The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine

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.
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Decoding γδ T cell-epithelial interactions in the human intestine in health and disease - MRC DTP The human gut epithelium performs vital absorptive functions, while simultaneously forming a physical barrier between the gut contents and the body. As such it is essential for health and its dysregul...

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
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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?

Black and white head and shoulder photo of Professor Daniel Smith.

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...

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“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.

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Lovely 😀 We believe deeply in the power of connection and serrendipitous encounters - a key outcome from our annual meetings. Thanks for sharing!

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...

The annual meeting highlights how the Lister is so unique - such a wonderful community of kind, committed people. Stellar scientists, of course. But also deeply passionate about nurturing teams, opening doors, and enabling others to develop skills and meaningful careers. Thank you.

Shout out to yesterday's superb speakers @kulathu.bsky.social @stephensammut.bsky.social Johnathan Cooper-Knock @stephensammut.bsky.social Vilaiwan Fernandes @kellythd-nguyen.bsky.social Yuval Elani @franzeprogatzky.bsky.social @chillzaa.bsky.social and Lister Lecture guest Prof Helen McShane 👏

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!)

One example of the wealth of research presented by our Summer Students.

And special mentions to all our summer students. The cloisters were quite the setting for our evening poster session. Projects from across biomedical disciplines, shared with panache!

If you're looking for stellar PhD students with impressive research experience... Here they are ⤵️

Thank you @beckyneuro.bsky.social @therad-lab.bsky.social and @thav-lab.bsky.social for kicking off our annual meeting with such inspiring insights from your research. Impressive examples of career-long commitment to a cause, opportunistic curiosity and always aspiration for clinical application 👏

John Iredale kicking off our annual meeting. Auditorium is packed 😀 Record attendance!

Can't wait to welcome everyone! Always such a brilliant buzz as people and ideas connect

We are very proud to support this wonderful initiative led by @simonbullock11.bsky.social. An amazing way to introduce school students to beauty and detail in nature. Congrats to prize winners Putnoe Primary School (1st), Braybrook Primary Academy (2nd) and Balliol Primary School (3rd) 👏

Congratulations Rosalind!

Brilliant! Hope it tasted as good as it looks 😋

🤩 Quiet transformation.
Sally Burtles departs, Julie Goodley arrives, and the Lister continues to balance stability with innovation. From streamling ops to nurturing the community, leadership here is about enabling others to be their best.

Read more 👉 lister-institute.org.uk/stability-wi...

Summer's over, back to school 🌥️

But there's still time to apply to the #ListerPrize 2026 - flexible fellowship funding for pioneering biomedical research 😎

Applications remain open until midnight Monday 29 September. Learn how to apply⬇️
lister-institute.org.uk/how-to-apply/

Lovely work, for such detailed analysis 👏 excellent example of incredible synergy from combining two powerful methods

Decoding the adaptive survival mechanisms of breast cancer dormancy - Oncogene Oncogene - Decoding the adaptive survival mechanisms of breast cancer dormancy

📢Published today. Excellent review from former #ListerFellow Sherif El-Khamisy and colleagues on breast cancer dormancy and possible strategies to prevent relapse ⤵️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...