1/5 Fantastic companion papers published in @nature.com and @natgenet.nature.com. They uncover the full functional landscape of RNU4-2 and identify a previously unknown recessive condition. Brilliant sleuthing! Congrats to #ListerFellow @nickywhiffin.bsky.social et al. 👏 Summary in thread ⏬

Co-founded by Aviv Regev and former #ListerFellow Sarah Teichmann. The @humancellatlas.org is celebrating its 10th anniversary 👏 @teichlab.bsky.social #HumanCellAtlas

Rescuing specific memories by rejuvenating engram cells. Commentary by Louisa Zielke at @tcddublin.bsky.social on a recent important paper from @graeffjohannes.bsky.social & Graff Lab at @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social in @cp-neuron.bsky.social www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

A wonderful, extended holiday weekend to all our current #ListerFellows, our wider community and all our lovely followers! ☀️ 🌷

This is incredible. Amazing video of the first ever structure of telomerase in yeast - in glorious 3D technicolour. Kudos to #ListerFellow @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social and lab at @mrclmb.ac.uk and @hongmiaohu.bsky.social who led the study. Stunning results 👏 Cryo-EM just keeps on giving 🤩

Brilliant to hear @uniofexeternews.bsky.social awarded £4.5M from @wellcometrust.bsky.social to develop specialist bioimaging tools for WHO-priority fungal pathogens. Led by #ListerFellow Liz Ballou @balloulab.bsky.social at @mrccmm.bsky.social. Huge congrats, a fastastic achievement 👏

New work with contribution from former #ListerFellow @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social that reveals a new target mechanism to overcome therapeutic resistance in kidney cancer.

📣 Still time to apply to this bioinformatics postdoc position with us! If you have any questions, please DM me here or send me an email. Deadline 3 April.

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with the @acmedsci.bsky.social to widen opportunities for early-career clinical academics through the Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers scheme, helping safeguard the UK's clinical research pipeline. 👉 lister-institute.org.uk/news/partner...

Our warmest congratulations to former #ListerFellow Melina Schuh on this very prestigious award. Well earned recognition for extraordinary research into why meiosis is error-prone in humans. 🥇

It's World Tuberculosis Day 🦠 Over 1M die of TB each year, but @who.int says ending TB is achievable 🙌 Former #ListerFellow Gurdyal Besra (@unibirmingham.bsky.social) studies the TB bacterium cell wall and the potential role of iNKT/CD1d therapeutics. www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profil...

A belated repost, but do read this great backgrounder to the arthritis and uveitis (eye inflammation) in children 👇 #ListerFellow Lizzy Rosser @bcellsrosser.bsky.social and colleagues are doing tremendous work to address this damaging condition.

This is Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847–1927). Head of the Guinness brewing business, philanthropist, FRS in 1906. He gave the Institute £250,000 in 1898. A story about a dog bite and Pasteur. Read it here: lister-institute.org.uk/about-us/125...

Check out this beautifully designed and insightful work from #ListerFellow @stewartlab.bsky.social. Long thread, totally worth it 😍

A study in bioRxiv last week hints that "model-organism research has been in continuous decline in the last three decades." #ListerFellow Vilaiwan Fernandes definitely bucks that trend. Find out why the fruit fly really matters for biomedical brain research 👇

Important info on #meningitis from #ListerFellow Rebecca Drummond @therad-lab.bsky.social 🔽

🌷Spring has sprung... and our website has had a refresh. The same #ListerPrize info. All those great stories about #ListerFellows. Just a new, clean look and feel. Go check it out! 👉 lister-institute.org.uk

So, who in the wider Lister community got involved in some fun or inspiring events for #BritishScienceWeek? 👀 We'd love to hear your stories and see your pics. Share your experiences in the comments ⏬

📣 The Whelan lab is hiring a bioinformatics postdoc 📣 Together with @fabricejpierre.bsky.social, we are offering a 1-year bioinformatic PDRA position in comparative genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To find out more please visit whelanlab.co.uk/contact/. Applications close 3 April 2026!

