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• The sweet art of decorating: Bake-off stars delight Â鶹ÊÓƵ staff with cake artistry

  Date: 9 August 2024

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  15 lucky colleagues attended a biscuit decorating masterclass hosted by three Great British Bake Off contestants

• Scientists investigate if red grape chemical can keep bowel cancer at bay

  Date: 11 November 2024

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  Trial led by Â鶹ÊÓƵ scientists is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer.

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ joins TechxFest in inspiring 100s of children to explore the world of technical careers

  Date: 11 October 2023

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  Technical staff from Space Park Leicester and the Department of Genetics and Genome Biology attended the UK’s first event dedicated to showcasing...

• Learn some showstopper science with Bake Off stars

  Date: 4 February 2025

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  Dr Josh Smalley is joined by 2022 Great British Bake Off winner Dr Syabira Yusoff for an online event on 11 February that will explore the science...

• Ambitious new UK project to transform human disease modelling

  Date: 11 November 2025

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  A major new initiative involving Â鶹ÊÓƵ experts aims to redefine human-based research models for greater understanding of disease...

• Research shows new way lungs respond in asthma attacks

  Date: 4 April 2016

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  A team led by Professor Andrew Tobin (Department of Molecular and Cell Biology) and Dr Yassine Amrani (Department of Infection, Immunity and...

• UK medical sciences would have to scale back ambition if we became isolated from the European Union says academic

  Date: 21 June 2016

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  UK medical sciences may have to ‘scale back its ambition’ if Britain leaves the European Union, according to Professor Andrew Tobin...

• ‘Worms in space’ experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight

  Date: 20 November 2025

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  Universities of Leicester and Exeter collaborate on mission to send nematode worms to the International Space Station in a ‘Petri Pod’ designed...

• Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm

  Date: 19 December 2018

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  A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility

• Leicester’s Top 5 COVID research studies

  Date: 23 March 2021

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  One of the top ten Universities in the UK for COVID research has highlighted its top five research projects that have had a global impact.