The Francis Crick Institute
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We're the Crick, a biomedical research lab in London working to figure out how life works.
Home to more than 2,000 scientists and a free public exhibition space.
https://www.crick.ac.uk/
Home to more than 2,000 scientists and a free public exhibition space.
https://www.crick.ac.uk/
Applications to our 2026 Summer Student Training Programme are now open.
We’re looking for undergrad students to join us for nine weeks this summer.
See the projects on offer and check the participation eligibility requirements on our website. ⬇️
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We’re looking for undergrad students to join us for nine weeks this summer.
See the projects on offer and check the participation eligibility requirements on our website. ⬇️
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
Summer students
Our nine-week summer training programme provides undergraduates with hands-on experience of working in a research lab.
www.crick.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Applications to our 2026 Summer Student Training Programme are now open.
We’re looking for undergrad students to join us for nine weeks this summer.
See the projects on offer and check the participation eligibility requirements on our website. ⬇️
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
We’re looking for undergrad students to join us for nine weeks this summer.
See the projects on offer and check the participation eligibility requirements on our website. ⬇️
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
Tickets are still available for our 2026 Rare Diseases Conference, taking place on Monday 23 February.
📝 Abstract submission deadline: 12th Jan.
🎟️ Registration deadline: 16th Feb.
Learn more and book tickets 👇
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📝 Abstract submission deadline: 12th Jan.
🎟️ Registration deadline: 16th Feb.
Learn more and book tickets 👇
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5th Crick Rare Diseases Conference 2026
To mark World Rare Diseases Day 2026 we are pleased to host the fifth Crick Rare Diseases Conference on 23rd February 2026.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Tickets are still available for our 2026 Rare Diseases Conference, taking place on Monday 23 February.
📝 Abstract submission deadline: 12th Jan.
🎟️ Registration deadline: 16th Feb.
Learn more and book tickets 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5th-crick-...
📝 Abstract submission deadline: 12th Jan.
🎟️ Registration deadline: 16th Feb.
Learn more and book tickets 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5th-crick-...
Researchers at the Crick have uncovered how certain proteins that become exposed on dying tumour cells can be detected by the immune system, alerting it to the cancer’s presence and prompting an immune response.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
Lifting cancer’s invisibility cloak
Dying tumour cells alert the immune system to fight cancer.
www.crick.ac.uk
January 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Researchers at the Crick have uncovered how certain proteins that become exposed on dying tumour cells can be detected by the immune system, alerting it to the cancer’s presence and prompting an immune response.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
Lab-grown lung models have traditionally been grown from a mixture of cells, making it hard to tell how a disease or treatment will affect an individual person.
These new models by @maxgg.bsky.social’s team and AlveoliX are grown from a single person’s stem cells ⤵️ www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
These new models by @maxgg.bsky.social’s team and AlveoliX are grown from a single person’s stem cells ⤵️ www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
Built to breathe: mini ‘lungs’ recreate individual response to infection
Lung-on-chip device exposes earliest stages of tuberculosis infection, and opens doors to investigate diversity in disease progression and personalised treatment.
www.crick.ac.uk
January 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Lab-grown lung models have traditionally been grown from a mixture of cells, making it hard to tell how a disease or treatment will affect an individual person.
These new models by @maxgg.bsky.social’s team and AlveoliX are grown from a single person’s stem cells ⤵️ www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
These new models by @maxgg.bsky.social’s team and AlveoliX are grown from a single person’s stem cells ⤵️ www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-01...
Samra Turajlić and @dremmacbw.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live about some of this year’s medical research advances, including their work on immunotherapy and Long COVID.
Listen from 53:10 and 2:46:00 ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen from 53:10 and 2:46:00 ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Sunday Breakfast - 28/12/2025 - BBC Sounds
Eleanor Oldroyd and Jeanette Kwakye presenting.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Samra Turajlić and @dremmacbw.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live about some of this year’s medical research advances, including their work on immunotherapy and Long COVID.
