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A warm welcome to our 2025 Lister Fellows

We received a large number of high quality applications this year, and as a result we have decided…

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In conversation with Alex Borodavka

Dr Alex Borodavka is a 2024 Lister Prize Fellow and a virologist specialising in the RNA mechanisms behind…

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28 April 2025

Congratulations Chris Stewart, 2025 Blavatnik Laureate for Life Sciences

Lister Fellow Chris Stewart recently received a UK Blavatnik Award for his work on the microbiome in infants…

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20 April 2025

In conversation with Elizabeth Ballou

Dr Elizabeth Ballou is 2022 Lister Fellow and a medical mycologist based at the University of Exeter. She…

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21 March 2025

A Prize Visit to Andrew Davidson at the University of Glasgow

We travelled to the University of Glasgow earlier this month to formally present Andrew Davidson, one of our…

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24 February 2025

‘Biology is full of surprises’: How Tung Le’s team unlocked the secrets of RK2 plasmid proteins

2022 Lister Fellow Tung Le is Group Leader and Professor at John Innes Centre in Norwich, where he…

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24 January 2025

Two esteemed former Lister Fellows receive New Year Honours

Congratulations to Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz and Professor Daniel Davis on the 2025 New Year Honours list for their services to science.

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18 December 2024

In conversation with Nicky Whiffin

Dr Nicky (Nicola) Whiffin is one of 2024’s Lister Prize Fellows. She leads the Computational Rare Disease Genomics…

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A Prize visit to Lister Fellow Fiona Whelan at the University of Manchester

On November 12th, Lister Institute Chair Professor Sir John Iredale and Director Dr Sally Burtles travelled to the…

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In conversation with Summer Students Faniya Abeed, Ruby Glazebrook and Keshav Rao

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.

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The end of a Fellowship: Three Lister Fellows reflect

Each year as we greet a new group of Lister Fellows, we see another group progress from Lister Fellow to Former Lister Fellow and Member of the Lister Institute. We spoke with three researchers who are coming to the end of their Fellowship in 2024.

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Lister community members awarded prestigious new fellowships

A number of current and former members of the Lister community have been made fellows of leading scientific societies.

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