When the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Human Cell Atlas team turned their attention to working out how the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters and interacts with human cells.
We spoke to 2020 Fellow Dr Hayley Sharpe about what it was like to apply for – and win – the Prize during a global pandemic and how she’s using the funding to propel her research forward.
Lister Fellow Dr Simon Bullock has recently published a new research paper in Science Advances, which suggests the cellular mechanism behind the devastating neurodegenerative diseases frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and motor neuron disease.
We are absolutely delighted to share the news that two scientists associated with the Lister Institute have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
We caught up with Dr Tim Blower to talk about what winning the Fellowship meant to him and to find out how he’s using the funding to expand research in his lab.