Listen from 53:10 and 2:46:00 ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Listen from 53:10 and 2:46:00 ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
“We need to take on the defence of science for the world.”
In a wide-ranging and frank conversation, Paul Nurse reflects on his years leading the Francis Crick Institute with our new director, Edith Heard.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
In a wide-ranging and frank conversation, Paul Nurse reflects on his years leading the Francis Crick Institute with our new director, Edith Heard.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
Paul Nurse in conversation with Edith Heard
Standing up for science, the art of leadership and cups of tea with the Prime Minister - Paul Nurse reflects on his years as CEO of the Francis Crick Institute with new director Edith Heard.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“We need to take on the defence of science for the world.”
In a wide-ranging and frank conversation, Paul Nurse reflects on his years leading the Francis Crick Institute with our new director, Edith Heard.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
In a wide-ranging and frank conversation, Paul Nurse reflects on his years leading the Francis Crick Institute with our new director, Edith Heard.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
Lab-grown embryo models let researchers study foundational processes of development. A new embryo model has helped researchers at the Crick to study the neural tube and somites in detail and confirm two-way communication between them.
Read the full story ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
Read the full story ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
Uncovering early embryonic communications using new stem cell model
New stem cell-based embryo model reveals previously unknown communication between early tissues that become the spine and muscles in the central part of the body.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Lab-grown embryo models let researchers study foundational processes of development. A new embryo model has helped researchers at the Crick to study the neural tube and somites in detail and confirm two-way communication between them.
Read the full story ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
Read the full story ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
What is psychosis and how can we treat it?
Crick group leader @kathaschmack.bsky.social explains how her lab is working to uncover new ways to treat psychosis by finding its biological roots.
youtu.be/EUb3_5ecatU
Crick group leader @kathaschmack.bsky.social explains how her lab is working to uncover new ways to treat psychosis by finding its biological roots.
youtu.be/EUb3_5ecatU
A Crash Course in Psychosis – with Katharina Schmack
YouTube video by The Francis Crick Institute
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December 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What is psychosis and how can we treat it?
Crick group leader @kathaschmack.bsky.social explains how her lab is working to uncover new ways to treat psychosis by finding its biological roots.
youtu.be/EUb3_5ecatU
Crick group leader @kathaschmack.bsky.social explains how her lab is working to uncover new ways to treat psychosis by finding its biological roots.
youtu.be/EUb3_5ecatU
@petrznam.bsky.social is working to understand how the three-dimensional world is encoded in the brain, in a new project supported by a Consolidator Grant from the @erc.europa.eu
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
Exploring how the 3D world is encoded in the brain
In a new five-year project supported by the European Research Council, researchers are working to understand the brain’s built-in capacity to perceive the world in 3D.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
@petrznam.bsky.social is working to understand how the three-dimensional world is encoded in the brain, in a new project supported by a Consolidator Grant from the @erc.europa.eu
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-12...
What does jewellery made by bacteria look like?
Every year, students from the MA Biodesign course at Central Saint Martins, @researchual.bsky.social collaborate with the Making Lab and other teams from the Crick to explore the intersection between art and science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPB...
Every year, students from the MA Biodesign course at Central Saint Martins, @researchual.bsky.social collaborate with the Making Lab and other teams from the Crick to explore the intersection between art and science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPB...
When Art Meets Science
YouTube video by The Francis Crick Institute
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December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
What does jewellery made by bacteria look like?
Every year, students from the MA Biodesign course at Central Saint Martins, @researchual.bsky.social collaborate with the Making Lab and other teams from the Crick to explore the intersection between art and science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPB...
Every year, students from the MA Biodesign course at Central Saint Martins, @researchual.bsky.social collaborate with the Making Lab and other teams from the Crick to explore the intersection between art and science.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPB...
This image was made in Blender to show how the protein spectrin fits into the pocket of an enzyme complex known as PP1/Phactr1 while undergoing dephosphorylation.
Dephosphorylation, and the reverse process phosphorylation, are key mechanisms in cell signalling pathways.
