
Curiosity at the core: how Lister Fellows pursued bold questions
As their Lister Fellowships end, three top researchers reflect on discoveries shaped by the freedom to follow their curiosity.
As their Lister Fellowships end, three top researchers reflect on discoveries shaped by the freedom to follow their curiosity.
Lister Fellow Tomás Ryan’s says animals can form lasting memories of cold, redefining the interplay between physiological regulation and neuroscience.
Lister Fellow Professor Rickie Patani is leading a major new research project to explore the cellular mechanisms behind Motor Neurone Disease (MND). The project is funded by the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation (MNDF), a charity set up by Scottish rugby star Doddie Weir, who lived with the condition.
Research led by Lister Fellow Professor Sherif El-Khamisy over the past four years has just been published in Nature.
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.
Former Lister Fellow Professor Paul Lehner recently published a paper in Nature, which details his research into how the Human Silencing Hub (HUSH) complex protects the human genome from viruses and other retroelement invaders.