The lecture theater at the Crick.

Crick Lecture

Crick Lectures

Crick Lectures are delivered by leading internationally-renowned scientists from the Francis Crick Institute and elsewhere and cover the full spectrum of biomedical research. They aim to be relatively accessible to scientists in all biomedical disciplines, whilst also offering something for the specialist.

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Stewart Cole FRS

President of Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

The changing face of tuberculosis in drug discovery

Stewart Cole FRS is a Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis and President of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France. Following his previous roles as acting President, Senior Vice President and Scientific Director at the Institut Pasteur, he became President of the institution in January 2018.


Cole obtained his PhD in molecular genetics from the University of Sheffield and subsequently embarked on a career as a research scientist at the University of Umeå (Sweden) and the Max-Planck-Institut in Tübingen (Germany). He has published over 350 scientific papers and review articles, most notably on tuberculosis and leprosy, and contributed to several patent applications relating to HIV/AIDS, cervical cancer and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.


Cole is a former Full Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he was Director of the Global Health Institute. He is Fellow of the Royal Society in London, Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in France, an EMBO member and a recipient of many other honours including the Kochon Prize.