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NEW EPISODE: Will we survive climate change?

Join our expert panellists as they answer your questions about curbing rising global temperatures and what life could be like in a warmer world.

Listen on your favourite podcast platform: www.lnk.to/AQOSClimateBB
Panel of speakers with the title ‘Can We Survive Climate Change?’ from BBC Studios and The Francis Crick Institute.
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This week is your last chance to visit the Wellcome Photography Prize, which will open to the public for the last time this Saturday 18 October.

Pop into the Crick to see this year’s top science and art entries, including the winners, before they’re gone.

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Wellcome photography prize 2025
The Wellcome Photography Prize brings together visual stories of health, science and human experience.
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Congratulations to Radoslav Enchev, this year’s winner of the Sir David Cooksey Prize in Translation.

Radoslav led development on the ‘Chronobot’ platform, which uses AI to greatly improve the efficiency of using structural biology to identify potential new drugs.

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AI-guided 'Chronobot' system wins Crick Translation Prize
The Sir David Cooksey Prize in Translation 2025 has been awarded to Radoslav Enchev for delivering a groundbreaking disruptive technology at the interface of structural biology, AI and drug discovery ...
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Genetic eye diseases affect 1 in 1000 people, but there is currently only one gene therapy available on the NHS, which can only help about 80 patients in the UK.

Join Crick group leader and ophthalmologist @profmariya.bsky.social as she explains gene therapy.

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What is Gene Therapy and How Can it Help Genetic Eye Disease? – with Mariya Moosajee
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This image shows neurons being grown on a surface with tiny patterns that resemble human tissue to ‘steer’ their growth.

Models like this allow us to learn more about our nervous system and conditions like motor neurone disease.
Image credit: Cathleen Hagemann and @andreaserio.bsky.social
Four large circular bulbs are spread out like a square. Between the colourful bulbs, and in the background, are long, differently-coloured tendrils, which take up most of the rest of the image.
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This research was led by Joseph Klebba, with corresponding authors @juliandownward.bsky.social and Matthew Patricelli
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Crick researchers, in collaboration with Vividion Therapeutics, have developed a potential drug that blocks a key cancer growth signal, while still allowing healthy cell processes to continue.

The drug is currently undergoing its first clinical trial in humans.

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We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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This week's guests are Tess Lambe‬, Wendy Barclay‬, @dremmacbw.bsky.social and @drkevinfong.bsky.social.
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NEW EPISODE: Are we prepared for the next pandemic?

Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about COVID-19 and whether we're ready for the next pandemic.

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2026 PhD recruitment is now open.

As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:

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PhD student recruitment
PhD recruitment information.
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Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme.

Apply by 05 November 2025

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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.
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Are you a researcher at @ucl.ac.uk, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, or @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social looking to keep up with the Crick?

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This research was led by Rebecca Andrews, Bin Fu and Christina Toomey, with corresponding authors @weisslab.bsky.social, Sonia Gandhi and @stevethechemist.bsky.social.
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We're looking for clinicians who are passionate about research to join our 3-year fully funded clinical PhD programme. 🔬🩺

Apply by 14 November 2025. 👇

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Doctoral clinical fellows
The Crick's clinical PhD programme.
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This week’s guests are Adrian Weller‬, Jeanette Winterson‬, @elmosmoe.bsky.social and @lawrennd.bsky.social.
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NEW EPISODE: Can we harness AI for good?

Join our expert panellists as they answer audience questions about the future of cancer research and treatment.

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Free tickets are still available for our Hard X-ray imaging of biological soft tissues symposium.

The event will explore current limitations in throughput, volume, and resolution and examine the latest advancements in sample preparation.

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Hard X-ray imaging of biological soft tissues symposium 2025
In the fourth edition of this symposium, we will hear about what the recent and upcoming synchrotron upgrades will bring in nanoimaging.
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Listen to our director Edith Heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour - discussing her career, working with AI and the importance of attracting the best global scientific talent to the UK.

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Woman's Hour - Child benefit cap, Prof Edith Heard, Book banning - BBC Sounds
We look at the mounting pressure to scrap the two child benefit cap.
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This team are now exploring the role of interstasis in controlling proteins that play a role in neurodegeneration.
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The study was led by Rupert Faraway, Neve Costello Heaven and Jernej Ule @ulelab.bsky.social, collaborating across labs at the Crick, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, @ukdri.ac.uk and @kemijski.bsky.social.