From Lister Fellow to Chief Scientific Advisor: Q&A with Professor Robin May

Professor Robin May was appointed Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) of the Food Standards Agency in July 2020. We sat down with him to find out more about this unique role.

Former Fellow Professor Daniel Smith awarded £6.5m funding to explore circadian rhythms and bipolar disorder

As a leading researcher in bipolar disorder, circadian science and population mental health research, Daniel will spearhead new research in these areas.

Former Fellow Dr Sarah Teichmann wins the prestigious Women in Science Award

Earlier this month, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) announced Dr Sarah Teichmann as the recipient of the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2023.

Professor Potter elected to Honorary Fellowship of the British Pharmacological Society

Former Fellow, Professor Barry Potter, has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship of the British Pharmacological Society (BPS), the primary UK learned society concerned with research into drugs and their mechanism of action.

In conversation with Lister Fellow Stephan Uphoff

Stephan took a break from setting up for undergraduate admissions to speak to us about his experience of winning the 2020 Lister Prize.

In conversation with Lister Fellow Dr Christopher Stewart

Dr Christopher Stewart became a Lister Prize Fellow in 2021. We caught up with him after this year’s Lister Institute’s Annual Fellows Meeting to learn more about his work and life post-prize.

Lister Fellow’s Nature paper demonstrates the importance of ‘junk’ DNA

Research led by Lister Fellow Professor Sherif El-Khamisy over the past four years has just been published in Nature.

Q&A with Cynthia Andoniadou on the impact of her Fellowship and her exciting endocrinology research

We chat with Dr Cynthia Andoniadou to find out more about her work and the impact that the Lister Fellowship has had on her career to date.

Honorary degree for former fellow and SAC member, Professor Barry Potter

Congratulations go out to Professor Barry Potter who recently received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Bath.

Announcing the eight Lister Research Prize Fellows 2022

With the 2023 Prize shortly opening for applications, we are delighted to announce the researchers who have been awarded the 2022 Fellowship.

Important discovery from Tim Blower’s lab and two Royal Society Fellowships

Current Fellow Tim Blower publishes new paper revealing discovery of new family of BREX phage defence system regulators. Meanwhile, Professors Kate Storey and Paul Lehner are elected as Royal Society Fellows.

New research from Former Fellows helps explain why a type of infant leukaemia so often evades treatment

Professor Muzlifah Haniffa and Dr Sarah Teichmann contributed to a recent paper in Nature Medicine, detailing how their research reveals more about infant B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL).