ITO Support Engineer, Francis Crick

One of the Institute's strengths is its ability to collaborate extensively with external research groups, boasting over 1,400 partnerships in more than 90 countries. These collaborations, however, pose data protection challenges due to the need to transfer vast amounts of sensitive information across borders. The Institute has addressed this by developing its own Trusted Research Environment toolkit, which allows remote teams to share data securely and compliantly in the cloud.

In recent news, the Francis Crick Institute has partnered with Broken String Biosciences to advance research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), demonstrating its commitment to impactful collaborations. Furthermore, the Institute secured £1 billion in funding back in 2022. Despite the UK's declining position in global science funding rankings, the Institute is maximising its effectiveness through the BRIDGE network and investments in AI and machine learning. A notable example is Google’s subsidiary DeepMind establishing a research lab within the Institute to enhance biology and genomics research.