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RESEARCHGRANTS/CONTRACTSANNOUNCED MAY 2006Archaeology & Ancient HistoryHopkinson T DrRA11G0021Knowledge Knappers: The Role of thepurposeful agent in the transition fromthe Lower to Middle Palaeolithic andthe emergence of prepared stonereduction technologiesInternational Society Science &Religion via John TempletonFoundation £15,168Pluciennik M DrRA11G0007Clash of Cultures?The British Academy £700Ruggles C ProfRA11G0013Conference grant to attend the XXVIthGeneral Assembly of the InternationalAstronomical UnionThe Royal Society £1,200

Shipley D ProfRA11G0001The Periplous attributed to Skylas ofKaryanda: Scholarly Edition,Translation and CommentaryLoeb Classical Library Foundation£16,943

BiologyJarvis R DrRM48G0021Studies on targeting, topology and roleof Arabidopsis Toc12, a putativecomponent of the chloroplast proteinimport apparatusBiochemical Society £1,600

Cancer Studies & Molecular MedAblett S DrRM60G0043Supplement - SIOP Nephroblastomaclinical trial and studyCancer Research UK £34,095

Ablett S DrRM60G0044Supplement - Ewing tumour studies1999- Trial Co-ordinationCancer Research UK £44,189

Ablett S DrRM60G0045Supplement - Euro Ewing 99(biological studies)Cancer Research UK £46,284

Pringle J DrRM60G0042Supplement - Investigation of VitaminD Receptor Polymorphisms on the

response of T-cells to Vitamin DTherapy in PsoriasisPsoriasis Association £500

Cardiovascular SciencesGoodall A ProfRM61G0015Identification of members of the mGSTfamily in human platelets - vacationscholarshipWellcome Trust £1,360

Gottlob I ProfRM61G0031Supplement - Functional magneticresonance imaging & visionUlverscroft Foundation £205,033

Lambert D DrCo-Investigator: Ng L Prof,Cardiovascular SciencesRM61G0019In vitro manipulation of urotensin IIreceptor expression: Implications ofdensity on ligand efficacyBHF £79,387

Norman R DrRM61G0016Trafficking of ATP sensitive potassiumchannels - Vacation ScholarshipWellcome Trust £1,360

Cell Physiology & PharmacologyGrubb B DrCo-Investigator: Mulheran M Dr, CellPhys. & PharmacologyRM36G0003Anatomical Characterisation of VoltageGated Sodium Channels in theMammalian Cochlear Nerve SpiralGanglia and Dorsal Cochlear NucleusMeniere's Society £15,940

Pawlak R DrRM36G0021Regulation of protease-activatedreceptor 1 (PAR-1) in thehippocampus & amygdala by stress -vacation scholarshipWellcome Trust £680

Computer ScienceCrole R DrRP202G0019Midlands Graduate School in theFoundations of Computer ScienceEPSRC via University Of Nottingham£4,073

Raman R ProfRP202G00098th ACM-SAIM workshop onAlgorithm Engineering andExperiments (as PC co-chair) and the17th ACM-SIAM Symposium onDiscrete Algorithms

The Royal Society £566

EconomicsKaroglou M MrCo-Investigator: Demetriades P Prof,EconomicsRS10G0003Detecting Structural Changes inFinancial Market Volatility Dynamics-The Impact of Financial LiberalisationESRC £29,638

EducationJarvis T DrRE10G0009Pollen - Seed cities for Science: Acommunity approach for sustainablegrowth of science education in Europe.CEC £93,944

Rogers L DrRE10G0015PEC: European Science Teachers:Scientific Knowledge, Linguistic Skillsand Digital MediaCEC £16,113

Sage R DrRE10G0006Three week visit to collaborate on astudy of 4 year olds in UK and JapanDaiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation£1,700

GeneticsDubrova Y ProfRM33G0034Supplement - Is increased low-dosesomatic radiosensitivity associated withincreased transgenerational germlinemutation radiosensitivityUS department for Energy viaColumbia University £46,315

Tufarelli C DrRM33G0040Supplement - Antisense - RNAmediated DNA methylation as amechanism underlyinghypermethylation of CpG islands inmalignanciesCancer Research UK £43,349

GeologyBrewer T DrRP14G0022Supplement - FY03-13 The JOIAlliance: Systems Integration and aRiserless Vessel for IODPColumbia University £71,281

Health SciencesBurton P ProfRM62G0060Supplement - UK Biobank: ScientificRationale ProjectWellcome Trust via UK Biobank£10,300

Dogra N DrRM62G0059Training school counsellors and youngpeople in secondary schools inIbadan, Nigeria on common mentalhealth problems with an emphasis ontackling stigmaAssociation of CommonwealthUniversities £5,000

Draper E DrRM62G0049Supplement - Congenital AnomaliesRegisterMulti Funded £74,853

Field D ProfCo-Investigator: Draper E Dr, HealthSciencesRM62G0062Supplement - Trent Neonatal SurveyMulti Funded £461,825

Tobin M DrCo-Investigator: Sheehan N Dr,Health SciencesRM62G0041The application & development ofmethods to combine information inepidemiological studies ofcardiovascular traits of major publichealth importanceBHF £60,389

Vostanis P ProfRM62G0061Child and Adolescent Mental HealthServices EvaluationAnna Freud Centre £8,000

History of ArtLindley P DrRA16G0001Sculpture in Crisis: Renaissance andReformation in English ImageryThe Leverhulme Trust £23,645

Infection, Immunology, InflammationHarris K DrRM63G0037Supplement - Funding For ResearchAssociate Renal Unit (Supplement)University Hospitals of Leicester NHSTrust £43,508

Institute of Lifelong LearningWilson D MrRE03G0003Older learners and cultural activitiesCEC via British Council £690

LawParry R DrRL10G0015China's Corporate Rescue Laws, A

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European PerspectiveSociety Of Legal Scholars £417

MathematicsTretyakov M ProfRP201G0002Stochastic numerics: Wiener integralsand SPDEsThe Leverhulme Trust £16,329

Museum StudiesParry R DrRA17G0006UK Museums and the Semantic WebAHRC £12,313

Physics & AstronomyBarstow M ProfRP16G0044

RESEARCH GRANTS/CONTRACTS ANNOUNCED JULY 2006Archaeology and Ancient HistoryChristie N DrRA11G0026Progetto Classe: Archaeologia di unacitta abbandonataCEC £10,861

James S DrRA11G0015Rome & The Sword: rethinking the roleof martial violence in the Roman eraAHRC £26,068

BiochemistryDickens M DrRM31G0030Role of myocyte stress protein 1 duringsimulated cardiac ischaemia &reperfusionNuffield Foundation £1,440

Eperon I ProfRM31G0031BBSRC Vacation BursaryBBSRC £1,700

BiologyHarper D DrRM48G0022Supplement - Malewa River and LakeNaivasha, Kenya: diversion of high-parthydrographs for fertilization ofagricultural land by reducing nutrientfluxes into the ground - First tranche"UNESCO via International Centre forEcology" £2,133

Harper D DrRM48G0038TwinBasin exchanges between Kenya -England - PolandTwinbasin £3,141

Harper D DrRM48G0040Replicating biodiversity conservationand management at key soda lakes inthe Rift ValleyEarthwatch Institute £81,684

Heslop-Harrison J ProfRM48G0039Molecular analysis of the evolutionarydiversity and activity of TC1/Marinermobile DNA sequences in agriculturalplant genomesBritish Council Germany £2,150

Smith C DrRM48G0012Alternate male mating tactics in

bitterling fishesBritish Council Poland £1,125

Smith C DrRM48G0029Parasite diversity and MHC Genes inWild ZebrafishFisheries Society of the British Isles£3,213

Smith C DrRM48G0041Alternate male mating tactics inbitterling fishesBBSRC £1,700

Twell D ProfRM48G0042Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms ofCytokinesis Mediated by the TIOFused KinaseBBSRC £326,813

Cancer Studies and MolecularMedicineAblett S DrRM60G0057Supplement - UKCCSG Group - DataCentreCancer Research UK £367,665

Ablett S DrRM60G0061Supplement - NewcastlePharmacology StudiesCancer Research UK £16,222

Konje J ProfCo-Investigators: Evans M Dr, CancerStudies & Molecular Medicine; Bell SProf, Cancer Studies & MolecularMedicine; Taylor D Prof, CancerStudies & Molecular Medicine; CookeM Dr, Cancer Studies & MolecularMedicine; Taylor A Dr, CancerStudies & Molecular MedicineRM60G0056Biomarkers for maternal healthWallac, OY £140,000

Cardiovascular SciencesDavies M ProfRM61G0033South East Midlands Diabetes LocalResearch NetworkDepartment of Health via UHL Trust£699,963

Galinanes M ProfRM61G0040The role of protein kinases inischaemic & pharmacologicalpreconditioning in humanmyocardium: sequence of activation &

effect of age.BHF £97,150

Goodall A ProfRM61G0039A potential mechanism of aspirinresistance in patients with diabetesHeart Research UK £7,000

