Leicester

With a population of 280,000, Leicester is the largest city in the East Midlands and the tenth largest in the UK. Its importance was first recognised by the Romans and later by the Danes, who used it as a strategic stronghold to control the Midlands.

Leicester is a major commercial and manufacturing centre with strong trade diversity rather than dependence on a single industry. It is also well known for its ethnic and cultural diversity which gives Leicester its unique identity.

For more information about Leicester see the Leicester City Council website.

The following researchers are offering projects for prospective China Fellow candidates:

• Multi-gene analysis in plasma and tumour of breast cancer patients for prediction of overt metastases and resistance to therapy
  Jacqueline A Shaw, University of Leicester
  Cancer type - Breast cancer
• Development of methoxylated flavones as colorectal cancer chemopreventive agents
  William Steward and Stewart Sale, University of Leicester
  Cancer type - Colorectal cancer
• A novel approach to treating metastatic bladder cancer: targeting the function of the transcription factor, ZEB1
  Eugene Tulchinsky, Marina Kriajevska and Maxim G Ryadnov, University of Leicester
  Cancer type - Bladder cancer