Just a B&W snap from the archives today. Here's a view of the Lister Institute's former Chelsea Bridge Road building, built 1894-98, later extended. Now the private Lister Hospital. Image from the Wellcome Collection via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Th...

Why the fly? Ahead of #BrainAwarenessWeek, #ListerFellow and developmental neurobiologist Vilaiwan Fernandes explains how Drosophila helps answer a huge question: how are brains built? 🧠🪰 Read, repost and share your reactions here 💬 👉 lister-institute.org.uk/in-conversat...

Another gem from our most recent annual report. Flick to the feature on how our annual meeting brings together three generations of scientists: 🧑‍🎓Summer Studentship participants 🔬Current and recent Lister Fellows 🔦 Senior leaders lister-institute.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Lovely interview with #ListerFellow @nevesjf.bsky.social. Check it out 👇

Proper nerdy humour from @nickywhiffin.bsky.social 🤣 Don't get it? Read about ReNU Syndrome www.genomicsengland.co.uk/patients-par... Meet #ListerFellow Nicky Whiffin who led the research to understand the mechanisms behind this rare disease lister-institute.org.uk/renu-ed-hope...

Fascinated by the history of the Lister Institute? Follow us now for Friday book recommendations. 🌟"War on Disease: History of the Lister Institute" by Harriette Chick et al. Covers our early years as a world-leading biomedical research institution. www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...

A paper at some point seemed that it would be left in a lab book and was worked on through a pandemic. Thanks to @dianaematei.bsky.social for persevering with this one. Please check it out 👇 www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

🤔Back to the bench? If you have a bold idea for high-risk, high-reward biomedical research, the #ListerPrize2027 could be for you. With the flexible funding, you win intellectual freedom - and a 5-year window to build up your lab. Watch Pete's story. 👉 youtu.be/lOQGPciQAQc?...

Check out this beautiful new imaging workflow from former #ListerFellow @linterman.bsky.social 🔽 💭 Take a moment to reply. How you might adapt it for your own research?

In the wake of Rare Disease Day we celebrate this recent paper in @NatureComms co-authored by #ListerFellow @nickywhiffin.bsky.social. Big data analysis and clever use of rare disease cohort sequences help identify 22 candidate disease genes with de novo variants. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Right BACH2 at you @roychoudhurilab.bsky.social 😆 Fantastic to see research on BACH2 from former #ListerFellow Rahul Roychoudhuri and colleagues included in Nature News and Views. Read the paper on fine-tuning BACH2 dosage to enhance antitumor T cell therapy⤵️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Strong research needs strong stewardship 💡 📢 In our new blog, new trustees Anne Rosser and Jane Hillston reflect on leadership, shared values and why flexible funding matters for early‑career researchers, especially now. Read more 👉 lister-institute.org.uk/lister-welco... Repost if this resonates ♻️

☕ Start your day with a good news brew. #ListerFellow Kelly Nguyen @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social just won the 2026 Blavatnik Award in Life Sciences, crowned one of Britain's Brightest Young Scientists 🤩 What an incredible acknowledgement of her bold and pioneering research. Congratulations 👏

☕️ Grab a brew and read this excellent piece in TIME 👇 Featuring #ListerFellow @tjryan.bsky.social and his lab at @tcddublin.bsky.social on his latest research into the mechanisms behind why you can't remember being a baby and toddler (aka infantile amnesia).

Congrats to former #ListerFellow Tom Baden @neurofishh.bsky.social et al. on wonderful new insights into how the ancestral chordate eye gets rewired in early vertebrates - an extraordinary "mash-up" in response to sensory challenges👇 www.cell.com/current-biol...