Dephosphorylation, and the reverse process phosphorylation, are key mechanisms in cell signalling pathways.
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This image was made in Blender to show how the protein spectrin fits into the pocket of an enzyme complex known as PP1/Phactr1 while undergoing dephosphorylation.
Dephosphorylation, and the reverse process phosphorylation, are key mechanisms in cell signalling pathways.
Dephosphorylation, and the reverse process phosphorylation, are key mechanisms in cell signalling pathways.
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Congratulations to the Bishop group @crick.ac.uk for an inspiring #WorldAIDSDay event this week. Personal stories, #stigma, #treatment, #PrEP, #healthcare, wellbeing, #ageing, #research & partnerships… a mosaic of reflections. We have achieved a lot, but more still to be done.
#HIV #MedSky #IDSky 🧪
#HIV #MedSky #IDSky 🧪
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Congratulations to the Bishop group @crick.ac.uk for an inspiring #WorldAIDSDay event this week. Personal stories, #stigma, #treatment, #PrEP, #healthcare, wellbeing, #ageing, #research & partnerships… a mosaic of reflections. We have achieved a lot, but more still to be done.
#HIV #MedSky #IDSky 🧪
#HIV #MedSky #IDSky 🧪
Could we build a human from scratch?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about lab grown organs, brain implants and synthetic DNA.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSBioengin...
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about lab grown organs, brain implants and synthetic DNA.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSBioengin...
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Could we build a human from scratch?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about lab grown organs, brain implants and synthetic DNA.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSBioengin...
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about lab grown organs, brain implants and synthetic DNA.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSBioengin...
Last night we held our annual Crick Awards ceremony, presented by our Director Edith Heard, COO Claire Hook and guest host @bobbyseagull.bsky.social to celebrate the amazing people behind everything we do here.
Follow the posts below to see this year's winners.
Follow the posts below to see this year's winners.
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Last night we held our annual Crick Awards ceremony, presented by our Director Edith Heard, COO Claire Hook and guest host @bobbyseagull.bsky.social to celebrate the amazing people behind everything we do here.
Follow the posts below to see this year's winners.
Follow the posts below to see this year's winners.
Researchers at the Crick have developed a technique using light-sensitive metal complexes that could reverse antibiotic resistance in some situations.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
How phototherapy could reverse antibiotic resistance
Researchers are using phototherapy to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a step forward in the new era of ‘antibiotic rescue’.
www.crick.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Researchers at the Crick have developed a technique using light-sensitive metal complexes that could reverse antibiotic resistance in some situations.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
Researchers at the Crick, @psich.bsky.social and @esrf.fr have developed a new way to look deeper into brain cell connections by using a particle accelerator and a kind of resin borrowed from the aerospace industry.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
From aerospace to neuroscience: new imaging tech captures the brain’s intricate connections
Inspired by technologies used in aerospace engineering, scientists have developed a way to capture the brain’s intricate structures using X-rays without destroying the samples.
www.crick.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Researchers at the Crick, @psich.bsky.social and @esrf.fr have developed a new way to look deeper into brain cell connections by using a particle accelerator and a kind of resin borrowed from the aerospace industry.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
What can science tell us about consciousness?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
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Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What can science tell us about consciousness?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform:
lnk.to/AQOSConsciou...
Researchers discovered early signs of domestication by analysing the remains of two wolves who lived in modern-day Sweden 3-5,000 years ago.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
Ancient wolves on remote Baltic Sea island reveal link to prehistoric humans
Cave discovery of wolf remains tells a tale of an unexpected relationship with humans.
www.crick.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Researchers discovered early signs of domestication by analysing the remains of two wolves who lived in modern-day Sweden 3-5,000 years ago.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
Why do bad foods taste so good?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about nutrition.
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Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about nutrition.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSNutritio...
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Why do bad foods taste so good?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about nutrition.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSNutritio...
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about nutrition.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSNutritio...
Researchers have identified a signalling feedback loop that may have been vital to the evolution of insect wings and therefore flight.
