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Akeelah Bertram

Yorkshire Sculpture International's summer programme

Published
Friday 9th July, 2021
Categories
Arts & Culture

Work by the University’s Gatenby Fellow in Contemporary Art has been selected for Yorkshire Sculpture International's summer programme, which starts this weekend.

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Northern Gritstone announces leadership team

Published
Thursday 8th July, 2021
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
University

Northern Gritstone, a new investment company founded by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield, has appointed Lord Jim O’Neill as Non-Executive Chairman and Duncan Johnson as CEO.

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Developing new techniques to build biomaterials

Published
Wednesday 7th July, 2021
Categories
Technology
Science

Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed an approach that could help in the design of a new generation of synthetic biomaterials made from proteins.

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New treatment options for deadliest of cancers

Published
Wednesday 7th July, 2021
Categories
Science
Health

A new way to target a mutant protein which can cause the deadliest of cancers in humans has been uncovered by scientists at Leeds.

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Bereavement care lacking for ethnic minorities

Published
Thursday 1st July, 2021
Categories
Coronavirus
Health

Grieving friends and relatives from ethnic minority backgrounds are suffering from a lack of appropriate help to cope with losing a loved one, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say.