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Future applicants to the Lister Prize are welcomed and encouraged to explain how COVID-19 has affected them, their team, and their research.
Read MoreLister signs cross-funder statement to formally recognise impact of the pandemic![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI3NjgiIGhlaWdodD0iNTQ5IiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNzY4IDU0OSI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=)
In 2021, 41 Lister Summer Studentships took place to help support the biomedical scientists of the future.
Read MoreCelebrating the continuing success of the Lister’s Summer Studentships![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI3NjgiIGhlaWdodD0iNDkxIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNzY4IDQ5MSI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=)
Former Lister Fellow Professor Paul Lehner recently published a paper in Nature, which details his research into how the Human Silencing Hub (HUSH) complex protects the human genome from viruses and other retroelement invaders.
Read MoreFormer Fellow Professor Paul Lehner publishes Nature paper on how HUSH defends the human genome![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI3NjgiIGhlaWdodD0iODUxIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNzY4IDg1MSI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=)
Lister Fellow Tomás Ryan, of Trinity College Dublin, co-presents a new review paper that presents a novel theory of forgetting.
Read MoreLister Fellow Tomás Ryan publishes major review on memory engrams and theory of forgetting![](data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSI3NjgiIGhlaWdodD0iNDMyIiB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgNzY4IDQzMiI+PHJlY3Qgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIGhlaWdodD0iMTAwJSIgc3R5bGU9ImZpbGw6I2NmZDRkYjtmaWxsLW9wYWNpdHk6IDAuMTsiLz48L3N2Zz4=)
In recent news, former member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Professor Nick Lemoine, was awarded a CBE, and SAC Chair, Professor John Iredale, has been appointed interim Executive Chair of the Medical Research Council.
Read MoreNick Lemoine made CBE and major new appointment for John Iredale