Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research
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…
It is with great sadness that the Lister Institute shares news of the death of one our former Directors, Dr Trevor Hince, who died peacefully in his sleep on Friday 14 February 2025. Trevor was Director of the Lister Institute…
As we reach the end of 2024 and prepare for 2025, we’re taking a moment to look back at some of the highlights and achievements of the last 12 months. Current and future Lister Fellows December is always a busy…
Dr Nicky (Nicola) Whiffin is one of 2024’s Lister Prize Fellows. She leads the Computational Rare Disease Genomics lab, based at the Big Data Institute in Oxford. We caught up with her to learn more about her research and how…
On November 12th, Lister Institute Chair Professor Sir John Iredale and Director Dr Sally Burtles travelled to the University of Manchester to present Dr Fiona Whelan with the Lister Prize. Fiona is one of 2023’s Lister Prize winners. Proceedings began…
Former Lister Fellow Darren Monckton is Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Glasgow. His research focuses on DNA repeats in inherited illnesses, with the aim of understanding how instability in DNA contributes to disease and ageing. Darren received…
The Lister Institute Annual Meeting at Corpus Christi College, Oxford is always a highlight of our calendar. It’s an opportunity for current and former Lister Prize Fellows, Summer Students and Institute Members to connect in the historic atmosphere of the…
We warmly congratulate former Lister Fellow Sherif, who become Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Bradford in September 2024.
During the Lister Annual Meeting, we caught up with three of our Lister Summer Students and their supervisors to learn about both sides of the experience.