London N ProfRM61G0036Supplement - Resident Medical Officer Nuffield Hospital Trust £94,672

Cell Physiology and PharmacologyMitcheson J DrCo-Investigator: Tobin A Prof, CellPhysiology & PharmacologyRM36G0017G-Protein coupled receptor regulationof Herg Potassium Channels in cardiacmyocytesBHF £146,188

Tobin A ProfRM36G0029Determination of the role of sitespecific GPCR phosphorylation incellular responsesWellcome Trust £1,328,110

ChemistrySolan G DrRP10G0014Sterically variable bimetallic initiatorsfor ring-opening polymerisation -undergraduate research bursaryNuffield Foundation £1,310

Woodward J DrRP10G0031Supplement - External Magnetic Fields& Human Health: A Link to BiologicalEnzyme Reaction SystemsThe Colt Foundation £3,250

Computer ScienceYang S DrRP202G0025WCCI'2006 Vancover Canada &GECCO'2006 in SeattleRoyal Academy of Engineering£1,200

EngineeringBates D DrCo-Investigator: Heslop-Harrison JProf, BiologyRP12G000Analysis of biochemical networkmodels using robust control theoryBBSRC £341,407

Pan J ProfRP12G0040

Multi-scale Modelling of SinteringEPSRC £155,478

Postlethwaite I ProfCo-Investigator: Gu D Dr, EngineeringRP12G0034ASTRAEA - Autonomous SystemsTechnology Related AirborneEvaluation AssessmentBAE Systems £110,157

EnglishShattock E ProfRA12G0006Victorian Geographies: Conference ofthe Research Society for VictorianPeriodicalsThe British Academy £300

Walker G ProfRA12G0007Editing Early Modern English andScottish TextsThe British Academy £1,543

GeneticsBorts R ProfRM33G0046Supplement - Association betweendefects in meiotic recombinationgenes and human male fertilityMRC £44,080

Kyriacou C ProfRM33G0030Molecular genetics of biologicalrhythms in an intertidal crustaceanBBSRC £404,411

Tauber E DrRM33G0007Seasonal timing and molecularevolution of circadian photoresponsivegenes in DrosophilaNERC £368,891

Health SciencesField D ProfCo-Investigator: Draper E Dr, HealthSciences; Smith L Miss, HealthSciencesRM62G0038Socioeconomic inequalities in theincidence of very preterm birth:understanding why they exist anddeveloping strategies to reduce themAction Medical Research £33,713

Jagger C ProfRM62G0076Compression or Expansion ofDisability? Forecasting future disabilitylevels under changing patternsKings Fund £5,184

Attend IAU General AssemblyThe Royal Society £920

Nelms N DrRP16G0068Supplement - GERB 4 - DetectorBlackening ProgrammeCLRC-Rutherford Appleton Laboratory£125,000

Nelms N DrRP16G0069Supplement - GERB 4 - DetectorBlackening ProgrammeCLRC-Rutherford Appleton Laboratory£106,251

Robinson T ProfRP16G0067

Supplement - SPEAR OperationsPhasePPARC £13,000

Sims M DrRP16G0009Design, build and construction of alife marker chip instrument for theAurora ExoMars missionPPARC £371,933

Sims M DrRP16G0052Design, build and construction of aLife Marker Chip instrument for theAurora Exomars MissionEuropean Space Agency £346,744

PoliticsDumbrell J ProfRS30G0003United States Foreign PolicyWorking GroupBritish International StudiesAssociation £900

PsychologyDe Lillo C DrRM43G0016Schizotypy & the encoding ofstructure in spatial workingmemory: are individual differencesmediated by executive functions &perceptual grouping skills -Vacation ScholarshipWellcome Trust £1,360

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McKinley R DrCo-Investigator: Baker R Prof, Health SciencesRM62G0075A pilot study to explore therelationship between patient-centredconsultation outcome measuresUHL NHS Trust £9,000

Tobin M DrCo-Investigator: Burton P Prof,Health SciencesRM62G0040Salt, blood pressure & genes inchildren & mothers: a study aimed atinforming preventive & treatmentstrategies for high blood pressureSir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£9,929

Historical StudiesCoffey J DrRA15G0008Between Reformation andEnlightenment: Presbyterians and theIdea of Religious Liberty 1660- 1789The British Academy £3,282

Dyer C ProfRA15G0006Perceptions of Medieval Landscapesand Settlements; New DirectionsAHRC £12,571

History of ArtBarefoot G DrRA16G0002The Serial in Hollywood and AmericanCulture 1930-1941The British Academy £2,225

Infection, Immunology, Inflammation O'Callaghan C ProfRM63G0047Primary Ciliary DyskinesiaNSCAG Team via UHL NHS Trust£513,094

LawClarkson C ProfCo-Investigator: Cunningham S Dr,LawRL10G0020Society of Legal Scholars Symposium2007: Criminal Liability for Non-Aggressive DeathSociety OF Legal Scholars £7,000

Zemer L DrRL10G0023Visiting scholar at Boston University inorder to pursue completion of bookentitled "The Idea of Public Authorshipin Copyright" to be published in 2007The British Academy £2,722

Mass CommunicationsYoungs G Dr

RS15G0004Ethics and the War on Terror: Politics,Multiculturalism and MediaESRC £15,319

MathematicsSnashall N DrRP201G0012Noetherian Koszul AlgebrasLondon Mathematical Society £500

Museum StudiesDodd J MsCo-Investigator: Sandell R Mr,Museum StudiesRA17G0001Rethinking Disability RepresentationMulti Funded £419,645

Dodd J MsCo-Investigator: Sandell R Mr,Museum StudiesRA17G0011Evaluation of National /RegionalMuseum Partnership Programme2006/07DCMS £89,455

Sandell R MrCo-Investigator: Dodd J Ms, MuseumStudiesRA17G0012ILLUMINATENESTA £68,000

Physics & AstronomyTurner M ProfRP16G0031Supplement - EPIC instrumentmaintenanceESA £17,647

Willingale R DrRP16G0086Smart X-Ray OpticsEPSRC via University College London£137,706

PsychologyHatcher R MissCo-Investigator: Hollin C Prof,PsychologyRM43G0021Supplement - Evaluation of OffendingBehaviour ProgrammesNIO £3,098

Young A DrRM43G0009Assessment of stimulus contingenciesdetermining dopamine release innucleus accumbens, using fast cycliccoltammetryWellcome Trust £117,665

RESEARCH GRANT SUMMARIESMAY/JUNE/JULY 2006ANNOUNCEDOCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2006RS30G0003Professor J DumbrellPoliticsUnited States Foreign Policy WorkingGroupProfessor John Dumbrell (University ofLeicester, Department of Politics andInternational Relations) is setting up aWorking Group on US Foreign Policywithin the British International StudiesAssociation. He is co-organiser of thegroup with Professor Inderjeet Parmar ofManchester University. The purpose ofthe group is to encourage the academicstudy of US foreign policy, both in thecontemporary world and in a morehistorical context. The controversialforeign policies of the US Administrationof President George W. Bush havestimulated enormous interest in thissubject. The new Working Group hopesto stimulate serious academic analysis,as well as to publicise the great expertisewhich exists on this subject in the UnitedKingdom. Professor Dumbrell receivedfinancial support from BISA for alaunching conference at the University ofLeicester on 21 September 2006. Theconference featured an address fromProfessor Bob Hathaway, Asia ProgramDirector at the Woodrow Wilson Center inWashington DC, on contemporary US-Chinese relations. There was also aroundtable discussion on the War onTerror, a lecture on ‘Empire why not?Rethinking American Power’ given byProfessor Michael Cox (London School ofEconomics), and a business meeting onfuture activities of the group.

RS15G0004 Dr G YoungsMedia & Communication

'Ethics and the War on Terror: Politics,Multiculturalism and Media'This seminar series explores andanalyses the theoretical and practicalethical issues raised by the war on terror;for example the nature and justification ofsuch a war and the ethical implicationsregarding how that war should be'fought', reported on, and the impact itshould have on connected ethicalpractices, such as military codes and civilliberties. It seeks to broaden the debateabout the nature of ethics to considerhow they inform and shape, overtly andcovertly, varied perspectives and in turnto problematize understanding of the waron terror and the debates surrounding it.This involves thinking about the kinds ofdiscourses and frameworks of differenceand moral imperatives that are used. Thisseries creates a space for researchers andpractitioners who are not necessarilyexpert in ethics to consider these keyethical areas, and to discuss theirsignificance for active citizenship, andother social issues.

RS10G0003Mr M Karoglou, Economics Co-Investigator: Prof P Demetriades,Economics"Detecting structural changes in financialmarket volatility dynamics -the impact offinancial liberalisation"Financial liberalisation is a topic that hasattracted the attention of a major part ofthe research community since it is notclear whether the economic gains exceedthe losses for the country that engages insuch reforms. Especially, the effects offinancial liberalisation on stock marketvolatility have been the subject ofcontroversy ever since emerging marketeconomies began liberalising theirfinancial markets in the 1980s and early1990s. The reason is that a higher levelof volatility results in asset price bubbles

and financial instability. The purpose ofthis research is to use the concept ofstructural changes in volatility dynamicsand to provide a framework within whicha series of advanced econometrictechniques can be used in order tomeasure the impact of financialliberalisation.

