"Fellows and former Fellows are all stellar scientists, but they are the first to deflect praise to their wider teams." A personal message from our chair, John Iredale: breaking records, navigating change and nurturing future leaders in biomedical research. 👉 lister-institute.org.uk/breaking-rec...

This will be of great interested to many people across the Lister community. Funding to run doctoral programmes for healthcare professionals to train the next generation of clinician-researchers. Bravo @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🙌 wellcome.org/research-fun...

New pre-print from the lab of #ListerFellow @nickywhiffin.bsky.social. Congrats to all the team👏 Read the full thread for a summary of all the juicy detail ⏬

Great teaser for forthcoming publication from former #ListerFellow @linterman.bsky.social ⏬ And what a lovely pic to sum up science: 🤝close friendship and collaboration 🧠shared curiosity 🎨fresh data (what a gorgeous backdrop image😍) 🔎new insights and understanding

Look at all these happy faces - our #ListerPrize2025 winners 🤩(plus Sally Burtles, John Iredale and former Scientific Committee chair Julian Blow). Behind these smiles? The fab work of our peer reviewers. For your time and expertise to review prize applications, thank you 🙏😍

Triple-negative breast cancer in biomed news this week🏥 So perfect timing to feature #ListerFellow @stephensammut.bsky.social 🤩He's hunting clinical biomarkers and using AI to predict treatment response from immune activation. Repost and read ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/in-conversat... @icr.ac.uk

The graphical abstract says it all. Check it out 👇 Congrats to #ListerFellow @nevesjf.bsky.social and the team that figured out the role of TGF-β1 👏

Starting to stress about Christmas shopping? 🎁 🎄 🎅 Discover how the Lister stays steady through every season. No panic buying. No last minute dash to the market. 🦌 🛷 Just an "all weather" investment strategy 📈 lister-institute.org.uk/strategic-st...

Congrats to @bcellsrosser.bsky.social et al. for one of @arthritisuk.bsky.social's top research outputs for 2025. 🗳️Now vote Click below and choose 5️⃣ (other papers are available, but today we are unashamedly biased and proud of Lizzy's excellent work) www.arthritis-uk.org/our-research...

Former #ListerFellow Simon Draper's lab identified the conserved RH5 antigen of the malaria parasite just before Christmas 2010. Last year saw safety and efficacy results of the RH5.1/Matrix-M vaccine 🦟 A long road? This and other tales in our annual report. lister-institute.org.uk/wp-content/u...

We are recruiting - deadline approaching!!! Postdoc position available in my lab to develop an exciting project with @alexfsantos2401.bsky.social to advance our understanding of food allergy and oral tolerance in early life. #ILC #organoids #intestine #FoodAllergy www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/128585-...

Kudos to members of our Scientific Committee on @clarivate.com's Highly Cited Researchers 2025 🤩 🥇 Cyrus Cooper @unisouthampton.bsky.social 🥇 Aroon Hingorani @ucl.ac.uk 🥇 Dame Fiona Powrie @kiroxford.bsky.social 🥇 Iain McInnes @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk clarivate.com/highly-cited...

Biting your nails? On tenterhooks? What will today's Budget bring?😬 Whatever the weather, our careful financial stewardship means we're ready🌦️Discover how our investment strategy keeps support for bold biomedical research on track ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/strategic-st...

More high fives to Lister people on @clarivate.com's Highly Cited Researchers 2025 🫶 Check out these former #ListerFellows 🥇 Rebecca Fitzgerald (also on Governing Body) 🥇 Fiona Gribble 🥇 @mhaniffa.bsky.social (on Governing Body) 🥇 Wolf Reik 🥇 @teichlab.bsky.social clarivate.com/highly-cited...

Impressive number of Lister community members in @clarivate.com's Highly Cited Researchers 2025. Our first shoutout to current #ListerFellows 🥇 Marco di Antonio @diantoniogroup.bsky.social 🥇 Ravi Gupta Congrats on your highly influential research 👏 clarivate.com/highly-cited...

