The Francis Crick Institute
Our mission is discovery without boundaries.
We're an independent charity and biomedical discovery institute, home to more than 1,500 scientists working to understand health, disease and how life works. We explore biological mechanisms at all scales from molecules through cells to organisms.
To deliver our mission, we bring together expertise from different scientific disciplines and work with different types of organisations across the academic, clinical and industrial spheres.
Our discoveries enhance our understanding of the fundamental processes of life, and have the potential to transform the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease.
By opening our doors to the public and taking our science out into the world, we make lasting connections for maximum impact.
Welcome to the Crick – where discoveries change lives and ideas find room to grow.
Banner image credit: Katy Hole (Postdoc), Mitochondrial Neurobiology Lab, 2023.
What Is Consciousness? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
Can We Trust The Science Of Nutrition? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
Can We Repair The Ageing Brain? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
What Is The Future Of Fertility? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
Кому принадлежит космос? – Вопрос науки с Брайаном Коксом
Who Are Our Ancestors and Why Does It Matter? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
Will We Survive Climate Change? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
What is Gene Therapy and How Can it Help Genetic Eye Disease? – with Mariya Moosajee
Are We Prepared for the Next Pandemic? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
Can We Harness AI for Good? – A Question of Science With Brian Cox
Can We Cure Cancer? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
Can We Live Forever? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox
Researching the World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease – with Maximiliano Gutierrez
Exploring Muscular Dystrophy and the Research Challenges Ahead – with Francesco Saverio Tedesco
How Science Freed Kathleen Folbigg
The Past, Present and Future of Immunology Research – with Caetano Reis e Sousa
Seeing the Invisible with Electron Microscopy
Using Stem Cells to Mimic the Amniotic Sac
Figuring Out Long COVID – with Emma Wall
The Fight Against Hepatitis B Explained – with Philippa Matthews
Justice by Genomics – with Kathleen Folbigg
How Malaria Infects Your Blood – with Mike Blackman
What is Alzheimer's disease? – with Lorena Arancibia Carcamo
How to Fix Scientific Publishing
Making a Vaccine for a Virus That Never Stops Changing
A Crash Course in HIV – with Kate Bishop
What is Chemical Biology?
Electrical Network Discovered in Aggressive Lung Cancer
How Does Cancer Hack Our Cells? – with Gerard Evan
IBD and Gene Deserts – with James Lee