RP202G0023Dr E TuostoComputer ScienceHistory Dependent Automata forService Oriented Computing(HiDeA4SOC)Service Oriented Computing (SOC) isemerging as a particularly suitablemetaphor for modelling computationsdistributed on networks that are moreand more wide, pervasive andheterogeneous. The unit of computationin SOC are services equipped with aninterface amenable to be published,searched, bound and invoked by otherremote services. This will likely lead toextend existing languages with searchingmechanisms where queries containsemantic (rather than simply "syntactic")information. This project will use HistoryDependent Automata (HD-automata) tomodel behavioural aspects of services tobe use in the searching phase. Theinnovative outcome of HiDeA4SOC willbe a framework for verifying uniformlysearching conditions (e.g., queries mightspecify the preferred equivalence togetherwith the behaviour). This is an importantfeature because services may needdifferent equivalences in differentapplication contexts.

RP201G0017Dr E GeorgoulisMathematicsDiffusion and convection arefundamental processes in nature and,therefore, of immense importance inmathematical and physical modelling.

The interplay between convection anddiffusion poses substantial challenges inthe area of numerical simulation. Thisresearch aims in the development of anew class of finite element methods thatcombines the favourable complexity ofthe standard classinal conforming finiteelements with the superior stabilityproperties of the discontinuous finiteelement methods without the excessiveincrease on the degress of freedom thatdiscontinuous methods are known tosuffer from. The new continuous-discontinuous finite element method canprovide a framwork for the numericalsimulation of incompressible fluids inComputational Fluid Dynamics.

RP201G0002Professor M TretyakovMathematicsLeverhulme Research FellowshipThe proposal has two major objectives:(1) to construct and analyse effectivenumerical procedures for computingconditional Wiener integrals of integraltype and apply them to problems fromphysics, (2) obtain new numericalmethods for stochastic partial differentialequations (SPDEs). Wiener integrals arerelated to problems from quantum andstatistical physics while SPDEs are usedfor describing complex random systemsarising in various applications fromphysics, chemistry, biology, finance aswell as in filtering theory. Efficientnumerical algorithms for these stochasticobjects are vital for both practice andtheory.

RP16G0078Dr N NelmsPhysics and AstronomyMars-XRD BreadboardThis grant supports our role in thedevelopment of the breadboard X-raydiffraction instrument that is beingdeveloped by an international consortium

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for the ESA Aurora ExoMars lander duefor launch in the 2011-2013 time-frame.The instrument will allow thegeochemical and mineralogicalcomposition of Martian surface rock andsoil samples to be determined which inturn provides important information onthe geological evolution and history of theplanet.

RP16G0008Mr D PullanPhysics and Astronomy,Although hugely successful, the NASAMars Exploration Rovers are constrainedby having to be “directed” by humanexperts on Earth who plan each stepbased on information acquired fromprevious steps. Simple operations cantake days, thereby imposing limits tooverall science return. To address thisproblem for future missions such as ESA’sExoMars, a consortium of space scientistsand robotics engineers from UK industryand academia, have been awarded aPPARC grant to study the requirements ofon-board scientific decision making (i.e.scientific autonomy). The University’scontribution to the project (via the SpaceResearch Centre, Physics andAstronomy), is to define scientificassessment criteria based on establishedgeological field practice and the objectivesof the ExoMars mission (i.e. the search forlife). One of the primary goals will be todemonstrate scientific autonomy in actionusing full size instrumented rovers andsimulated Martian surfaces specified byLeicester.

RP12G0040Professor J PanEngineeringMultiscale Modelling of SinteringSintering is a process in which powdercompacts are fired and consolidated intostrong solid. Almost all ceramic productsare made by sintering. Accuratelypredicting the shrinkage andmicrostructure of sintered products isextremely useful to ceramicmanufactures. However modellingsintering is one of the most challengingproblems in material modelling. Sinteringdeformation is fundamentally linked tomicrostructural evolution and depends onvery subtle changes in microstructure andchemistry, sometimes at the atomic level.Consequently, the ability of prediction bythe current generation of sintering models(using the continuum finite elementanalysis for example) is poor. On the otherhand, this challenge provides us with anideal platform for integrating modellingtechniques at the atomistic, particle andcontinuum levels. Bringing togethermulti-scale elements to create anintegrated sintering model is the theme ofthis proposal. For the first time, theintegrated model will be able to takechemical impurity, doping, particle/poresize distribution, agglomeration andanisotropy into consideration. Thecompaction-sintering interface will takecompaction history into consideration.Together these will form the nextgeneration of sintering models with muchimproved ability of prediction. We willhowever be integrating the models ratherthan developing a single computer codewhich is unrealistic at this stage. Theintegrated model represents a significant

step forward in improving the predictivecapability of sintering models. Thetechniques developed will also have awidespread and long-term influence onthe materials engineering community.

RP12G0039Dr M PontChemistryNon-invasive 'safety agents' forembedded processorsPrevious work in the Embedded SystemsLaboratory has explored a range ofdifferent techniques for increasing thereliability of systems which employembedded processors. Such systemsinclude cars, aircraft and medicalequipment: errors in these designs canlead to loss of life or serious injury. Thepresent project will involve thedevelopment of a novel form ofmonitoring unit (a "safety agent") which isexpected to lead to significantimprovements in the reliability ofembedded processors.

RP12G0036Professor S SpurgeonEngineeringThe Roberto Rocca Education Programannounced that it has awarded the firstRoberto Rocca Fellowships of up to 100thousand dollars each to seven studentsfrom Argentina, Mexico and Venezuela forPh.D. studies in engineering and theapplied sciences at leading universities inthe US and Europe. The Program issponsored by the Techint, Tenaris andTernium companies. In accordance with acompetitive process open to studentsfrom participating countries, the Fellowswere selected by a committee of seniormanagers from the Program’s sponsoringcompanies. Selection was based on thecommittee’s evaluation of the candidates’previous academic and professionalaccomplishments, potential for excellingin their designated Ph.D. program andcommitment to their home country’seconomic and industrial development.The Roberto Rocca Education Programwas founded on the belief that humanresources that can advance industry andtechnology are critical to a country’ssuccess in the global economy. Theprogram also reflects the long-standingcommitment of the late Roberto Roccaand the sponsoring companies tosupporting education at all levels incountries where the sponsoringcompanies have a major presence. EachFellowship consists of two years offinancial support to help the student meetall or part of the costs – including tuition,fees and living expenses – of his or herPh.D. studies. With the approval of theRoberto Rocca Education Program,Fellowships may be renewed for up to anadditional two years. Fellows are notrequired to work or do research for thesponsoring companies. The applicationperiod for the 2007 Fellowships willbegin in September 2006.

RP12G0034Professor I PostlethwaiteCo-investigator: Dr D GuEngineeringCertification of Diagnostic Approaches inFault Tolerant Control Systems ProfessorIan Postlethwaite and Dr Da-Wei GuASTRAEA (Autonomous Systems

Technology Related Airborne Evaluation &Assessment) is a national programme thatfocuses on the technologies, systems,facilities and procedures that will allowautonomous vehicles to operate safelyand routinely in the UK. It is an industrylead consortium working with UKGovernment, DTI, academia and regionalbodies. Leicester's task is to investigatefault tolerant and reconfigurable flightcontrol systems and to identify theinformation required in order thatpotentially critical faults do not gounnoticed until it is too late to act. Thisshould then lead to an approach, orguidelines for, the clearance of flightcontrol systems for autonomous air-vehicles.

RP10G0003Dr S YangChemistryA new frontier in nanochemistry:formation of novel core-shellnanoparticles using liquid heliumdroplets. A core-shell nanoparticle is anobject which is about 10,000~100,000times smaller than the diameter ofhuman's hair but contains a core and oneor more shells consisting of differentmaterials. Potentially, these nanoparticlescan possess optical, electrical, surfacechemical and catalytic properties that aretotally different from either the pure coreor shell materials. In this research, we areseeking to develop a new and highlyversatile technique to grow core-shellnanoparticles in liquid helium dropletscontaining billions of helium atoms.Certain selected classes of nanoparticles,such as nanowires and nanodisks, will begrown to prove the new concept. Inaddition, entirely novel type of core-shellnanoparticles will be grown which are notpossible to be produced by any othertechnique. Our approach offers enormousand revolutionary possibilities innanochemistry and we will investigateboth the fundamental science andpotential applications in nanotechnology.