We are delighted to partner with @acmedsci.bsky.social and support Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers🤝 For research-active Clinical Lecturers to gather data to strengthen follow-on funding proposals. 🪙£40k to cover research costs 🛑Closes 4pm Thursday 26 Feb

Chance to work with TWO #ListerFellows on this funded PhD project @manchester.ac.uk 😍 @whelanfj.bsky.social investigates genetic elements of microbiomes in health and disease. Joanne Konkel studies the immunology and microbiology of mucosal barrier sites. Don't miss this 2-4-1 offer 😄

🗨️ "A supportive and friendly community makes all the difference in working productively, and the van Houte lab proved this. I looked forward to getting into work every day." Nia Feakes, Lister Summer Student Here's to a summer of research fun! Find out more: lister-institute.org.uk/summer-stude...

Paper from #ListerFellow Johnathan Cooper-Knock and team at @sheffielduni.bsky.social is in the headlines 👇️ AI uses measurements from time of diagnosis to estimate how quickly #MND will progress in individuals to optimise time for critical intervention. 👀 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It's Friday 13th, but #ListerPrize selection has nothing to do with luck. Our Scientific Committee is diligently assessesing all #ListerPrize2026 applications. Long list, shortlist, final interviews... Here's a sneak peek on what goes on behind the scenes 👇 lister-institute.org.uk/behind-the-s...

🗨️ "Overall, the experience has strengthened my motivation to continue towards a PhD and potentially a future career in research." Jamie Terry, Lister Summer Student. No better way to spend the summer! Discover more 👉️ lister-institute.org.uk/summer-stude... #studentships

📢New on our blog! #ListerFellow Yuval Elani at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social on programmable synthetic cells that respond to heat, magnetism and more... Great potential for biomedicine. 🤔Where could synthetic cells make the biggest difference? lister-institute.org.uk/in-conversat...

📢 #ListerFellow @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social announced as a finalist for the 2026 Blavatnik Awards for her groundbreaking research on telomerase! Congratulations 👏👏👏 Kelly is Group Leader at @mrclmb.bsky.social Read our inspiring chat with Kelly: lister-institute.org.uk/in-conversat...

Last month we had the honour to visit #ListerFellow Johnathan Cooper-Knock, first @mndassoc.bsky.social Rob Burrow Professor of Translational Neurobiology at SITranN @sheffielduni.bsky.social. He's leading research into genetics of motor neuron disease. Congrats Johnathan on your #ListerPrize 👏

@nihr.bsky.social is looking for a new public committee member. No scientific or academic background needed. Opportunity for public/patients to shape research, deepen their knowledge, develop new skills and connections. #PPI #involvement www.nihr.ac.uk/get-involved... Please share 🔄

One month left to apply for our Starter Grants ⌛ Open to early career clinical lecturers and offers: 🔹 Up to £40k in funding 🔹 Mentoring and careers support 🔹 Application feedback, regardless of outcome Apply by Thurs 26 Feb, 2026: https://bit.ly/4bWAmI0

Wonderful work investigating complex interactions led by #ListerFellow @therad-lab.bsky.social 👏

👀 New insights into childhood arthritis‑linked uveitis! #ListerFellow @bcellsrosser.bsky.social et al. reveal in @natcomms.nature.com bigger‑than‑expected role for B cells. A potential path to protect children's sight? 👉 nature.com/articles/s41... Where next for this disease? Comment & share🔄

🚨"If you're thinking of applying for the Fellowship, don't be put off by doubting if you're good enough to apply." For Stineke van Houte, the #ListerPrize was "a true gift in difficult circumstances." Reflections and top tips from #ListerPrize winners at lister-institute.org.uk/what-it-mean...

What happens when talented undergraduates step into world‑class labs? 🧫🔬 Discvover how Lister Summer Studentships build skills, confidence and future research leaders. Repost if you believe early research experiences matter 💬🔁 lister-institute.org.uk/to-boldly-gr...

Yesterday's #CharityShowcase at Parliament organised by @amrc-uk.bsky.social 👏 Highlighted the scale (£1.6 bn), significance and impact of charity-funded medical research for the UK's health and growth.