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.

Selecting the 2023 Fellows: Insights into the process from the new Scientific Advisory Committee Chair, Professor Julian Blow

Our new Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Professor Julian Blow, chats with us about the highlights of his role and the ongoing work to select 2023's new Fellows.

Prestigious Microbiology Society Prizes for two Lister Fellows

On November 22, the Microbiology Society announced its 2023 Prizes, and we were delighted to see Lister Fellows Dr Tanmay Bharat and Professor Ravi Gupta receive the accolade.

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.

The Lister Institute’s Annual Fellows Meeting 2022

The Annual Meeting is a fantastic opportunity for our members – including current and former Fellows, Governing Body members, Scientific Advisory Committee members, trustees, and staff – to unite in sharing and celebrating the work enabled by the Lister Institute.

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.

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz’s lab creates mouse embryo-like structure without using egg or sperm

Former Lister Fellow and member of the Lister’s Scientific Advisory Group (SAC) Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz has grown a model mouse embryo from stem cells.

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.

Musical chairs: We bid farewell to our Chair, Alex Markham, and welcome both his replacement and the new SAC Chair

As Professor Sir Alex Markham’s tenure as Chair comes to an end, he will be succeeded by Professor John Iredale. And in turn, Professor Julian Blow will replace John as Chair of our Scientific Advisory Committee.