RM62G0007Dr M TobinHealth SciencesHigh blood pressure affects around 30%of all adults in England, and its causes areincompletely understood. This researchaims to develop and use powerful newmethods to identify the genetic variationsthat cause high blood pressure. Itsfindings should improve ourunderstanding of how high blood pressureoccurs, and how it can be prevented andtreated more effectively. The programinvolves collaborations with researchersfrom the University of Leicester, theUniversity of Bristol and St. George’sMedical School. Following screeningstudies involving over half a million pointsin the human genome, Dr Tobin andcollaborators will study in detail the bloodpressure effects of different kinds ofhuman genome variation in the targetedgenomic regions. Through improved bloodpressure control, such research shouldultimately impact on the rates of strokesand heart attacks.

RM61G0016Dr R NormanCardiovascular SciencesTrafficking of ATP-sensitive potassium

channelsATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channelsare sensitive to cellular energy levels and,thereby, can couple metabolic state to theelectrical excitability of a cell. In cardiacmuscle cells, potassium efflux throughthese channels serves to dampenexcitability and, hence, contraction of theheart. By sensing low energy levels, KATPchannel activation can exert acardioprotective influence by conservingenergy in both normal and ischaemictissue. KATP channels are complexstructures composed of four Kir6 and fourSUR subunits. Correct assembly isrequired for functional channels to beinserted in the cell membrane. Thisvacation scholarship will permit thedevelopment of new methods to measurethe insertion and removal of KATPchannels from the cell membrane and, atthe same time, will provide basiclaboratory training for the appointedmedical student. Methods developed inthis study will be applied to ongoingstudies to investigate channel subunitinteractions and the regulation of channelnumbers in response to ischaemic insult.

RM60G0050Professor M MansonCo-investigator: Dr E MoiseevaCancer Studies and MolecularCancer is an increasing problem all overthe world. Some dietary constituents infruit and vegetables can decrease the riskof developing cancer. Our project willinvestigate the dietary chemopreventiveagent indole-3-carbinol derived fromcruciferous vegetables. This dietary agentdecreased the toxic side effects ofchemotherapy in animal models. It alsoinduces cell death in some cancer cells inthe laboratory. Indole-3-carbinol hasalready shown very encouraging results inphase II clinical trials in patients withintraepithelial neoplasias and respiratorypapillomatosis. In the USA it is anapproved nutritional supplement, whichhas very few side effects after long-termconsumption. Our project has two mainaims. Firstly we would like to investigatewhether indole-3-carbinol may decreasethe side effects of current treatments withtoxic chemotherapeutic drugs and,thereby, improve the efficacy oftreatments in patients with metastaticcolorectal cancer. Our second goal is toinvestigate whether indole-3-carbinol canbe used for treatment of malignant bowelcancer alone and in combination withother drugs. If this study is successful, itwill facilitate the development of moreeffective treatment for colorectal cancer.

RM60G0034Mr T GriffithsCo-Investigators: Dr M Kriajevska & MrH QaziCancer Studies and Molecular MedicineAre transcriptional repressors of E-cadherin and the ‘cadherin-switch’ pivotalin bladder cancer progression?In England and Wales, bladder cancer isthe fourth most common cancer in malesand the eighth in females. Non-muscle-invasive tumours show substantialdifferences in their potential to invademuscle or spread to other organs(metastasize). For patients with ‘high-risk’ non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer,the major challenge is to identify those

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who can safely conserve their bladders,and to identify proteins which could be atarget for new therapies. The ability oftumour cells to invade surroundingtissues, and to enter the blood stream orlymphatic vessels is recognised as themain predisposition to progression. Thecadherin group of proteins are interlinkedwith these processes. In particular,reduced E-cadherin expression isassociated with bladder cancerprogression but there is insufficient dataregarding its regulation. We plan toevaluate the expression of factors whichreduce E-cadherin expression in bladdercancer cell lines and human bladdertissues, and to determine theirbiological/clinical significance.

RM33G0038Dr C HewittGeneticsElite athletes are more susceptible torespiratory infections than untrainedindividuals. In collaboration with theDepartment of Sports and ExerciseScience at Loughborough University, wehave shown that elite athletes suffer adecline in immune response to respiratorypathogens after exercise and that this canbe prevented by the consumption ofcarbohydrate containing drinks duringexercise. In this study, we hypothesise thatprolonged exercise alters the migratory orlung homing properties of T lymphocytes,the main immune cell responsible forfighting virus infections. In elite athletes,we therefore aim to determine whethercarbohydrate supplements consumedduring exercise alter T lymphocyterecirculation and trafficking patterns.

RL10G0022Professor C ClarksonCo-investigator: Dr S CunninghamLawConference on Criminal Liability forNon-Aggressive DeathA two day conference is being held at theUniversity of Leicester in April 2007 toconsider whether all cases where a deathhas been caused unintentionally shouldbe classified as manslaughter or whetherthere should be several specific offencescovering such killings. Currently there are a few such specificoffences, for example, causing death bydangerous driving and the new offencecausing or allowing the death of a child orvulnerable adult. The main issue for thisconference is whether these offencesought to be retained and whether furtherspecific offences such as causing death bycareless driving, corporate manslaughter,medical manslaughter and killing throughthe illegal supply of drugs should beintroduced. Papers presented byrenowned experts in these various fieldswill explore whether there are goodreasons for the introduction ofparticularised offences or whether thecontext of the killing is irrelevant and allshould be dealt with as manslaughter.

RE10G0009Dr T JarvisEducationPollen - Seed Cities for ScienceThe Regional Science Learning CentreEast Midlands at the University ofLeicester has secured EuropeanCommission funding with organisations in

France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Estonia,Hungary, Sweden, Belgium, Germany,Netherlands and Slovenia. There will beone 'seed' city in each country in this 3_-year project. Leicester will be the UK 'seed'city. The intention is to support Europeanschools to raise standards in investigativescience. Fourteen Leicester city schoolswill participate in the first year. They willalso work with other science organisationssuch as museums and local industry. Theideas from the group will be disseminatedto teachers in the 12 European Countries.Dr Jarvis will responsible for producingadvice for all the European trainers in theproject based on her experience ofprimary science training and research.She will also be responsible, with Swedenand Spain, for the evaluation of impact onteachers, pupils and city organizations.

RA17G0011Dr J DoddCo-investigators: Professor E Hooper-Greenhill & Dr R SandellMuseum StudiesEvaluation of the National /RegionalMuseums Partnerships in 2006/2007Since 2003 the Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS) and theDepartment for Education and Skills(DfES) have jointly sponsored a nationalprogramme of museums’ education work.From April 2006 to March 2007, 12national museums will be leading thedelivery of education and community-focused projects, working in partnershipwith over 50 regional museums andorganisations. RCMG has beencommissioned to evaluate the 12 projects,building upon an evaluation of the 2003-4 programme which generated clearevidence of the impact of the partnershipson learning across the range ofindividuals, groups and communities. Theevaluation for 2006-2007 will documentand assess the scope and character of thelearning and social impact of thepartnerships, exploring, in-depth, anumber of specific themes and issues thatmesh with government agendas, and seekto further understanding of thepartnership process. In this way we seekto capture the richness, success anddepth of this unique programme.

RA17G0001Dr J DoddDr R SandellMuseum StudiesRethinking Disability Representation Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund(HLF) and NESTA, through theirIlluminate programme, RethinkingDisability Representation presents aunique opportunity to reveal the hiddenhistories of disabled people in the UK.The aim of the project is to create a lastingchange in the way museums approachthe history of disability and to encouragethem to reflect the wide ranging roles thatdisabled people have played in ourhistory. The project will bring togethernine museums and galleries from acrossthe UK to work with a team of disabledand non-disabled professionals to developa range of ground-breaking displays andother public programmes which engageaudiences with (often challenging) ideaslinked to disability and to the lives ofdisabled people. The learning and bestpractice from the programme will be

evaluated and used to inform practiceacross the rest of the UK’s museums andgalleries.

RA16G0002Dr G BarefootHistory of Art and FilmThe Serial in Hollywood and AmericanCulture, 1930-1941The film serial, or chapter-play,represented a significant part ofproduction at Universal Studios up to1946, and Columbia and RepublicPictures up to 1956. Some academicwork has been done on its emergence inthe 1910s, but sustained discussion ofthe ‘sound serial’ has been almost entirelylimited to fans and collectors. Addressingthat gap, this study will examine thenarrative, industrial and culturalsignificance of an episodic structure andcliff-hanging chapter links at a time whenHollywood was otherwise dominated bythe narrative closure of the feature film.Funding from the British Academy willenable an examination of the Jack MathisPapers, a collection of Republic Picturesmaterial recently donated to BrighamYoung University in Utah, as well asmaterial held at archives in Los Angeles,including those at the University ofSouthern California and the Academy ofMotion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

RA16G0001Dr P LindleyHistory of ArtThe Leverhulme Research Fellowshipfor 2007 Sculpture in Crisis: Renaissance andReformation in English ImageryThe book will shed light on the majorrevolutions in art which occurred in thereigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII andElizabeth I. Anyone interested in Tudorhistory or in British Art should find thisResearch project fascinating.It will be the first book to cover the two

fundamental changes which affectedsculpture in the sixteenth century. Thefirst section will examine the arrival of theRenaissance in England from c.1500-c.1535, and will include the work ofindigenous sculptors and of theircontinental rivals, examining why Italiansculptors in particular were so successful.The second section will focus on theproblems posed by the Reformation - orreformations - under the Tudor monarchsto c.1570. The patronage and receptionof religious imagery, and the reasons whyso much sculpture was rejected, andultimately destroyed, will be scrutinised inthis path-breaking work.

