The Francis Crick Institute

The Francis Crick Institute is an independent biomedical research institute and charity based in London. Its research seeks to understand the fundamental biology underlying health and disease, spanning areas including cancer, infection and immunity, neuroscience, physiology and human biology. The institute brings together researchers across biological, physical, engineering and computational sciences and was established through a partnership between the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King’s College London.