Enjoying House of Guinness on @netflixuk.bsky.social? Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, gave 250k in the 1890s to help the Lister get established and grow. Hear from namesake and kin the late Edward Guinness, Governing Body member 1968-2001. 📖 lister-institute.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Your go-to guide on prokaryotic S-layers ⏬ Congrats to @tbharat-lab.bsky.social and the team 👏 A comprehensive review of S-layer self-assembly and their role in multicellular interactions, including biofilms and microbiomes.

"Memory is the diary we all carry about with us," said Oscar Wilde. Now, #ListerFellow @tjryan.bsky.social et al. peak into that hidden world. Novel engram labeling + cryoEM and cryoET "visualize the... 3D macromolecular architecture of engram synapses." Beautiful! www.cell.com/structure/fu...

Our mission is to nurture the future leaders in biomedical research. What does that look like? This 👇 Our warmest congrats to former #ListerFellow and current trustee Muzz @mhaniffa.bsky.social on this new role as Deputy Director at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social sanger.ac.uk/news_item/we...

🧠 Could AI learn more like the human brain? Srikanth Ramaswamy discovers how brain structure and neuromodulation shape learning and memory. Read it now 👇 lister-institute.org.uk/neurobiology... @srikipedia.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social 🖱️Follow now for more #ListerFellow news!

Who doesn't want to start the week with some Norse mythology (or reference to Asgard at the very least)? 😁 Study looked internal membrane compartments in first member of the Heimdallarchaeia to be cultivated and imaged. Congrats to #ListerFellow Tanmay Bharat at the team. 👏

Not from Tron or a psychedelic wallpaper. This exquisite pic reveals chromatin at base-pair resolution, captured by #ListerFellow James Davies and collaborators🤩 "For the first time, we can see how the genome's control switches are physically arranged inside cells." @jojdavies.bsky.social

We ❤️ this study from former #ListerFellow Tom Baden et al. ⏬ "Colour" circuits in fish eyes maybe evolved to "hide" the background - clever use of underwater spectral physics 🌈 Hints that mammalian loss of ancestral green/blue cones due to rapid terrestrialisation, not nocturnalisation?

At the edge of charming Malham, North Yorks, you’ll find The Lister Arms Hotel. Any connection with our namesake? Comment, repost and help us solve this mystery! ⏬ And what’s the link with Lister trustee Julian Blow? Find out in our 2024 Annual Report lister-institute.org.uk/wp-content/u...

More from former #ListerFellow James Nathan and collaborators on mechanisms behind the long-term effects of hypoxia on neutrophil reprogramming. Study shows role of histone 3 clipping and persistent loss of the activating histone mark H3K4me3 in progenitor cells.

Delighted that Microscopes 4 Schools led by @simonbullock11.bsky.social is expanding from its Cambridge origins to Birmingham and Manchester. www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/m4s-expansio...

If you've used the UK Biobank in your research, perhaps this is worth a punt? ⏬

We are recruiting!!! Postdoc position available in my lab to develop this exciting project with @alexfsantos2401.bsky.social advance our understanding of food allergy and oral tolerance in early life. #ILC #organoids #FoodAllergy www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/128585-...

What made #ListerFellow Kelly Nguyen pivot from chemistry to structural biology? Just one seminar from Nobel winner Tom Steitz and she was hooked! Now she's at the forefront of telomerase research. 👉 Read her story lister-institute.org.uk/in-conversat... ♻️ Repost and inspire others too!

A chance to become part of a global mycelial network? PhD opportunity with #ListerFellow @therad-lab.bsky.social

Come visit the Rosser group at @newscientist.com live on Sunday (Excel Centre)! I read New Scientist every week as a child & this is our 1st big public engagement event! Find us at the @medresfdn.bsky.social stand, we can’t wait to chat & hear feedback… our mission is to make our science comms TOTP!

Follow all the twists and turns. Former #ListerFellow @simondraper.bsky.social discovers malaria’s Achille’s heel in 2010, now the vaccine RH5.1/Matrix-M has demonstrated safety and efficacy in trials. One epic adventure 👀 Out now in our 2024 Annual Report ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/wp-content/u...