RA12G0011Dr G DawsonEnglish'Emasculated Sensualities in ArtMasquerading as Art for Art's Sake'Dr Gowan Dawson of the Department ofEnglish has been awarded a BritishAcademy Overseas Conference Grant of£300 to attend the annual conference ofthe Research Society for VictorianPeriodicals at CUNY in New York City. Atthe conference Dr Dawson will present apaper entitled "'Emasculated Sensualitiesin Art Masquerading as Art for Art's Sake':Henry Maudsley, Scientific Theories ofDegeneration and Periodical Reviews ofAesthetic Literature".

RA12G0007Dr G WalkerEnglish'The project aims to produce a criticaledition of early-modern literary and non-literary texts from England and Scotlandof the period from 1509 to 1660. Byediting each of the texts afresh fromoriginal manuscript and the earliestprinted sources, I hope to explore thewider understandings of Anglo-Scottishliterary culture that are possible whensuch texts are brought into extensive andfruitful dialogue. My earlier work(especially Writing Under Tyranny(2005)) suggested ways in which theresonant prose of statutes orproclamations might find echoes inliterary texts of the same period. Thisproject will take those soundings furtherand examine a range of 'official' textsalongside both private and literarywritings. It will also explore the centralissue of how far early-modern Englishand Scottish literary cultures, both priorto and following the Union of the Crowns,were parallel traditions, similar butseparate, and how far they influencedeach other beyond the well-knownexamples of the Scottish 'Chaucerians', orthe borrowings of English poets such asWyatt and Surrey from the work ofDouglas or Henryson.'

RA11G0016Dr L McFadyenArchaeology and Ancient HistoryArchaeological ArchitecturesThis research aims to explore thecharacter of accounts of architecturewithin prehistory, historical archaeologyand contemporary architectural studies.One of its major aims is to establish adialogue between scholars of archaeologyand architecture in order to identifycommon interests and outline newapproaches. There are currently threedistinct disciplinary approaches to thestudy of architecture: Prehistory,Historical Archaeology and ArchitecturalHistory. Each is structured around adistinctive body of theory as to what,precisely, architecture is, and each hasdeveloped a distinctive suite oftechniques to record and understand it.The result is the production of verydifferent kinds of knowledge – threeseparate narratives concerningarchitecture in parallel, neither crossingnor overlapping. The irony of thissituation is that each of these strands hasthe potential to inform the other and in sodoing generate wholly new, and highlyproductive ways of thinking about,exploring, and interpreting architecture,both past and present. Outcome: Acolloquium with speakers fromprehistory, historical archaeology andarchitectural history, and a monographon Archaeological Architectures.

RA11G0001Professor G ShipleyArchaeology and Ancient HistoryHistorical and philologicalcommentaries on the Periplousattributed to Skylax of KaryandaGraham Shipley plans to complete twopublications on the intriguing'Circumnavigation of the InhabitedWorld', a Greek mariner's handbook ofthe 4th century BC whose authorship is

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unknown (it is commonly called 'Pseudo-Skylax'). No published English translationexists, yet the text is of great significancefor the ancient Greeks' view of theMediterranean and their place in it, aswell as the ideology of the Greek city-state.The projected publications are abook in English and a contribution to aGerman multi-volume project on ancienthistorical texts. The book will compriseextended introduction, Greek text withfacing translation, historical notes, andmaps, and will be accessible to studentsand the general reader. The Germanproject is 'Die Fragmente der griechischenHistoriker' ('Fragments of the Greekhistorians), a more detailed scholarlyedition being prepared by a multi-nationalteam from all over Europe.

RP16G0052Drr M SimsPhysics and AstronomyThe Life Marker Chip (LMC) instrumentwill utilise bio-technology assaytechniques to detect specific moleculesthat may be associated with past orpresent Life on Mars. It will utilise thedevelopment work conducted in bio-technology on protein based receptorsand will exploit the highly specificrecognition and binding properties ofthese types of molecular receptors. Thiscan be thought of a “lock and key”approach where the molecule providesthe key which fits the receptor lock. Theshape of the receptor molecule onlyallows other molecules of a given shapeto fit and “lock” to it. Much work hasbeen done within the biotechnologysector on production of molecularreceptors, the LMC project intends to

utilise those existing (commercial andresearch) receptor libraries, which will bescreened for sensitivity against the targetmolecules. From a brief survey it isalready known that some exist for manyof the suitable/identified target molecules.DNA and molecular chemistrytechniques will be utilised to modify themolecules as appropriate for highsensitivity and selectivity against thetarget molecules. Binding of themolecules (target and receptor) togetherwill be detected using fluorescentmolecules and this will be read out usinga solid-state imaging detector (a CCD orAPS). Target molecules will includeamino-acids, long chain moleculeswhich are associated with Life on Earthfor example cell membranes andpigments. The instrument will target pastlife and present Life based around water-based carbon life chemistry. It will beused in conjunction with otherinstruments on the ExoMars payload tosearch for Life and organics on Mars.Within a space mission context, LMCtechnology is at a low TechnologyReadiness Level (TRL) and requiresdevelopment for the unique challengesoffered by in situ Mars and planetaryexploration. Therefore a rapiddevelopment programme is required toraise the TRL to levels where a fullengineering model and flight instrumentscould be easily built. This was the basisfor a competitive ESA study call whichclosed on the 5th October 2005 whichwas won by the UK led internationalSMILE consortium with Dr Mark Sims ofthe University of Leicester as the PrincipalInvestigator. Cranfield University via Dr.

David Cullen provide the bio-technologyexpertise with vital contributions fromother Universities (Aberdeen, ICST, OpenUniversity) along with UK industry(SSTL, EADS-Astrium and QinetiQ). Keycontributions to the study and the flightinstrument will be provided by theNetherlands, Germany and the USA. The20 month study concentrating on designof a breadboard demonstrator andsystem engineering aspects of aninstrument suitable for the ExoMarsmission – an optical waveguide basedfluorescent system with an antibodymicro-array – started on the 29th March2006. The study aims to raise thetechnology readiness level of firstgeneration LMC via: (i) build and test ofan end to end demonstrator; (ii) analysisof appropriate biomarker targets; (iii)limited demonstration of samplepreparation methods; (iv) demonstrationof antibody development; and (v)demonstration of survival of keyinstrument components under theexpected ExoMars mission environment.

RP16G0032Dr A GrocottPhysics and AstronomyMagnetospheric substorms are anexplosive phenomenon which occur inthe near-Earth space environment. Theyarise as a result of the interactionbetween the Sun and the Earth’smagnetic field and cause the brightauroral displays commonly referred to asthe Northern Lights. Understandingphenomena such as substorms is key tofully understanding the question of howthe Sun affects the Earth. By measuring

the ionospheric plasma motion that isdriven by substorms we can effectivelydiagnose energy flow in the solarsystem, which is a central theme ofcurrent UK space research. Suchmeasurements are made by ionosphericradars, a pair of which (calledCUTLASS) are currently operated by theUniversity of Leicester. I was invited tothe recent International Conference onSubstorms to discuss radar observationsof substorm-associated convection. ThisRoyal Society award facilitated myattendance and resulted in valuableexposure to UK research on substormsand substorm-related phenomena.

RA11G0013Professosr C RugglesArchaeology and Ancient HistoryRoyal Society Conference Grant to attendthe XXVIth General Assembly of theInernational Astronomical UnionThe IAU's triennial General Assembly isthe foremost general meeting forastronomers from all over the world, andthe 26th General Assembly is being heldthis summer in Prague. As Secretary ofCommission 41 (History of Astronomy),one of fifty Commissions within the IAU,Prof. Ruggles is responsible for theoverall organization of the Commission'sScience, Business and Working Groupmeetings. Within these sessions he isdelivering a keynote lecture entitled"Fundamental Problems of ModernArchaeoastronomy".

All counsellors are compelled to takeaccount of the diverse society in whichthey practice and to inform themselvesof best practice with all client groups.This book provides a contemporarypsychodynamic perspective ondifference and diversity to bringpractitioners up to date with currentthinking when faced with a client whois in some way 'different'.

References to race, culture ordisability in classical psychoanalyticliterature are few. In a society thatembraces diversity and seeks to affordequality for all, theories of male andfemale identity development needrevisiting. Older people make up alarge proportion of the population andreligious beliefs make headline news,

but psychodynamic perspectives onclinical work with such groups arelimited. Indeed, the social context ofthe twenty-first century, that providesthe backdrop for the hopes, fears andaspirations of our clients, warrantsattention, as people and organisationsare shaped by the social systems thatprevail. In the past decade equalopportunities legislation and the needto be proactive in thinking aboutdiversity has begun to make its mark.

