Announcing our 2023 Lister Fellows

With the 2024 Prize shortly opening for applications, we are delighted to announce the researchers who have been awarded the 2023 Fellowship.

Spring Lister Fellowship Lectures, new paper, and funding success

We recently enjoyed Lister Fellowship Lectures from two of the 2022 cohort and a rather overdue one from 2020 Fellow, Dr Rebecca Lawson. These talks also coincided with some exciting news...

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.

Another successful year for the Lister Summer Studentships

It is a great honour to run our annual Summer Studentships programme, which provides opportunities for undergraduates to experience working in a laboratory and to undertake their own research project – all whilst supporting additional support to our current and former Fellows!

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 Memoriam – Edward Guinness CVO

The Lister is saddened to hear of the death of Edward Guinness CVO, who was a Governor from 1969 until his retirement from the board in June 2001. He died peacefully at home in Hertfordshire on 29th December.

In conversation with our new Chair, Professor John Iredale

Professor John Iredale became the Lister Institute’s Chair in September 2022. A few months into the role, we caught up with him to hear his aspirations for his tenure.

Season’s Greetings from the Lister Institute (1)

The highlight of our year, as ever, was in awarding the Lister Prizes to our Fellows! In 2022, we received 82 applications and were in a position to award eight Fellowships – a new record for us.

Lister represented at Louis Pasteur Jubilee conference by Governing Body member, Prof Judith Armitage

Judith was invited to speak as a Special Guest on behalf of the Institute at a recent international microbiology conference about the links between Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister.

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.