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Our new free exhibition, We Go Way Back, opens today.
Stop by and learn how revolutionary ancient DNA research reveals the deep connections that link us all.
We’re open Wednesday – Saturday with late opening on Wednesday evenings.
https://bit.ly/4frAkZ4
Stop by and learn how revolutionary ancient DNA research reveals the deep connections that link us all.
We’re open Wednesday – Saturday with late opening on Wednesday evenings.
https://bit.ly/4frAkZ4
July 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Our new free exhibition, We Go Way Back, opens today.
Stop by and learn how revolutionary ancient DNA research reveals the deep connections that link us all.
We’re open Wednesday – Saturday with late opening on Wednesday evenings.
https://bit.ly/4frAkZ4
Stop by and learn how revolutionary ancient DNA research reveals the deep connections that link us all.
We’re open Wednesday – Saturday with late opening on Wednesday evenings.
https://bit.ly/4frAkZ4
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Two Crick group leaders are joining Cancer Grand Challenges teams to tackle big questions in cancer research.
Leanne Li leads a team studying how tumours interact with the nervous system, and Vivian Li joins a @ucl.ac.uk-led team working to rewire cancer cells.
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
Leanne Li leads a team studying how tumours interact with the nervous system, and Vivian Li joins a @ucl.ac.uk-led team working to rewire cancer cells.
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
March 4, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Two Crick group leaders are joining Cancer Grand Challenges teams to tackle big questions in cancer research.
Leanne Li leads a team studying how tumours interact with the nervous system, and Vivian Li joins a @ucl.ac.uk-led team working to rewire cancer cells.
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
Leanne Li leads a team studying how tumours interact with the nervous system, and Vivian Li joins a @ucl.ac.uk-led team working to rewire cancer cells.
🔗 www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
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NEW PODCAST: ‘A Question of Science’ with Professor Brian Cox.
In every episode, panels of scientists and experts answer audience questions about some of the biggest issues facing us today.
Listen to the first episode, ‘Can we live forever?’: lnk.to/AQOSAgeingBB
In every episode, panels of scientists and experts answer audience questions about some of the biggest issues facing us today.
Listen to the first episode, ‘Can we live forever?’: lnk.to/AQOSAgeingBB
September 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM
NEW PODCAST: ‘A Question of Science’ with Professor Brian Cox.
In every episode, panels of scientists and experts answer audience questions about some of the biggest issues facing us today.
Listen to the first episode, ‘Can we live forever?’: lnk.to/AQOSAgeingBB
In every episode, panels of scientists and experts answer audience questions about some of the biggest issues facing us today.
Listen to the first episode, ‘Can we live forever?’: lnk.to/AQOSAgeingBB
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AI is pushing energy and emissions higher, fast. For us in comms, our job is to share clear, balanced climate facts - minus the hype. More in the blog!
stempra.org.uk/resources/ne...
stempra.org.uk/resources/ne...
Climate impact of AI: a lack of consensus and the challenge for communications - Stempra
The environmental costs of building and running AI models are coming into sharper focus. Yet it’s unclear whether AI’s impact on the environment outweighs the benefits it brings. in this blog we discu...
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August 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
AI is pushing energy and emissions higher, fast. For us in comms, our job is to share clear, balanced climate facts - minus the hype. More in the blog!
stempra.org.uk/resources/ne...
stempra.org.uk/resources/ne...
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Join @dremmacbw.bsky.social, a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Crick as she explains how her team are working to improve understanding of the biology of long COVID and discovering new ways to both prevent and treat this complex disease.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMNe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMNe...
Figuring Out Long COVID - with Emma Wall
YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute
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June 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Join @dremmacbw.bsky.social, a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Crick as she explains how her team are working to improve understanding of the biology of long COVID and discovering new ways to both prevent and treat this complex disease.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMNe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMNe...
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Researchers from the Crick and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social have extracted and sequenced DNA from an individual who lived in Egypt around 4,500 years ago, making it the oldest genome from ancient Egypt sequenced to date.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
Researchers sequence first genome from ancient Egypt
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived around 4,500 to 4,800...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Researchers from the Crick and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social have extracted and sequenced DNA from an individual who lived in Egypt around 4,500 years ago, making it the oldest genome from ancient Egypt sequenced to date.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-07...