This book is essential reading forcounsellors and psychotherapists intraining and for experiencedpractitioners whose continuousprofessional development will beenhanced by re-evaluating howdiversity affects their practice.

Difference and Diversity in Counselling -Contemporary Psychodynamic ApproachesEditor: Sue Wheeler; Publishers: Palgrave Macmillan; ISBN: 1-4039-4327-3; Price: £17.99

Sue Wheeler has been a Counsellorand Psychotherapist in several settingsover the last 30 years. She has alsobeen training counsellors andpsychotherapists for most of thoseyears, and is now the Director of the Counselling PsychotherapyProgramme at the University ofLeicester, UK. She is the author ofmany articles in processional andrefereed journals and has contributedto many chapters in books oncounselling and supervision. She is thesole author of Training Counsellors:The Assessment of Competence, thejoint author with Janice Birtle ofPersonal Tutoring in Higher Educationand with David King of SupervisingCounsellors: Issues of Responsibility.

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Health Professionals deal withpeople. Engagement with works of artmay provide insights into humanityand develop self awareness, as well asoffering replenishment for the psyche.

Forewords by Sir Liam Donaldsonand Peter Wheeler Respectively ChiefMedical Officer, Department of Health;Dean, College of Fine Arts, Universityof Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

John and Erica Middleton guide thereader gently along the interfacebetween art and medicine, in theirown inimitable style. Whether insearch of an introduction to the worldof art, or wishing to consider the rolethat the formal study of art might playin professional development, readingthis book is likely to prove rewarding.Turning these pages will help doctors

Doctors and PaintingsAuthors: John Middleton and Erica Middleton; Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing; ISBN: 1-84619-052-5; Price: £24.95

to appreciate afresh the windowthrough which they look upon theworld. Sir Liam Donaldson, in hisForeword

Great art provides insights into thehuman condition. If through asystematic engagement with art andliterature as an extension of theirmedical practice, GPs can apply thoseinsights to themselves (know thyself),they can equally apply them whendealing with patients. Doctors andpatients are people, subjects.Intersubjectivity is perhaps a betterword than empathy to define what thisbook seeks to promote, the capacity ofthe doctor to enter into and inhabit thepatientís subjectivity Peter Wheeler, inhis Foreword

John Middleton is a Leicestershire

GP who was awarded an MD at TheUniversity of Leicester in 1997 forresearch into communication withpatients.

Erica Middleton is a painter wholectures in Art History with the OpenUniversity and the University ofNottingham.

The book is written as aconversation between three doctorsand their art tutor, with interjections bya 'Greek chorus'. Reproductions ofErica's paintings illustrate the text andthere are also plentiful references toimages of art on the web.

This is an introduction to looking atart in a new way for healthprofessionals and anyone else whowishes to look beyond the surface ofpaintings.

Ghosts and Hauntings in and around LeicestershireAuthor: Andrew James Wright; Publisher: Heart of Albion; ISBN: 1-872883-99-0; Price: £7.95

A white lady who waits at a busstop by the ruins of a nunnery, butvanishes when the bus stops. Acoach is drawn through BradgatePark by four black, headless horses.Factories on frog island that havebeen exorcised. 'Ordinary' houseswith inexplicable sounds of chainsrattling and doors slamming. Amultitude of pubs and rectories withsupernatural 'residents'.

Leicestershire has a wealth oftales of ghosts, hauntings,poltergeists and other anomalousevents. In 'Ghosts and Hauntingsin and around Leicesterhire' the experienced paranormalresearcher Andrew James Wrightrecounts these reports andattempts to understand what isreally going on.

Andrew James Wright was born

in Leicester in 1955. He works asa porter at the University ofLeicester. His previous publicationsinclude 'The Ghost of BraunstoneHall', 'The Lively Ghosts ofLeicestershire' and 'HauntedLeicester'. An active ghostresearcher for 30 years these dayshe prefers lecturing about thesubject.

The story of Leicester postgraduateMatthew Marsh, who did a PhD inAstrophysics is told in a new bookwritten by his mother:

Sometimes a family's love canachieve the impossible.

On 12th October 1995, MavisMarsh was woken to the news everyparent dreads most. 'It's your son,'the policeman told her. 'He's been inan accident.'

ShatteredCategory: Biography & Autobiography Publisher: Arrow Format: Paperback, 320 pages Pub Date: September 2006 Price: $12.99 ISBN: 978-0-09-949851-3 (0-09-949851-0)

Only hours earlier Matthew hadbeen set for a dazzling future but,in one terrible night, a devastatingtragedy altered everything. Dayslater, Mavis found herself standingat her son's bedside as doctors toldher to give up all hope. Accordingto them, the damage to Matthew'sbrain was too severe for him torecover, and the boy she hadknown and loved was gone forever.

But Mavis and her husbandKeith couldn't give up on their onlyson. And refusing to accept thediagnosis, they started to work withMatthew themselves, desperatelyurging their comatose son to fight.For months they tried, to no avail.But then, almost half a year later,he suddenly started to respond...

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Offending Behaviour Programmes - Development,application and controversiesEditors: Professor Clive R. Hollin and Dr Emma J. Palmer; Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd; ISBN: 0-470-02335-

X; Price: £75.00

The delivery of treatment throughthe use of programmes as anapproach to therapeutic interventionthat has been present in clinicalpsychology for some time. Thearguments and debates aroundprogrammes, both conceptually andin terms of technology, have thusbeen widely rehearsed in the broaderclinical literature. However, thegrowth in the use of offendingbehaviour programmes has beenexponential within the criminaljustice system over the last decade.

Typically, offending behaviourprogrammes are empirically-basedinterventions, aimed to reduce re-offending, for use with eitheroffenders in general, or withparticular groups of offenders such

as violent offenders and sexoffenders. Offending behaviourprogrammes are interesting at twolevels. Firstly, there are varioustechnical issues, such as the designand implementation of programmes,the accreditation and managementof programmes, alongside the criticalquestion of their effectiveness inboth motivating offenders to partakein treatment, and ultimately theirimpact in reducing re-offending.Secondly, there are broader issuessuch as impact of programmes ontraditional forms of practice, thecomplications associated with anational roll out of programmes,philosophical objections to workingin a prescribed manner, and trainingpractitioners to deliver programmes.

This book considers these issuesfrom both a general perspective, aswell as containing chaptersconsidering offending behaviourprogrammes for specific groups ofoffenders: generic programmes,violent and domestic violenceoffenders, sexual offenders, andsubstance-misusing offenders.

Professor Clive Hollin is a Fellowof the British Psychological Societyand a Chartered ForensicPsychologist. He is professor ofCriminological Psychology at theUniversity of Leicester, and the firstrecipient of the Senior Career Awardfrom the Division of Criminologicaland Legal Psychology of the BPS, forhis distinguished contribution toforensic psychology.

The Essential Handbook of OffenderAssessment and TreatmentEditor: Professor Clive Hollin; Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd; ISBN: 0470854367; Price: £26.99

This Essential Handbook providesthe cirticial elements from itscompanion volume, the successfulHandbook of Offender Assessment andTreatment. A comprehensive review ofassessment and treatment, it coversthe major offender groups: sexoffenders, violent offenders, offenderswith mental and personality disorders,and property offenders. A range oftreatment approaches is also included,incorporating behavioural, cognitive,skills-based, anger management,school programmes, and family-basedapproaches.

The Essential Handbook of OffenderAssessment and Treatment has alsorecently been translated into Chinese.

Professor Clive Hollin is a Fellow ofthe British Psychological Society and aChartered Forensic Psychologist. He isprofessor of Criminological Psychologyat the University of Leicester, and thefirst recipient of the Senior CareerAward from the Division ofCriminological and Legal Psychology ofthe BPS, for his distinguishedcontribution to forensic psychology.

Dr Emma Palmer lectures inforensic psychology at the University ofLeicester. She is an associate fellow ofthe BPS, and a chartered forensicpsychologist. She has run trainingevents for the National ProbationService and is managing editor of thejournal Psychology, Crime and Law.

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Studies on the Personal Name in LaterMedieval England and WalesEditors: Dave Postles and Joel Rosenthal; Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University;ISBN: 1-58044-026-6; Price:

In recent years, research into thesocial and cultural significance ofnames and naming in medievalwestern Europe has made enormousprogress through the coordinatedwork of a team of scholars in France,the Iberian peninsular and Italy. Thecontinuous stream of volumesproduced by that consortiumcomprised essays by members of theteam about particular areas andsocial groups. Nothing comparablehas appeared for England and Wales- that lacuna was the stimulus forthis volume. In this present volume,

The following have been invited toserve as members of the MedicalResearch Council College of Experts:

Professor Peter Andrew (Infection,Immunity and Inflammation)

Dr Shaun Heaphy (Infection,Immunity and Inflammation)

Dr Nicola Royle (Genetics)

Professor Willelm Schwaeble(Infection, Immunity andInflammation)

Dr Doug Tincello (Cancer Studiesand Molecular Medicine)

Professor Bryan Williams(Cardiovascular Sciences)

Dr Liz Anderson (Medical and SocialCare Education) and Mr Jon Shears(Audio Visual Services) have beenawarded the Gold Award and theFriman Best in Show Prize at theHealth and Science CommunicationsAssociation 2006 Media Festival inWashington, DC, for a DVDcommissioned by Dr Anderson withmoney from the National Patients’Safety Agency.

