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Lister Institute

Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research

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  • About Us
    • The Organisation
      Learn more about Lister Institute's organisation and leadership.
      Finance and Investment Committee
      They oversees the preparation and monitoring of the Institute’s budget.
      Our History
      The Institute was originally established in 1891 as The British Institute of Preventive Medicine.
      Our Work
      The Lister Institute funds biomedical researchers through annual prize grants.
      Research Achievements
      Lister Institute research staff and fellows have made discoveries that have made significant impacts on human health
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      In 2016 the Lister Institute celebrated its 125th anniversary.
      Lister Institute 125th Aniversary
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      The awards are aimed at researchers in the early years of running their own groups.
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      Check if you are eligible for the Lister Institute Prize fund.
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      If you have any questions about the Lister Research prizes click here.
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      How the Lister Institute has helped individuals with mentorship and prizes and what it meant to them.
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Lister Institute

Nurturing the future leaders in biomedical research

  • Data Modelling and Big Data, Diagnostics, DNA/RNA, Genomics

Dr Nicola Whiffin

Title of Research Project Bridging the diagnostic gap: realising non-coding variant identification and classification in the clinic. Website

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  • June 17, 2024
  • Ai, Data Modelling and Big Data, Mental health/Psychiatry, Neurology

Dr Srikanth Ramaswamy

Title of Research Project A tale of two neuromodulators: how histamine and serotonin shape social interactions in mice and human brains  

  • leigh
  • March 27, 2024
  • Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer, Cell Biology, Data Modelling and Big Data, DNA/RNA, Molecular Biology, Proteomics

Professor Julian Blow

Fellow 1991-1996 Area of Current Research Interests Interests are chromosome replication and the cell cycle. Other Information Lister Institute-Jenner Fellow. Appointed Senior Scientist at ICRF from 1.7.96. Elected a Member of the Institute, 1997. Director, CRC Chromosome Replication Research Group,…

  • leigh
  • March 7, 2024
  • Data Modelling and Big Data, Epidemiology, Genomics

Professor Anthony Khawaja

Title of Research Project Translating genomic discovery into clinical prediction tools for glaucoma Other Information Promoted to Professor of Ophthalmology, 2023 Website

  • leigh
  • March 7, 2024
  • Data Modelling and Big Data, Genetics /Epigenetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Regeneration

Professor Wolf Reik

Fellow 1987-1993 Area of Current Research Interests Epigenetic gene regulation during mammalian development and its deregulation in disease. Particular focus on imprinted genes and their function, mechanisms for gene imprinting, how faults in the mechanisms contribute to disease, and epigenetic…

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  • March 7, 2024
  • Data Modelling and Big Data, Genetics /Epigenetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Reproductive/Foetal

Professor Darren G Monckton

Fellow 1998-2003 Area of Current Research Interests Interest in inherited human disorders associated with unstable DNA, e.g. myotonic dystrophy and Huntington’s Disease. Studying molecular mechanisms that give rise to somatic and germ line genetic instability. The relation of these factors…

  • leigh
  • March 7, 2024
  • Data Modelling and Big Data, Mental health/Psychiatry, Neurology, Sensory

Professor Rebecca Lawson

Title of Research Project Computational neurodevelopment: a new framework for understanding autism spectrum disorder.

  • leigh
  • March 7, 2024
  • Cancer, Cell Biology, Data Modelling and Big Data, Developmental Biology, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology

Professor, Cynthia Andoniadou

Fellow 2016- 2021 Area of Current Research Interests Regulation of stem cell potential in the mammalian pituitary gland Other Information: Elected to membership of the Institute, 2021Promoted to Professor, 2024

  • leigh
  • March 7, 2024
  • Ai, Cancer, Cell Biology, Data Modelling and Big Data, Gastrointestinal, Hepatology, Imaging, Molecular Biology, Regeneration

Professor Yanlan Mao

Title of Research Project Mechanochemical regulation of tissue growth and morphogenesis Other Information Awarded L’oreal UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship, 2018. Received Biophysical Society Early Career Mechanobiology Award 2019. Elected to EMBO Young Investigator programme, 2019. Awarded BSCB Women in…

  • leigh
  • March 7, 2024
  • Ai, Data Modelling and Big Data, Genetics /Epigenetics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Proteomics

Professor Joseph Marsh

Title of Research Project The dominant-negative effect in protein complexes: implications for human genetic disease Other Information Awarded Royal Society of Edinburgh Patrick Neill Medal, 2019.ERC Consolidator Grant, 2020.

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  • March 7, 2024

Research Prizes

The Lister Institute’s competitive research prizes give young scientists the opportunity to develop their potential through flexible funding over a five-year period. The awards are aimed at younger,  researchers in the early years of running their own groups, for whom receipt of the prize would make a significant difference to their research work.
Learn more about Research Prizes
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