The signals, called morphogens, act like lighthouses in most developing tissues, guiding nearby cells towards their fate.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
The signals, called morphogens, act like lighthouses in most developing tissues, guiding nearby cells towards their fate.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
When evolution took flight
Researchers have revealed how a genetic circuit may have helped the evolution of insect wings.
www.crick.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Researchers have identified a signalling feedback loop that may have been vital to the evolution of insect wings and therefore flight.
The signals, called morphogens, act like lighthouses in most developing tissues, guiding nearby cells towards their fate.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
The signals, called morphogens, act like lighthouses in most developing tissues, guiding nearby cells towards their fate.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
Researchers at the Crick have discovered that mice lacking a specific gene responsible for cell structure lose intestinal balance and experience systemic inflammation, mirroring a lethal condition seen in humans.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
How weakness in cell structure affects the host-microbiome relationship
Mice lacking a gene responsible for cell structure lose intestinal balance and experience systemic inflammation, mirroring a lethal condition seen in humans.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Researchers at the Crick have discovered that mice lacking a specific gene responsible for cell structure lose intestinal balance and experience systemic inflammation, mirroring a lethal condition seen in humans.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
We welcome anyone interested in HIV research to join our free annual event marking World AIDS Day.
We’ll hear from expert speakers including Julie Fox, Kevin McKenna and Robin Shattock as they discuss HIV research, clinical trials, policy and activism.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-aids...
We’ll hear from expert speakers including Julie Fox, Kevin McKenna and Robin Shattock as they discuss HIV research, clinical trials, policy and activism.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-aids...
World AIDS Day 2025: Living with HIV
Join us Tue 2 Dec for World AIDS Day. A warm welcome to all — public, researchers, clinicians & anyone curious about HIV/AIDS & science.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We welcome anyone interested in HIV research to join our free annual event marking World AIDS Day.
We’ll hear from expert speakers including Julie Fox, Kevin McKenna and Robin Shattock as they discuss HIV research, clinical trials, policy and activism.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-aids...
We’ll hear from expert speakers including Julie Fox, Kevin McKenna and Robin Shattock as they discuss HIV research, clinical trials, policy and activism.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-aids...
Why is it so difficult to understand and treat the diseases that cause dementia?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSDementiaBB
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSDementiaBB
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Why is it so difficult to understand and treat the diseases that cause dementia?
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSDementiaBB
Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.
Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: lnk.to/AQOSDementiaBB
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We're pleased to announce that @charlesswanton.bsky.social is the 2026 winner of the Mike Price Gold Medal Award! The award will be presented at the EACR 2026 Congress in Budapest, where Charles will present the Keynote Award Lecture.
Congratulations 🎉 learn more: magazine.eacr.org/charles-swan...
Congratulations 🎉 learn more: magazine.eacr.org/charles-swan...
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We're pleased to announce that @charlesswanton.bsky.social is the 2026 winner of the Mike Price Gold Medal Award! The award will be presented at the EACR 2026 Congress in Budapest, where Charles will present the Keynote Award Lecture.
Congratulations 🎉 learn more: magazine.eacr.org/charles-swan...
Congratulations 🎉 learn more: magazine.eacr.org/charles-swan...
This image shows a mass of human stem cells, collectively known as an ‘organoid’.
We stained the neural crest cells of this organoid to better understand diseases related to defects in their development, such as Hirschsprung's disease and Neuroblastoma.
Image credit: @carmenmorenogon.bsky.social
We stained the neural crest cells of this organoid to better understand diseases related to defects in their development, such as Hirschsprung's disease and Neuroblastoma.
Image credit: @carmenmorenogon.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This image shows a mass of human stem cells, collectively known as an ‘organoid’.
We stained the neural crest cells of this organoid to better understand diseases related to defects in their development, such as Hirschsprung's disease and Neuroblastoma.
Image credit: @carmenmorenogon.bsky.social
We stained the neural crest cells of this organoid to better understand diseases related to defects in their development, such as Hirschsprung's disease and Neuroblastoma.
Image credit: @carmenmorenogon.bsky.social