Professor Helen Atkinson(Engineering) has been invited by theSecretary of State for Defence to servefor four years on the Defence NuclearSafety Committee.

Dr Dai Davies (Chemistry) has beenelected to the Royal Society ofChemistry’s Dalton (Inorganic) Council

Staff Distinctions as reported to Senate on 04 October 2006for three years.

Ms Christine Fyfe (UniversityLibrarian) has been elected to theSCONUL (Society of College, Nationaland University Libraries) ExecutiveBoard.

Professor Rob Hillman (Dean of theFaculty of Science/Chemistry) hasbeen elected President Elect of the International Society ofElectrochemistry for 2007/08 and2008/09. He will then serve asPresident in 2009/10 and 2010/11and Past President for a further twoyears.

Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys(Genetics) has been awarded the2006 Dr H.P. Heineken Prize forBiochemistry and Biophysics by theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Artsand Sciences.

Ms Erica Mortimer (Accommodationand Catering Service) has successfullycompleted the NVQ3 in HospitalityService.

Professor Ian Postlethwaite (Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Department ofEngineering) has been has beenelected a Fellow of the Royal Academyof Engineering. He has also beenappointed to the post of Board Directoron the Leicester RegenerationCompanies Board.

Dr Emma Raven (Chemistry) has

won the 2005 Royal Society ofChemistry’s Industrially SponsoredAward in Inorganic Biochemistry.

Dr Fernando Schlindwein(Engineering) has been selected bythe editors of Marquis Who’s Who tohave his biographical profile includedin the 2006-07 Edition of Who’s Whoin Science and Engineering.

Professor Joanne Shattock (Deanof the Faculty of Arts/English) hasbeen invited to serve as a member ofthe AHRC’s Research Panel forEnglish Language and Literature from1 September 2006.

Professor Mark Thompson (Pro-Vice-Chancellor/Department of Law)has been appointed as a ConsultantEditor of Halsbury’s Laws of England.

Dr Jane Wellens (Staff DevelopmentCentre) has been appointed as aHigher Education Academy Accreditorand will serve on accreditation panelsfor the Academic Practice awards.

Dr Shengfu Yang (Chemistry) hasbeen awarded an EPSRC AdvancedFellowship for five years.

Student DistinctionsThe following research students

have won awards in the UK GradMidlands Hub Poster competition atthe UK Grad Midlands event held atthe University of Warwick in July

2006: Merav Tauber (Genetics) – 3rd prizeAmeena Camps (Geology) – runner upVincent Williams (Geology) – runnerup.

we attempt to fill this gap withfourteen essays, some reprints ofseminal papers, others newlycommissioned. Three introductorypapers review the context; sixconsider social groups (women,peasants, gentry, clergy); threeapproach the importance of location(Wales and the 'North'); and tworeappraise aspects of change in theimportant immediately post-Conquest era. The intention is in thisway to bring forward a 'reader' on theimplications of naming which, whilstbeing introduced into recent

AWARD FORPROFESSORJEFFREYS

The inventor of DNA Fingerprintingat the University of Leicester, ProfessorSir Alec Jeffreys, has been honouredwith a prestigious internationalaccolade.

Sir Alec, who is Royal SocietyWolfson Research Professor in theDepartment of Genetics, is to beawarded the Dr H.P. Heineken Prizefor Biochemistry and Biophysics 2006by the Royal Netherlands Academy ofArts and Sciences in recognition of thediscovery of the revolutionarytechnique.

The Dr H.P. Heineken Prize forBiochemistry and Biophysics($150,000) is one of six prizes insciences and arts to be presentedduring a special session of the RoyalNetherlands Academy of Arts andSciences at the Beurs van BerlageBuilding in Amsterdam.

medieval social and culturalanalysis, has not hitherto had acomprehensive and accessibleintroduction.

It contains essays by: JoelRosenthal; Cecily Clark; DavePostles; Virginia Davis; MichaelBennett; Philip Niles; Louis Haas;Peter Franklin; John Insley; HeatherJones; Chris Lewis; and Stephaniemooers Christelow.

Dave Postles is Fellow in theDepartment of English at theUniversity of Leicester.

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ObituariesMartin Löb

We have learnt, with regret, of thedeath of Martin Löb aged 85. MartinLöb was a former research student atthe University and has beendescribed by The Guardian as "...acentral figure in the earlydevelopment of mathematical logic."

David CamptonMr. Campton, a distinguishedplaywright, who was awarded anHonorary Doctor of Letters degree bythe University of Leicester in January2006 has died aged 82

David Campton was born inLeicester and educated at what was

An eminent British scientist, whosework was this year celebratedamong ‘100 Discoveries thatChanged the World’ has beenshortlisted for a LifetimeAchievement Award

Professor Ken Pounds CBE, FRS,Emeritus Professor of Space Physicsat the University of Leicester hasbeen identified for the accolade bythe Times Higher EducationSupplement (THES).

Professor Pounds, a UK pioneer ofspace science, was among thefounders of the space programme atthe University of Leicester- nowamong the biggest academic spaceresearch centres in Europe. Havingrejected early invitations to join

Lifetime Achievement Award Nominationfor Eminent Leicester Space Scientist

NASA and the new EuropeanSpace Research Organization, heembarked on a career-longambition to help establish theinternational standing of spacescience in the UK – and Europe.

Best known for his research in X-ray Astronomy, which led to thediscovery that massive Black Holeslurk at the centre of many galaxiesthroughout the Universe- he iscontinuing to inspire newgenerations of young scientiststhrough his dedication to sciencecommunication.

Five of Professor Pounds’publications from this researchappear in the all-time 1000 most-cited astronomy papers; with some300 publications overall he isnamed as a highly cited researcherby Thomson Scientific.

Vice-Chancellor Professor RobertBurgess said:

“Over an extended careerProfessor Ken Pounds has madeimportant scientific discoveries thathave advanced our understandingof the universe, has provided visionand leadership contributing to thestrength of UK science, and hasbeen an enthusiastic and effectivechampion of initiatives to inspirethe next generation of scientistsand engineers.

“He is among the most eminentacademics at the University of

Leicester whose work is world-class.”

Professor Pounds said:“Looking back over 50 years, I

appreciate my good fortune inbeing directed to the new RocketResearch Group at UCL to study formy PhD. That was in October1956, still a year before the launchof Sputnik 1, and an initiative thatpays tribute to the foresight ofleading scientists at the time.

"Shortly after coming to Leicester,in 1960, the first Cosmic X-raysource was discovered, giving our

Dipesh Varia, an economicsstudent from the University is one oftwo people to gain the titleLeicestershire’s Most EnterprisingStudents for 2006.

Dipesh took part in the Shell Stepprogramme through Success Matrix,who are the biggest Shell Stepdelivery agent in the midlands.Dipesh spent the summerimplementing the internationallyrecognised ISO 9001 standard atIskra Wind Turbines based inLoughborough.

Dipesh’s host company Iskra WindTurbines are going through a periodof great change due to everincreasing demand, and needed a

ENTERPRISING STUDENT

then the Wyggeston Boys' School(now Wyggeston and QueenElizabeth I College).

He gave up a safe job with theEast Midlands Gas Board in order towrite for a living. Occasionaldiversions into acting and directinginvolved him most notably with theScarborough theatre in the round inits early days, as well as othertheatres, including the PhoenixTheatre in Leicester.

In 1958 he received an ArtsCouncil Bursary for playwriting andhe has continued to write ever since.More than 100 one-act and 20 full-length stage plays by David Camptonhave been produced, a handful of

which have settled into the repertoireof the amateur theatre, regularlyperformed in schools and festivals.Some of his shorter pieces have hadWest End productions and manyhave been produced overseas, butfor most of the time he has writtenfor, and been performed in, what hasbeen called ‘The Other Theatre’,including "Jonah", commissioned forand first presented in ChelmsfordCathedral.

David Campton's adaptation of"Frankenstein" was produced in theLeicester Haymarket Theatre's mainauditorium, and two other plays:"Dark Wings" and "The Life andDeath of Almost Everybody" in the

Haymarket Studio

Professor Charles Rees, CBE, FRS

Professor Charles Rees died on 21

September aged 78

Professor Rees was Professor of

Organic Chemistry at the University

of Leicester from 1965 to 1969, and

was awarded an Honorary DSc in

1994.

Emeritus Professor Olive Banks

It is with great regret that the

University of Leicester has learned of

the death of Professor Olive Banks.

Professor Banks was a member of

the University’s Department of

Sociology between 1973 and 1982.

