Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Our Scientific Committee is responsible for assessing the many applications we receive for the Lister Prize each year and determining who will become our next Prize Fellows. To learn more about what the process involves we spoke with two Committee…
We received a large number of high quality applications this year, and as a result we have decided to award the Lister Prize to eight outstanding scientists. We are delighted to welcome these remarkable researchers to the Lister community and…
Professor Simon Draper and Professor Rickie Patani are among 54 exceptional scientists working in biomedical and healthcare fields who were formally announced as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) on 22 May 2025. Rickie Patani Lister Fellow Rickie…
Dr Alex Borodavka is a 2024 Lister Prize Fellow and a virologist specialising in the RNA mechanisms behind viral structure and replication, especially in rotaviruses. He is based at the University of Cambridge. We caught up with Alex to learn…
Lister Fellow Chris Stewart recently received a UK Blavatnik Award for his work on the microbiome in infants and its role in preventing illness. The awards recognise exceptional young scientists in Life Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Physical Sciences and Engineering.…
Dr Elizabeth Ballou is 2022 Lister Fellow and a medical mycologist based at the University of Exeter. She is a Wellcome Trust Henry Dale Fellow and Principal Investigator at the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology. We spoke with Liz about…
The University of Birmingham is home base for a number of valued Lister Fellows and Former Fellows, the latest additions being our 2024 Prize winners Dr Sarah Dimeloe and Dr Rebecca Drummond. Following a successful Prize visit to the university…
We travelled to the University of Glasgow earlier this month to formally present Andrew Davidson, one of our 2024 Lister Fellows, with the Lister Prize. Lister Institute Chair Professor Sir John Iredale and Director Dr Sally Burtles joined Andrew and…
Earlier this month, our Chair Professor Sir John Iredale and Director Dr Sally Burtles visited 2023 Lister Fellow Kirby Swatek at his home institution, the University of Dundee. `They were pleased to present him with the Lister Prize and hear…
2022 Lister Fellow Tung Le is Group Leader and Professor at John Innes Centre in Norwich, where he and his team explore mechanisms of genetic transfer in bacteria. Working with an international team of microbiologists hailing from the UK, the…