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Hepatitis B is a serious global health threat, affecting an estimated 300 million people. But there are still major barriers to tackling and eradicating it.
Explore the science and social context behind tackling the disease with clinician scientist @pippa-matt.bsky.social.
youtu.be/JFr9B-IdUJw
Explore the science and social context behind tackling the disease with clinician scientist @pippa-matt.bsky.social.
youtu.be/JFr9B-IdUJw
The Fight Against Hepatitis B Explained - with Philippa Matthews
YouTube video by Francis Crick Institute
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May 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hepatitis B is a serious global health threat, affecting an estimated 300 million people. But there are still major barriers to tackling and eradicating it.
Explore the science and social context behind tackling the disease with clinician scientist @pippa-matt.bsky.social.
youtu.be/JFr9B-IdUJw
Explore the science and social context behind tackling the disease with clinician scientist @pippa-matt.bsky.social.
youtu.be/JFr9B-IdUJw
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As tighter immigration policies are announced today, scientists continue to stress the importance of attracting international talent.
Our director Paul Nurse spoke to the Observer about how this affects science in the UK:
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Our director Paul Nurse spoke to the Observer about how this affects science in the UK:
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Is the UK paying the price for world’s most expensive visas? | The Observer
Competing political and economic goals on immigration are resulting in the loss of valuable skills and talent in the UK
observer.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As tighter immigration policies are announced today, scientists continue to stress the importance of attracting international talent.
Our director Paul Nurse spoke to the Observer about how this affects science in the UK:
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Our director Paul Nurse spoke to the Observer about how this affects science in the UK:
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Crick researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature amniotic sac development.
The team is now exploring the potential for using these new 3D models in clinical applications, such as cornea reconstruction and treating ulcers.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
The team is now exploring the potential for using these new 3D models in clinical applications, such as cornea reconstruction and treating ulcers.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
New stem cell model sheds light on human amniotic sac development
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four wee...
www.crick.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Crick researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature amniotic sac development.
The team is now exploring the potential for using these new 3D models in clinical applications, such as cornea reconstruction and treating ulcers.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
The team is now exploring the potential for using these new 3D models in clinical applications, such as cornea reconstruction and treating ulcers.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-05...
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Watch ‘Falsely Accused: Justice by Genomics’ held at the Crick this week, with experts in science, medicine and the law discussing the case of Kathleen Folbigg and the role of genomic investigation in unexplained child deaths.
Catch up on all the expert talks:
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Catch up on all the expert talks:
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
“Science uncovered the truth of why my children died, and set me free”
After twenty years in jail, convicted of killing her four children, Kathleen Folbigg is sharing her experience of being falsely accused alongside the team of scientists and lawyers who used advances i...
www.crick.ac.uk
May 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Watch ‘Falsely Accused: Justice by Genomics’ held at the Crick this week, with experts in science, medicine and the law discussing the case of Kathleen Folbigg and the role of genomic investigation in unexplained child deaths.
Catch up on all the expert talks:
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Catch up on all the expert talks:
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
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“We don’t perceive the world as it is at all. We don't have a very full account of reality. We just perceive a very small part of it.”
Our latest feature explores how neuroscientists at the Crick are challenging our understanding of reality.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Our latest feature explores how neuroscientists at the Crick are challenging our understanding of reality.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Grasping reality
Julian Baggini uncovers how neuroscientists are challenging our understanding of reality and piecing together how we perceive the world around us.
www.crick.ac.uk
April 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“We don’t perceive the world as it is at all. We don't have a very full account of reality. We just perceive a very small part of it.”
Our latest feature explores how neuroscientists at the Crick are challenging our understanding of reality.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
Our latest feature explores how neuroscientists at the Crick are challenging our understanding of reality.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-03...
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In case you missed our story from earlier this week, you can read about the newly discovered potential link between giving blood and certain beneficial genetic changes in this BBC News article covering the topic.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Giving blood linked to lower risk of pre-cancer gene
Frequent donors were more likely to have different genetic changes in their blood stem cells, scientists found.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In case you missed our story from earlier this week, you can read about the newly discovered potential link between giving blood and certain beneficial genetic changes in this BBC News article covering the topic.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...