RECOGNITION-Professor Ken Pounds

new Space Science group the

opportunity to get into an exciting

new area of research from the

beginning. With the crucial support

of many outstanding colleagues

(and friends) I believe we were

able to take that opportunity,

contributing to human knowledge

of the cosmos, while helping

establish the UK and Europe as

major players in Space Science.”

The winners will be announced

at an awards ceremony in London

on November 15.

flexible yet robust management

system in place capable of dealing

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PeopleUniversity of Leicester BulletinOctober – November ‘06

Dr Colin Ockleford Dr Ockleford retired from the

Department of Infection, Immunityand Inflammation at the end ofAugust.

Colin came to the University in July1977 from Dept of Pathology inCambridge. He carried out research atUniversity of Paris, Jussieu; NationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda,Maryland; University of Virginia atCharlottesville, USA; BrookhavenNational Laboratory, Long Island, USAand the Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing, Peoples Republic of Chinaduring periods of leave of absence andhas ongoing extensive Europeanresearch collaborations through an EUnetwork of excellence.

Dr Ockleford’s research on the

Graham BenskinGraham Benskin Retires after 40

Years' ServiceOn 13th July 2006, friends and

colleagues from Horticultural Servicesand the Biology Department gatheredin the Botanic Garden to say goodbyeto Mr Graham Benskin and to wishhim a happy retirement.

Graham joined the University inOctober 1965 specifically to developand maintain plant collections in thethen recently constructed newglasshouses in the Botanic Garden.One of his responsibilities was theproduction of teaching and researchplant material for the Botany/BiologyDepartment and over this period oftime he grew in excess of 160,000

Barrie FranklandBarrie has retired from the

University on 30 September 2006.Barrie was the Superintendent ofGardens for over 31 years duringwhich time he has overseen manychanges to the horticulturallandscape. He was heavily involvedin the creation of the Arboretum inKnighton. Barrie has also beenresponsible for designing thelandscaping around the variousbuildings which have been erectedover the past 30 years.

Richard Green

Richard retired from the Universityon 30 September 2006 after morethan 33 years service. Richardjoined the university in 1973 as theBuilding Surveyor. At that timeRichard was the only BuildingSurveyor employed by theUniversity. One of his first jobs wasto help deal with the collapse of theBennett Building, not an auspiciousstart to his University Career.

During those 33 years of serviceas the Building Surveyor Richard haswitnessed a phenomenal increase inthe size of the University Estate. Hehas served 3 Vice-Chancellors, 5

Retirements maternofetal interaction won him thepremier research award for youngerAnatomists the Symington Prize andthis formed the basis of his election toFellowship of the Royal College ofPathologists and the award of a DSc bySt Andrew's University.

He is a keen supporter of theHaldane Society and has held all of itsmajor offices including President.

As a licensed teacher of Anatomy hebecame Secretary of the Company ofAnatomists, the holding Company forthe Anatomical Society of Great Britainand Ireland and was this Society'sFounder Education Chairman and amember of Council and the Committeeof Management. He is currently amember of the International Federationof Anatomical Association's Committeeon Anatomical Education.

Colleagues wished Colin a happyretirement.

Registrars and 4 Bursars/Directors ofEstates. Richard has very muchenjoyed his time at the Universityand I am sure he will be missed mymany colleagues both within theEstates Office and throughout theCampus.

Richard intends to continue withhis career as a Building Surveyor ona part-time basis. Although he nolonger plays Rugby Football, heremains very active in the sport atCounty level and will continue thatinvolvement into his “so called”retirement. He will also continue hiswork with the Scout movementwhilst finding the time to travel andsee more of his family.

Barrie and his team have alsobeen instrumental in keeping thegrounds in and around theUniversity’s Student Accommodationto such a high standard. Barrie’sfloral displays at De Montfort Hall,for the Degree Congregations havebeen highly praised over the years bystaff, graduands and their guests.

Barrie has been a keen runner allhis life and he is keen to continue hisrunning for as long as he can. He isalso eager to travel whilst pursuinghis other hobby of motorcross.

plants for this purpose. Much of thismaterial was produced out of thenormal growing seasons to meetspecific class and researchrequirements and Graham became anexpert in all year round production of awide range of plants.

Barrie Frankland, Superintendent ofGardens and Dr Richard Gornall,Director of the Botanic Gardenpresented gifts, cards and thanks forthe contribution that Graham hasmade to the Botanic Garden andacademic work of the University.Graham was also presented with theRoyal Horticultural Societies LongService Medal to commemorate morethan 40 years continuous employmentas a gardener with one employer.

11Barrie Frankland right with his partner Elaine left pictured with Jim Shaw.

Jim Shaw with Richard Green.

Professor C. Ockleford pictured with Professor P. Andrew.

Graham Benskin pictured with Barrie Frankland.

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Events University of Leicester BulletinOctober – November ‘06

Inaugural Lectures31 October 2006Professor Bernard Barker, Education: "Schools- Do we ask too much or too little?"

07 November 2006Professor Peter Bradding, Infection, Immunity and Inflammation: "Mast cells inthe pethogenesis of asthma: past present and future"

05 December 2006Professor Steve Trevillion, Social Work Education: "Innovation, consultation andparticipation in the regulation of professional education"

12 December 2006Professor Rosemary Sweet, Urban History: "The English in Italy, 1680-1820"

Information from the RAC about concerts in Octoberand November:OctoberSat 28 Voces Intimae String Quartet 7.30pm RAC £10 (£7.50; £5) Mon 30 Storytelling Soundbites 12.45pm RAC Free Tue 31 Stephen Foster bassJonathan Gregory piano 12.45pm RAC Free

NovemberWed 1 University of Leicester Theatre: 24-Hour Play 7.30pm QHT £6 (£4; £3LUT) Thu 2 Jenny Sherrard, Victoria Wray, Kate McKechnie 12.45pm RAC Free Thu 2 Cosi fan tutte 7pm RAC £8 Tue 7 Coro Nostro Chamber Choir 7.30pm St J B £8 (£6.50; £1) Thu 9 Emily Guerry, Bethany Rowell with Moira Finch 12.45pm RAC Free Sat 11 Leicestershire Sinfonia 7.30pm FNB £6 (£4) Mon 13 Storytelling Soundbites 12.45pm RAC Free Tue 14 Jazz Jam in the Piazza 6.30pm CP £2 (£1 NUS) Wed 15 Rowena Bass harp 1pm RAC £5 Wed 15 Folk & Roots Night 6.30pm CP £5 Wed 15 University of Leicester Theatre: Dr Faustus 7.30pm QHT £6 (£4; £3LUT) Wed 22 Leicester Jazz House 8pm RAC £8 (£5 NUS) Wed 22 University Singers & Proteus Chamber Orchestra 7.30pm FNB £8£6.50; £3.50) Thu 23 Jazz in the Piazza 6.30pm CP £5 Thu 23 Nick Hislam Jazz Quartet 12.45pm RAC Free Sat 25 Symphonic Concert Band & Big Band 7.30pm FNB £5.50 (£4.50; £3) Thu 30 Matthew Barley cello with workshop students 12.45pm RAC Free

Department of Biochemistry Autumn SeminarsProgramme 2006

25 OctoberCatherine Hall: “Development of new NMR based methods for characterizing thestructures of therapeutic antibody-target protein complexes”Jonathan Howe: “The Role of Tensin in the Assembly of the FibronectinExtracellular Matrix”Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester

30 OctoberThe Redfearn LectureDr Jim Sellers, National Institute for Health, Bethesda, USA: “Walking withMyosin V – a nanomachine”Time and Venue to be confirmed

8 NovemberDr Michael Dye, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford:“Insights into the coupling of transcription and pre-mRNA processing”

15 NovemberDr David Christianson, Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department ofChemistry, University of Pennsylvania: “Arginase: Structure, Mechanism andPhysiological Role in Male and Femal sexual Arousal”

29 NovemberDonna Parkinson: “Regulation of the Centrosomal Nek2 kinase byautophosphorylation”Ian Wilkinson: “Characterisation of single chain variable fragments (scFvs) asmodels for therapeutic antibodies"Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester

The Frank May Prize Lecture - November 2006 -"Prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease: Evidenceto waist?"Dr Kamlesh Khunti, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Division of General Practice &Primary Health Care, Department of Health Sciences"Prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease: Evidence to waist?Wednesday 1st November 2006

• At 5.30 pm • The Frank and Katherine May Lecture Theatre, The Henry Wellcome Building,

University Road, Leicester (Reception in the Foyer after the Lecture) Free Admission and open to the Public

Leicestershire & Rutland Classical Association (jointly with theSociety for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies) presents the6th Dorothy Buchan Memorial LectureProfessor Helen King (University of Reading)‘From Father of Gynaecology to Father of Midwifery: the paternity of Hippocratesin the eighteenth century'.

Tuesday 7 November 2006Rattray Lecture Theatre, 5.30 p.m.University of Leicester(followed by a reception)

All WelcomeFor details of other events organized by the Association, please consult ProfessorGraham Shipley (Chair) or Dr Elly Cowan (Secretary)

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