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Events and Symposia

The Francis Crick Institute is dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. This state of the art biomedical research facility brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines and encourages both scientists and the general public to find out more about what goes on inside through a range of tours and seminars. UCL staff can also host their own events at the Crick

Tours

If you are a UCL staff member or student and would like to visit the Crick we can arrange a tour for you. They generally take place on Wednesday afternoons and we try to get a group together rather than organise on an individual basis so there may be a short wait before it happens. To let us know you're interested, email Crick enquiries from a UCL email address.

Inside the Francis Crick Institute Atrium

Seminars and events

Spotlight Event

 

On the 3rd February 2025 the Crick and University Partners will be running an in-person event where we’ll be presenting a variety of ways that partner university staff can get involved with the Crick.

Hear from some of the current university Group Leaders on their experience of having a lab at the Crick, discover more about the wider attachment scheme and opportunities for engaging with the Crick including the PhD schemes, Interest Groups and STPs.

Before the main showcase begins there will be the chance for tours of the Crick, although group sizes will be limited and will be available on a first come first served basis.

At the end of the afternoon do join us for a drink reception after the event where you can chat to some of the speakers.

The full programme and registration details to follow 

Crick-University Partnership Showcase 2025 Tickets, Mon 3 Feb 2025 at 13:30 | Eventbrite

Crick Clinical Grand Rounds

The Crick’s Grand Round event series explore the link between clinical practice and fundamental research: showing how a molecular understanding can contribute to diagnosis and treatment. Audience spaces are open to all scientists and clinicians at Kings College London, UCL and Imperial.

Details of the next event will be circulated once registration opens. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email crf-admin@crick.ac.uk. 

Medicine at the Crick

The Crick’s regular Medicine at the Crick event series showcases major advances in biomedical science and raises awareness of the medical implications of major scientific advances. The events are designed to bring lab-based scientists together with clinicians to consider the latest advances in biomedicine and how they might impact the treatment of patients and stimulate new ideas and collaborations.

Each event comprises a series of talks and a panel discussion. Interested members of the Crick and wider UK biomedical community, as well as members of the academic medical press are invited to attend. 

The events take place in March, June and November every year. Find out more information and how to register for the latest event here.  

CrickMed: Pitch and Match

A forum for Crick scientists and external clinicians/clinical academics to identify potential collaborators by giving three minute pitches to an audience from the Crick and partner NHS Trusts/universities. Audience spaces are open to all scientists and clinicians at Kings College London, UCL and Imperial.

Details of the next event will be circulated once registration opens early in the year. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email crf-admin@crick.ac.uk. 

Clinical Research Fellows Meeting

This annual event takes place in Spring and aims to bring together clinical fellows based at the Crick with other clinical fellows from across the UK. The event is predominantly aimed at doctoral clinical fellows and MB-PhD students however, postdoctoral clinical fellows are also very welcome to attend.

Attendees will include fellows who are part of the 4ward North Clinical PhD Academy, fellows at CRUK centres nationwide and fellows based at Crick’s five clinical programme partner institutions: Imperial College London, King's College London, UCL, The Institute of Cancer Research, Barts Cancer Institute/Queen Mary University of London.

The Crick pitches this event as a great opportunity for fellows from a range of clinical backgrounds to share research interests, discuss challenges to developing a clinical/academic career, hear clinician scientists speak about their career progression, and participate in talks about interesting science.

Details of the event, including how to submit an abstract for a short talk will be circulated once registration opens early in the year. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email crf-admin@crick.ac.uk. 

Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium 2024

25 November 2024 - 26 November 2024, 9:30- 16:30, The Francis Crick Institute

The Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium (CBIAS) aims to showcaes image analysis techniques to biomedical researchers and to demonstrate how such approaches can help them advance their research. 

 Further information and how to register can be found here.

Crick-Partner University PhD Student Symposium

This symposium takes place every year in early July

All PhD students from across the Crick and its three university partners who have Crick-related projects are eligible to attend this event. A call out for applications from students to talk, present a poster of simply to attend is communicated to students via departments and supervisors every spring.

For details of other events at the Crick, please visit their What's on website.

Host your event at the Crick

Interested in hosting an event at the Crick? UCL staff can hold meetings at the Crick on weekdays and medium to large scale events at the Crick on Mondays and Tuesday, subject to availability.

Please note that the Crick will pass on all direct event costs, including venue hire, AV support, furniture hire if required, and catering.

If you would like to enquire about hosting an event at the Crick, please contact the Crick Events Team for further information on the types of spaces available to hire.