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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. www.crick.ac.uk



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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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19h
Scientists from the Crick and
@imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
have identified a gene which helps explain why some children develop a severe
inflammatory condition weeks after a COVID-19 infection, even if the infection
itself was mild www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-rep...
Genetic clues explain why children develop rare post-COVID condition
Scientists from Imperial College London and the Francis Crick Institute have
uncovered genetic variants which help to explain why some children with mild
COVID-19 go on to develop a severe inflammator...
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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5d
We invite anyone interested in HIV research to our event marking
#WorldAIDSDay
. We’ll hear from five expert speakers, including our own Anabel Guedan, with
experience in HIV research, clinical trials, policy and activism. 📅 Friday 29
Nov 🕑 14:15-18:30 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/wor...
World AIDS Day: Advances in HIV prevention and treatment
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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5d
Here are two motor neurons in the spinal cord of a person with amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS), taken using confocal
#microscopy
🧪🔬 Image by Giulia Tyzack
ALT
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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7d
Early bird registration for our upcoming
#beddingtonconf
has been extended to 22 November, and abstracts can be submitted until 2
December. www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/the...
The 3rd Crick Beddington Developmental Biology Symposium
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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11d
We were delighted to welcome sociologist Jason Arday to the Crick today, who
spoke with our equality, diversity and inclusion manager Vanessa Sauls about the
importance of humility, authenticity and outreach in changing the face of
academia.
ALT
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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14d
We’ve published our first update on our path to zero net carbon. ⚡ Our carbon
emissions are down by 20% 🚮 We’ve reduced our total waste by 22% 💧 Our water
use is down by 7% We’ve still got work to do – see our plan ⤵️
www.crick.ac.uk/about-us/our...
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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14d
Due to popular demand, our exhibition
#HelloBrain
has been extended and will now run until 20 June 2025 🥳 This means there’s
still plenty of time to plan ahead if you’ve been thinking about visiting. Your
brain will thank you 🧠 www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...
Hello Brain!
Explore the marvellous and mysterious world in your head.
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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15d
Register now for the Crick Bioimage Analysis Symposium 🧫 We’ll be joined by
leading experts to discuss the latest tools and techniques of image analysis and
explore their future potential.
#CBIAS2024
📅 25-26 November 🎟️ Online and in-person tickets
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/cri...
Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2024
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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20d
A Cancer Grand Challenges project including researchers from the Crick, UCL and
Genomics England has shown that rogue genetic material called ecDNA could
potentially be targeted to improve responses to cancer therapies
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-11...
Scientists expose targetable ‘rogue’ tumour DNA
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and UCL, working with Genomics
England, have shown that rogue genetic material called extrachromosomal DNA
(ecDNA) can drive the survival of some of the mo...
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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21d
Congratulations to Ilaria Malanchi, Francesca Ciccarelli and Dominique Bonnet on
being awarded €9.8 million from the European Research Council to investigate how
our bodies maintain their 'status quo' over time 🥳
www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-rep...
€9.8m ERC Synergy grant awarded to study how human tissues stay healthy as we
age.
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Queen Mary University of London
have been awarded €9.8 million from the European Research Council to investigate
how tissue homeostasis, the body’s ‘stat...
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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22d
Register now for our upcoming
#INTERPHACE2025
symposium, which aims to foster collaboration between experimental and
theoretical/computational life sciences. 📅 Monday 24 February 📄Abstract
submissions due 13 December 🎟️ Discount tickets available
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/int...
INTERPHACE symposium 2025
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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23d
"Lung cancer is one of the hardest types of cancer to treat, so working out how
to harness the immune system to better target tumours is so important." Read
about the new work from Megan Cole, Julian Downward, Febe van Maldegem and more
🧪 www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-rep...
Researchers identify shield of cells that protects lung tumours from treatment
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with the Amsterdam
University Medical Centre, have found that immune cells are held back from
fighting lung tumours by another type of cell in the s...
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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25d
We’re working to make high-end microscopy technologies available to scientists
who wouldn’t otherwise have access to them. Our Electron Microscopy team is
developing an affordable, high-precision set-up designed for use at the Crick
and around the world. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
Democratising electron microscopy
High-end microscopy technologies often remain confined to well-resourced
institutes due to their prohibitive costs and complexity. An ambitious project
is underway at the Crick to address this dispari...
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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26d
Virtual tickets are still available for our
#MedicineAtTheCrick
event, exploring new frontiers in drug discovery. 📆 18 November, 9:30-17:15
www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/med...
Medicine at the Crick | New frontiers in drug discovery
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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27d
Huge thanks to sculptor Antony Gormley for an enlightening conversation
yesterday about how art can help us to show and understand how things really
are.