This out from #ListerFellow Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social and collaborators. Congrats to everyone involved, phenomenal work 👏 Click and read the full thread, excellent summary of all the results ⏬⏬

Something for next weekend? Meet #ListerFellow Lizzy Rosser at New Scientist Live as learn about her research on eye conditions such as uveitis @bcellsrosser.bsky.social. More in this recent story ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/the-bigger-p...

How does protein storage affect oocyte quality, female fertility and embryonic development? Check out this excellent review from former #ListerFellow Melina Schuh and Ida Marie Astad Jentoft ⏬ @schuhlab.bsky.social ‬ @idajentoft.bsky.social

Congrats to #ListerFellow Chris Hill and colleagues 👏 They teased apart some incredibly complex structure-function relationships in translation initiation, and highlight RNA-RNA tertiary interactions as new targets for antiviral therapeutics. Plus amaaazing cryo-EM visuals 😍 Read full thread ⏬

With motor neurone disease (MND, aka ALS) hitting the headlines, here's a story about how two #ListerFellows @patanilab.bsky.social and @diantoniogroup.bsky.social teamed up to investigate how RNA might start aggregations and trigger disease. lister-institute.org.uk/two-lister-f...

PhD opportunity to study intestinal immune cells using our pioneer human organoid models at the Joana F Neves and Robin Dart labs @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social through #MRC Doutoral training program kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/deco... Applications opening soon! #gdTcells #IBD #gut #organoids

Applications to the #ListerPrize2026 closed last week. What happens now? Find out how our Scientific Committee works behind the scenes to assess applications and pick the ultimate awardees ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/behind-the-s...

Behind every #ListerPrize winner at @officialuom.bsky.social is a nurturing community of Fellows giving back, sharing advice, and seeding new ideas 🌱 🫶 A connected, caring community builds confidence and makes a difference. Read the story now ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/a-thriving-f...

Comprehensive review from #ListerFellow @linterman.bsky.social et al. on tertiary lymphoid structures, including their role in protective immunity and pathology 👏Could we modulate TLS activity for novel therapeutic strategies?

ICYMI 👇 In June, former #ListerFellow Prof Daniel Smith published first study using data from 1.5M Our Future Health volunteers. Significantly higher self-reported diagnosis of affective disorders in people with autoimmune conditions v. general population. mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

“It is your active participation that makes the Lister Institute what it is: a catalyst for scientific excellence and boldness, and a home for those who believe in the power of research to change lives.” John Iredale, Lister Institute Chair. Grab the highlights from our annual meeting now 👇👇

Congrats to #ListerFellow @jamesnathanlab.bsky.social and team on this tremendous paper in Science Advances exploring iron flux and metabolism. "Potentially explaining how some tumors evade antitumoral immunity."

🤔Former chair of our Scientific Committee Prof Julian Blow claims to be one of @edinburghuni.bsky.social's longest-standing medical students. Really? This tidbit and other surprises in our 2024 annual report lister-institute.org.uk/wp-content/u...

As Peer Review Week draws to its close, sincere thanks to our Scientific Committee. Your rigorous scrutiny of Prize applications ensures we support stellar scientists leading bold, curiosity-driven biomedical research 😍 ⬇️ Get a sneek peek behind the process lister-institute.org.uk/behind-the-s...

Frantically refining and polishing an application to #ListerPrize2026? 😮 Learn from others and find your unique angle⤵️ ✅ How to apply lister-institute.org.uk/how-to-apply/ ✅ What it meant to me lister-institute.org.uk/what-it-mean... ✅ Video reflections lister-institute.org.uk/lister-refle...

Congrats to former #ListerFellow Melina Schuh, winning Science Breakthrough of the Year 2025 (Life Sciences) by Falling Walls Foundation👏 Her research led to the first live imaging platform that visualises ovulation at cellular resolution in mouse follicles. falling-walls.com/breaking-wal...

Amazing to see so much excellent science conducted over the summer through out Summer Studentship scheme. Congrats to Nina, hopefully just the first of many poster sessions to come...

Huge thanks all our #ListerFellows and Members for this year's annual meeting. We broke many records: 📈 8 #ListerPrize2025 winners 🏆100+ delegates 🏆30+ Summer Studentship posters, filling the college cloisters ⛈️ Intense downpours (yet dry for our final evening rooftop reception!)