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A new drive-through coronavirus swabbing facility for NHS staff has opened in central London at the British Library, in partnership with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Crick

The spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can adopt at least ten distinct structural states, when in contact with the human virus receptor ACE2.

Refusing a vaccine is a decision not only about your own health, but also of the health of other people around you, says our director Paul Nurse.

Crick PhD students Kevin and Nikhil are finding out what happens to our immune system when it's exposed to SARS-CoV-2.

Researchers studying the spread of SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare workers have found high levels of asymptomatic infections during the peak of the pandemic in London.

Scientists at the Crick have found important structural similarities between SARS-CoV-2 and a pangolin coronavirus, suggesting that a pangolin coronavirus could infect humans. 

Researchers have found structural differences which could help to explain why a mutated version of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains the dominant form circulating in all the recent variants of concern such as the UK and South African strains.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute are helping to run the largest clinical study of Long COVID to date.

James Briscoe, head of the Crick’s Developmental Dynamics Laboratory, has been volunteering his time in the centre since it opened in January. Here he reflects on his time as a vaccinator and the stories (and arms) he’ll remember for a long time to come. 

Researchers at the Crick have shown that a specific area of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is a promising target for a pan-coronavirus vaccine that could offer some protection against new virus variants, common colds, and help prepare for future pandemics.