The University of Leicester is a public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, University College, Leicester, gained university status in 1957.
The Fielding Johnson Building (built 1837)
Archaeologists working on the site of Richard III's grave, in the former Greyfriars Church, in September 2012
University of Leicester seen from Victoria Park – left to right: the Engineering Building, the Attenborough Tower, the Charles Wilson Building.
The Attenborough Tower, home of many of the university's arts departments
DNA profiling is the process of determining an individual's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) characteristics. DNA analysis intended to identify a species, rather than an individual, is called DNA barcoding.
Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
CBP chemist reads a DNA profile to determine the origin of a commodity.