Which London research institute is named after Francis Crick?

The London research institute named after Francis Crick is the Francis Crick Institute. It is a biomedical discovery centre in central London, created as a partnership among six major organisations: Cancer Research UK, the Medical Research Council, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King's College London.

The project began in response to the 2007 Cooksey Report and was formally given Crick's name in 2011. The institute began operating in April 2015 after the merger of the MRC's National Institute for Medical Research with Cancer Research UK's London Research Institute.

Its large biomedical research building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in November 2016 and became fully operational in spring 2017. The institute studies fundamental biology and disease, including cancer, infections, immune disorders and neurodegenerative conditions.

It is easy to confuse the Crick with the nearby Sanger Institute, which is also associated with genomics and biomedical research. The Sanger Institute is named after Frederick Sanger; the London centre commemorates Francis Crick, whose DNA work helped establish molecular biology.