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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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27d
CRUK RadNet City of London has received £18m, including £5.9m from CRUK, to
continue research into cancer radiation treatment. The centre unites researchers
from the Crick, BCI,
@kcl.ac.uk
and UCL, and is overseen by a team that includes our own Simon Boulton.
www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-rep...
£18 million for London-wide cancer radiation researchers
The Cancer Research UK City of London Radiation Research Centre of Excellence –
which brings together researchers from the Francis Crick Institute, Barts Cancer
Institute (Queen Mary University of Lon...
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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28d
Throughout
#BlackHistoryMonth
we’re shining a spotlight on some of our extraordinary black and mixed heritage
colleagues here at the Crick. For our final instalment we’re meeting people
operations officer Azaria Aimiuwu 👋🏿 www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
Talent in Diversity: Black History Month 2024 Part 4
We’re celebrating Black History Month 2024 with PRISM, the Crick’s race equity
network, by highlighting the diversity of talent we have here at Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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29d
Just over two weeks left to apply to our 3-year fully funded clinical PhD
programme! ⏱️ Projects are available with UCL,
@kcl.ac.uk
and Imperial College London. 🗓️ Apply by midday on 15 November 2024
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
Doctoral clinical fellows
Opportunities for clinicians to perform innovative biomedical discovery research
for three years while following the Crick's clinical PhD programme.
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
Just one week left to apply for our 2025 PhD programme! Join us for:
🔬Innovative science 🗺️International, collaborative environment 💰£26,125
tax-free stipend + tuition and visa fees Applications close midday on Tuesday 5
November ⬇️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
PhD students
Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity
for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
Congratulations to this year’s joint winners of the 2024 Sir David Cooksey Prize
in Translation 🏆 The award recognises Jean and Robert’s work developing the
Crick Africa Network, and Soly’s work developing a technique that could
revolutionise drug screening. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
2024 Crick Translation Prize jointly awarded for the Crick Africa Network and
new drug screening platform
The Sir David Cooksey Prize in Translation has this year been jointly awarded to
Jean Langhorne and Robert Wilkinson, for their work developing the Crick Africa
Network, and Mohammed (Soly) Ismail, fo...
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
Throughout
#BlackHistoryMonth
we’re shining a spotlight on some of our extraordinary black and mixed heritage
colleagues here at the Crick. Today we’re meeting laboratory operations
assistant Manuel Antonio Lopes and waste operative Celestine Nwachukwu 👋🏿
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
Talent in Diversity: Black History Month 2024 Part 3
We’re celebrating Black History Month 2024 with PRISM, the Crick’s race equity
network, by highlighting the diversity of talent we have here at Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
Meet Leopold Tientcheu, a LifeArc funded Crick Africa Network career
acceleration fellow who has been working with the Host-Pathogen Interactions in
Tuberculosis Lab over the last three months 🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/research/res...
youtu.be/4qfhLk9Rb3w
Crick Africa Network - meet Leopold Tientcheu
YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute
youtu.be
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
“A major gap in our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases is how the
environment can trigger or drive pathology. ” Learn more about the new project
studying the link between air pollution and neurodegenerative diseases ⤵️
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
Researchers to untangle scientific link between air pollution and dementia
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have embarked on a study to
establish a causal link between air pollution and neurodegeneration.
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
Throughout
#BlackHistoryMonth
we’re shining a spotlight on some of our extraordinary black and mixed heritage
colleagues here at the Crick. Today we’re meeting laboratory research scientist
Lotanna Amazu and project manager Vanessa Haye 👋🏿
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
Talent in Diversity: Black History Month 2024 Part 2
We’re celebrating Black History Month 2024 with PRISM, the Crick’s race equity
network, by highlighting the diversity of talent we have here at Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
Congratulations to our scientific advisory board member Demis Hassabis on being
awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry! 🏅 Demis won the award alongside HHMI's
David Baker and Google DeepMind's John Jumper for the development of AlphaFold.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
Crick Scientific Advisory Board member awarded Nobel Prize
Demis Hassabis, scientific advisory board member of the Francis Crick Institute,
has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside David Baker and
John Jumper.
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
How does it feel to win a Nobel Prize? 🏅 With the 2024 winners being announced
this week, we asked our Clinical Research Director Peter Ratcliffe about his
experience winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2019.
www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-rep...
How it feels to win a Nobel Prize
Five years ago, the Crick’s Clinical Research Director Peter Ratcliffe was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, alongside William Kaelin and
Gregg Semenza, for the discovery of how cells...
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
We're delighted to lead a new project with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation
Trust to study responses to cancer immunotherapy. The platform received £20m+ in
public and industry investment and will involve thousands of people from across
the UK receiving immunotherapy 🔗 crick.ac.uk/news-and-rep...
Multi-million pound UK-wide platform into cancer immunotherapy launches
A nationwide team of universities, hospitals and industry, led by the Francis
Crick Institute and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, have launched a new
platform to understand immunotherapy respo...
crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
From ancient infections to modern-day cancer treatments, our latest feature
takes a close look at the ‘dark genome.' Explore how researchers are uncovering
forgotten triggers of the immune system – viral DNA left behind by the
infections of our ancestors. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
Illuminating the dark genome
When much of our DNA isn’t our own, how are scientists reclaiming hidden
elements of the genome?
www.crick.ac.uk
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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
Congratulations to Simon Boulton, one of our assistant research directors, on
his recent appointment as Cancer Research UK's new chief translation advisor 🥳

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‪The Francis Crick Institute‬ ‪@thecrick.bsky.social‬
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1mo
Researchers from the Crick and the UCL IoN have developed DNA molecules that use
‘invisibility cloak’ sequences to selectively target diseased cells in motor
neurone disease. The study was led by first author Oscar Wilkins from the
Molecular Neurodegeneration Lab www.crick.ac.uk/news/2024-10...
Researchers develop way to selectively target diseased cells in motor neurone
disease
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the UCL Queen Square Institute of
Neurology have developed DNA molecules which contain ‘invisibility cloak’
sequences, preventing healthy cells from read...
www.crick.ac.uk
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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/