  /news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting

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• Leicester technician wins prestigious Papin Prize

  Date: 25 Jun 2019

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  A technician from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ has won a prestigious Papin Prize at the Higher Education Technicians Summit (HETS) conference in...

• Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system

  Date: 25 Jun 2019

  /news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system

  An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of...

• Modelling reveals new insight into the electrical conductivity of ionic liquids

  Date: 5 Jun 2019

  /news/2019/june/06-ionic-liquids-relay-race

  A collaborative investigation has revealed new insight into how room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) conduct electricity, which may have a great...

• Leicester named ‘Leader in Openness’ by Understanding Animal Research

  Date: 29 May 2019

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  The Â鶹ÊÓƵ has received a Leader in Openness Award for the period 2019-2022 from Understanding Animal Research.