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/https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mks6jwoilc2uBook your free ticket now for our next Medicine At The Crick event. The programme will feature a series of talks and a panel discussion from scientists and clinicians discussing the science, history and future of tuberculosis diagnostics. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medicine-at-the-crick-the-science-history-and-future-of-tb-diagnostics-tickets-1976163557397?aff=Bluesky01 May 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks6jwoilc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mkndbbeems22How do scientists study early embryo development, and why is it so important to understand the processes involved? Book now for our free talk by @nmoris.bsky.social, who leads a lab here at the Crick studying embryo models made from stem cells. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crick-crash-course-embryo-development-tickets-1987406461225?aff=Bsky29 Apr 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkndbbeems22https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mkhuhjpstk2kPublished in @natmed.nature.com today, Stephen Mayhew, Dave Allan and David Roblin share ten lessons learned from a decade of translating science at the Crick towards health and societal impact. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04355-027 Apr 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhuhjpstk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mkasvphezs2uResearchers at the Crick and @imperialnhli.bsky.social have discovered that mice with a cold virus infection were less susceptible to the spread of breast cancer cells into their lungs. https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-04-24_solving-a-cold-case-how-viral-infections-could-protect-against-cancer-spread24 Apr 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkasvphezs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mk62azm75s27Scientists are exploring how ageing, inflammation and disease are connected - and how targeting these processes could help tackle conditions like cancer, neurodegeneration, and heart disease. Read more: https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-25_ageing-blood-could-ignite-cancer23 Apr 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk62azm75s27https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mk5m2m2w2c2hSign-ups are now open for Tiny tubes, big drama: An invitation to the microfluidic world. This beginner’s course introduces the fundamental principles and practical techniques used to design and fabricate microfluidic devices. Learn more: https://www.crick.ac.uk/whats-on/tiny-tubes-big-drama-an-invitation-to-the-microfluidic-world23 Apr 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5m2m2w2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mjw5nejbec2j“There’s a huge mismatch in the world of transplantation. Many more people urgently need a transplant than there are suitable organs available.” @foadrouhani.bsky.social is trying to harness the liver's regenerative power to repair or even grow completely new organs. https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-25_the-promise-of-regenerative-medicine20 Apr 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjw5nejbec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mjmehpmc7c25Only two weeks left to secure early bird tickets for the London Immunity in Health and Disease Symposium, taking place here at the Crick on 14-15 September. Book now ⬇️ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london-immunity-in-health-and-disease-symposium-tickets-1975964658485?aff=bsky216 Apr 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmehpmc7c25https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mjma54vdss27"This is the most exciting time in science. Think of the innovations that we couldn’t even imagine 10 years ago." Crick Board member and venture capitalist Kate Bingham shares lessons from her 30-year career: https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-25_life-lessons-with-kate-bingham16 Apr 2026 10:45 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjma54vdss27https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mjk6v7n4gc24Join Group Leader @jeanninehess.bsky.social as she explains how her lab is reimagining the fight against drug-resistant infections. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzhxOAhHzUg15 Apr 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk6v7n4gc24https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mjjou6wmd224Two weeks left to apply for our fully-funded clinical career development fellowships. Learn more about the programme and see how you can join our vibrant community of clinician scientists below. Apply by 30 April ➡️ https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/clinical-fellows/postdoctoral-clinical-fellows15 Apr 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjou6wmd224https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mjejfh6qvk2bThese stem cell-based models help researchers to study the 'missing four weeks' of embryo development – a period long unseen by science. Explore @nmoris.bsky.social's work with these models and what's next for research and regulation: https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-25_the-missing-four-weeks13 Apr 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjejfh6qvk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mj5d7mu4ps26Registration is now open for the UK Proteostasis Meeting 2026. The event will cover a range of topics, bringing together researchers from across the UK to discuss protein homeostasis. 📅 20-21 July Find out more and book tickets 👇 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-proteostasis-meeting-2026-tickets-1982663237114?aff=bsky110 Apr 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5d7mu4ps26https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mj4ycnotxk26"Science moves forward by questioning what is thought obvious and closely following the evidence, even when it leads to surprising results." Read about the collaboration between Nitin Kapadia and Paul Nurse and their efforts to figure out where mitosis begins: https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-25_locating-the-cell-division-trigger10 Apr 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4ycnotxk26https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mj2xwakthc2vWhile mapping mutations in a single gene, researchers have uncovered a previously hidden neurodevelopmental condition. Clinical collaborators have already diagnosed 38 individuals with this newfound condition, known as recessive ReNu syndrome. https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-04-08_mapping-mutations-at-scale-in-a-single-gene-reveals-new-neurodevelopmental-condition09 Apr 