Three eras of Lister scientists come together at the Annual Meeting

The Lister Institute Annual Meeting at Corpus Christi College, Oxford is always a highlight of our calendar. It’s…

Sherif El-Khamisy announced as Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Bradford

We warmly congratulate former Lister Fellow Sherif, who become Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at the University of Bradford in September 2024.

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.

New starts and fond farewells

This September, we’re welcoming some new members to our Governing Body and Scientific Committee and saying farewell to some valued colleagues who are moving on to new chapters.

Research round-up: Summer 2024

Our Lister Fellows and wider Lister community produce a huge variety of research, regularly publishing journal articles, giving talks and achieving other milestones. Today we are showcasing three recent research highlights from members of the Lister community.

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.

Welcoming Cliona O’Farrelly and strengthening the Lister’s Irish connection

Professor Cliona O’Farrelly, Professor of Comparative Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, will join the Lister Institute Scientific Committee.

The Lister Prize has increased to £300,000 and applications for 2025 are now open

From 2024 onwards, the Lister Prize includes flexible funding of £300,000 for each recipient.

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.

Welcome 2024 Lister Prize Fellows

Announcing the annual Lister Prize winners is one of the highlights of our calendar, and 2024 is no exception. This year we welcome six new Lister Fellows, each one an exceptional early-career researcher in biomedical science.

James Lee’s Nature paper unveils an ancient driver of inflammatory bowel disease – and a new way to treat it

Lister Fellow James Lee and his colleagues at the Francis Crick Institute have published a new paper this week in Nature, revealing a new biological pathway that plays a major role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Our first Fellows Visit of 2024! Congratulations Srikanth Ramaswamy

On Monday 15 April, Our Chair Sir John Iredale and Director Sally Burtles visited the Faculty of Medical Sciences to formally award the Lister Prize to our 2023 Fellow Srikanth Ramaswamy.