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Bulletin June-July 2003 People University of Leicester Newsletter http://www.le.ac.uk JUNE – JULY 2003 JUNE – JULY This Issue • Medical School Top in UK • Honorary Graduands • Probe into Major Diseases • Hero Worship MISSION TO MARS An historic new chapter in the his- tory of the University of Leicester unfolded this month as a new British space odyssey began with the launch to Mars of the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Mis- sion, which is carrying the UK’s Bea- gle 2 lander probe. Beagle 2 took off on June 2 at 1845BST from Baikonur in Kazakstan – and is one of four international missions head- ing to Mars this year. It is due to land on Mars on Christmas Day 2003. The primary scientific aim of Bea- gle 2 is to search for evidence of whether life may have existed- or still exists-on or below the surface of NEW FRONTIERS OF LEARNING: University of Mars. Beagle 2 is equipped with Leicester space scientists Dr Mark Sims, left, and Professor Alan Wells have played a pivotal advanced scientific instruments and role in the Beagle 2 project on board the technology to look for signatures of European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission. lifeforms and to explore the geology Leicester Mercury and environment of the landing site. National Space Centre, co-founded Leicester scientists who have posi- The University of Leicester has by the University of Leicester. This tioned the University as one of played a major role in constructing team will work in collaboration with Europe’s leading academic centres the PAW instrument- the Position the Lander Operations Planning Cen- for space research. Adjustable Workbench – which rep- tre at the Open University, the lead “The international standing of the resents the ‘hands and eyes’ of Bea- organisation for Beagle 2. Physics and Astronomy Department gle 2. Positioned by a robotic arm, it A vital function of the control cen- is reflected in its winning the will examine and collect samples of tre is to test and verify all the com- Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Martian rock and soil for analysis by mands sent to the probe, using the and Further Education nearly a the Open University’s GAP instru- engineering replica of Beagle 2 decade ago for world class research. ment -the Gas Analysis Package. which is mounted inside the Lander The University played a leading role Beagle 2 operations will be man- Operations Control Centre on a in establishing the £52million aged by University of Leicester scien- panoramic layout of the landing site. National Space Centre. This role is tists and engineers in the Lander Professor Alan Wells, Director of now further strengthened by obtain- Operations Control Centre at the the University of Leicester’s Space ing additional funding from the Mil- All rights reserved www.beagle2.com Beagle 2. Website: Research Centre said: “Our involve- lennium Commission to locate the ment in the mission to Mars is the Beagle 2 Lander Operations Centre More on Beagle 2 latest achievement in over 30 years’ in the University’s research facilities – see page 4 space exploration by University of at the National Space Centre.” Online Bulletin updated weekly: http://www.le.ac.uk/press/ebulletin University of Leicester Bulletin Bulletin News June-July 2003 Medical School is top in UK PROBE INTO MAJOR DISEASES The University of Leicester Medical A team of academics at the Univer- their own grandchildren. only help medical scientists to devel- School has been rated as Britain’s sity of Leicester are to play a leading In the past, studies have only op new treatments, but it will also best school to study Medicine. It came top in the Guardian sub- role in a £45 million national study been able to take into account allow us to target health promotion ject league tables published last that could make a major contribution lifestyle issues, such as diet and more successfully and to give a clear- month – and the University of to our understanding of the causes of exercise, when predicting what fac- er message to people about what fac- Leicester also leads the country in common life-threatening and debili- tors may increase the risk of certain tors might substantially increase their terms of the level of its taught post- tating illnesses such as breast can- diseases. However, recent break- personal risk of developing a serious graduate provision according to the cer, diabetes, heart disease and throughs in the human genome pro- illness and what they might be able Financial Times. Alzheimer’s disease. ject, which have already identified to do to stay fit and healthy.” Some of the strongest teaching Leicester will host the administra- the function of many genes, mean Professor Nilesh Samani, British assessments in the country, signifi- tion centre for a consortium of seven that through simple blood tests the Heart Foundation Professor of Cardi- cant investment in facilities and a universities tasked with recruiting Biobank project will be able to study ology at the University of Leicester, is student completion rate few beyond Oxbridge can exceed has seen the 120,000 patients from GPs surg- participants’ genetic information as heading up Leicester’s clinical team University once again rated in the eries across the Trent, West Midlands well and to see how the genes inter- on the project. He said: “This is a Financial Times’ and Sunday Times’ and South West Regions. These act with lifestyle. bold step by the government and the group of 20 leading UK Universities. patients will become part of half a Professor Paul Burton, who is funding agencies – to follow the The University of Leicester Med- million people nationally who will based in the University of Leicester’s health and lifestyle of half a million ical School, founded in 1974, is have their genetic make-up and Department of Health Sciences and people over 15 years is a huge now among the biggest Medical lifestyles studied over a 15-year peri- Institute of Genetics, and who is undertaking. However, the end ben- Schools in the UK, following its od under the ambitious UK Biobank leading the team from Leicester said: efits of the project could be enor- partnership in 1999 with the Uni- project, being funded by the Medical “This is a very exciting study. It will mous and we look forward to work- versity of Warwick. Research Council, the Wellcome help us to tie together genetic infor- ing with the people of Leicester and Dean of the Leicester Warwick Medical Schools Professor Ian Trust and the Department of Health. mation from the human genome pro- the whole of Trent. By donating their Lauder said: “The Medical School By allowing the researchers to fol- ject with the major diseases that time, these volunteers could realisti- is delighted to receive this accolade low their health over this time, the affect our modern society. This will cally help us to pinpoint the causes which is a reflection of the enor- volunteers could be helping to save help us to understand how genes and of many common diseases – in short mous amount of hard work put in the lives of thousands of people in life style work together to make us they could help us to save thousands by everyone in the School.” generations to come – possibly even healthy or unwell. This should not of lives.” Having the last laugh Research presented by the Uni- DRUG USE IN FOOTBALL versity of Leicester reveals that humour can play a key role in The University of Leicester Centre “We undertook the survey a Sports Council survey in 1995 international business meetings – for Research into Sport and Society because it is widely recognised found that 75% of track and field and can influence the power-play has recently, with the cooperation of among anti-doping experts that the athletes had been tested during the within meetings. the Professional Footballers Associa- number of positive test results is a previous year, and only 16% A study by Dr Pamela Rogerson- tion (PFA), completed the first ever poor indication of the extent of dop- thought that they were not likely to Revell, of the University’s School of Education found that humour is an survey of drug use in English foot- ing in sport. Anonymous surveys of be tested in the next 12 months. important linguistic resource which ball. Using the PFA database ques- participants have, in the past, pro- • Almost 6% of our sample indicated can be used to include and exclude tionnaires were sent to all 2863 vided much more realistic estimates that they had been told in advance people – to the extent that members player members of whom 708, of the extent of drug use within sport. that they would be tested. This rep- at a meeting can subvert the meet- almost 25%, have so far replied. In this regard our survey provides a resents a clear breach of drug test- ing and even usurp the power of The responses were evenly spread more accurate picture of the extent of ing protocol. the Chair. between Premiership players and drug use in football than do the • 70% of players indicated that Her study of international busi- players in the three divisions of the results of the UK Sport/Football Asso- recreational drugs were used by ness meetings attended by man- Nationwide League, and the distribu- ciation testing programme. footballers and 46% of players per- agers of a large international organ- tion of responses from younger and The key findings of the survey sonally knew other players who isation provides a picture of what might happen behind closed board- older players, from regular first team were: had used them.
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