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2xwakthc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3miygpew3bs2oThe team in our Making Lab are helping to answer challenging biological questions by building miniature airways, automating syringe pumps and rigging up Wi Fi for fruit fly larvae. Learn about the scientific challenges each of these inventions are helping us solve. https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-25_mission-possible08 Apr 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3miygpew3bs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3miy4p3izpg2rIf you're based at UCL, Imperial College London or King's College London, sign up for our newsletter for our university partners to keep up with training, events and news from the Crick: https://www.crick.ac.uk/sign-up-for-our-newsletter-for-university-partners08 Apr 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy4p3izpg2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3miixoivti222Don’t miss out on More Questions of Science. We’ve recorded six bonus episodes, revisiting some of the biggest themes from previous episodes of A Question of Science Listen to all six brand-new episodes on your favourite podcast platform: www.lnk.to/AQuestionOfScienceBB02 Apr 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3miixoivti222https://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mibppympyk2fCrick evolutionary biologist @margaridamcm.bsky.social is working with conservation charity ZSL to investigate an enduring mystery: how the placenta has evolved with incredible variation across species. Read the full story: https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-25_in-darwins-footsteps30 Mar 2026 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibppympyk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mhvjb3lxos2aWe now know that dog domestication happened more than 14,000 years ago, thanks to new research from the Crick, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social, shedding light on how the first farmers adopted hunter-gatherer dogs. https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-25_canine-companions-revealing-the-genetic-history-of-our-first-friends25 Mar 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvjb3lxos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mhvcyoyfzc2lThe Crick magazine spring edition is here, with our latest discoveries and science stories. Read about John Diffley’s mission to crack DNA replication and how a giraffe is helping scientists understand placenta evolution ➡️ https://www.crick.ac.uk/news-and-features/the-crick-magazine-issue-225 Mar 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvcyoyfzc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mhq4raoap22f“I think it’s a real mistake to forget where the pipeline for all this begins.” John Diffley reflects on the importance of basic research, his mission to decode DNA replication and recreate it in the lab, and the scientific optimism of the 1960s that helped shape it. https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-23_cracking-dna-replication-john-diffley-lifeworks23 Mar 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq4raoap22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mhduugxmqs2o“We’re hoping doors will open for researchers to ask questions about how connections are made in the brain in mice and maybe, one day, humans.” - @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social Read about the new NIH-funded program to map brain circuitry using X-rays: https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-18_can-x-rays-reveal-how-the-brain-is-wired18 Mar 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhduugxmqs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mhdiecmxzs2mNew research from the Crick and @viblifesciences.bsky.social has shown how secondary breast cancer tumour cells can reprogram lung cells to supply them with fats for energy and other key functions. https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-18_taking-advantage-of-metastatic-cancers-need-for-fats18 Mar 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdiecmxzs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mgwovsbm2c2eBooking is now open for the London Immunity in Health and Disease Symposium, taking place here at the Crick on 14-15 September. Early bird tickets are available until 30 April. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london-immunity-in-health-and-disease-symposium-tickets-1975964658485?aff=bsky113 Mar 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwovsbm2c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mgafvvx5c22kWe’re excited to be working with @britsciassoc.bsky.social to co-lead EDIS, a coalition working to improve equality, diversity and inclusion in science and health research. Find out more about the plans for EDIS's next chapter ⤵️ https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-04_the-crick-to-co-lead-the-equality-diversity-and-inclusion-in-science-and-health-edis-group04 Mar 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgafvvx5c22khttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mga7jskb222kTwo 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. 🔗 https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03-04_two-crick-scientists-join-2026-cancer-grand-challenges-teams04 Mar 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mga7jskb222khttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mg34obekek2nAre you a clinician looking for a fully-funded postdoctoral research opportunity? Check out our postdoctoral career development fellowships for clinicians, and see how you can join our vibrant community: https://www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-study/clinical-fellows/postdoctoral-clinical-fellows02 Mar 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg34obekek2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mfoyppt3gc2fThanks to His Royal Highness Prince William for visiting the Crick today to explore how education, research and innovation are helping to deliver benefits in the UK and across the world – from antimicrobial resistance to the biology underlying our mental health. 🔗 https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-02-25_the-crick-welcomes-the-prince-of-wales25 Feb 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfoyppt3gc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/crick.ac.uk/post/3mfofqsvrts2bMore Questions of Science are on their way. In the coming weeks, Brian and past experts from A Question of Science take a deeper dive into topics from previous episodes. Listen to the first of six upcoming bonus episodes now: 🔗 lnk.to/MQOSAgeingBB25 Feb 2026 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:u4sbut4lul6phvif5ggefeav/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfofqsvrts2b