Creating the Crick
The Francis Crick Institute, in the centre of London, is the UK\u2019s brand new, game-changing centre for biology and medical research. Roland Pease joins the scientists as they move into the building. Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate, one of the UK\u2019s top biologists and director of the Crick explains what makes the new institute so special. Professor Richard Treisman, who helped shape its vision, shows Roland how the building is designed to encourage collaboration. And Roland learns how cancer researcher Dr Caroline Hill is packing up and moving her experimental subjects \u2013 thousands of fish.
Named for Francis Crick \u2013 the British scientist who unravelled the structure of DNA and how it codes the design of the molecules of life \u2013 this central London Institute is set to be the heart of British biomedical science \u2013 bringing together experts from 3 other world famous institutes, from three of London\u2019s great universities, and from industry.
Picture: Scientists Move Into The Newly-built Francis Crick Institute in King's Cross on August 25, 2016, credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Presenter: Roland Pease\nEditor: Deborah Cohen