{{Infobox award | name = Francis Crick Medal and Lecture | subheader = | current_awards = | image = Francis Crick crop.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Francis Crick 1916-2004 | awarded_for = Prize lecture given on a subject in genetics, molecular biology and neurobiology | sponsor = {{Plainlist| * Sydney Brenner * Royal Society}} | date = {{Start date|2003}} | location = | country = | presenter = | host = | preshow_host = | acts = | reward = Bronze Medal and gift of £2,000 | year = | year2 = | holder = | website = {{URL|http://royalsociety.org/awards/francis-crick-lecture}} | network = | runtime = | ratings = | producer = | director = | most_awards = | most_nominations = | image2 = | image2size = | alt2 = | caption2 = | previous = | main = | next = }}The '''Francis Crick Medal and Lecture'''<ref name="list">{{cite web |url=http://royalsociety.org/awards/francis-crick-lecture |title=Francis Crick Medal and Lecture |date=2014 |publisher=Royal Society |archivedate=2014-09-13|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913131022/https://royalsociety.org/awards/francis-crick-lecture/}}</ref><ref name="royal">{{cite web |url=http://royalsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=3479 |title=Recent Crick lectures |publisher=The Royal Society |archivedate=2011-10-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013001234/http://royalsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=3479 |location=London |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a prize lecture of the Royal Society established in 2003 with an endowment from Sydney Brenner, the late Francis Crick's close friend and former colleague. It is delivered annually in biology, particularly the areas which Francis Crick<ref name="crick">{{Cite journal | last1 = Rich | first1 = A. | authorlink1 = Alexander Rich | last2 = Stevens | first2 = C. F. | authorlink2 = Charles F. Stevens | doi = 10.1038/430845a | title = Obituary: Francis Crick (1916–2004) | journal = Nature | volume = 430 | issue = 7002 | pages = 845–847 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15318208 | pmc = | doi-access = free | title-link=none | bibcode = 2004Natur.430..845R }}</ref> worked (genetics, molecular biology and neurobiology), and also to theoretical work. The medal is also intended for young scientists, i.e. under 40, or at career stage corresponding to being under 40 should their career have been interrupted.
==List of lectures== Laureates include: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/awards/francis-crick-lecture/|title=Francis Crick Medal and Lecture - Royal Society|website=Royalsociety.org|accessdate=16 October 2025}}</ref>
* 2025 Kayla C. King ''for contributions to the fields of evolutionary biology and genetics of infectious disease'' * 2024 Sam Behjati ''for fundamental discoveries into the developmental roots of childhood cancer'' * 2023 Stephen Fleming ''for tackling foundational questions about the neurobiology of conscious experience and advancing our understanding of the neural and computational basis of metacognition'' * 2022 {{ill|Tiago Branco|qid=Q116449182}} ''for making fundamental advances in the molecular, cellular and circuit bases of neuronal computation and for successfully linking these to animal decision behaviour'' * 2021 Serena Nik-Zainal ''for enormous contributions to understanding the aetiology of cancers by her analyses of mutation signatures in cancer genomes, which is now being applied to cancer therapy'' * 2020 Marta Zlatic ''for discovering how neural circuits generate behaviour by developing and disseminating definitive techniques, and by discovering fundamental principles governing circuit development and function'' * 2019 Gregory Jefferis ''for his fundamental discoveries concerning the development and functional logic of sensory information processing'' * 2018 Miratul Muqit ''in recognition of his research on cell signalling linked to neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease'' * 2017 {{ill|Simon Myers|qid=Q32653353}} ''for transforming our understanding of meiotic recombination and of human population history.'' * 2016 Madan Babu Mohan ''for his major and widespread contributions to computational biology'' * 2015 Rob Klose ''for his research on how chromatin-based and epigenetic processes contribute to gene regulation''<ref name="list"/><ref name=KloseBird2006>{{cite journal|last1=Klose|first1=Robert J.|last2=Bird|first2=Adrian P.|title=Genomic DNA methylation: the mark and its mediators|journal=Trends in Biochemical Sciences|volume=31|issue=2|year=2006|pages=89–97|issn=0968-0004|doi=10.1016/j.tibs.2005.12.008|pmid=16403636}}</ref> * 2014 Duncan Odom<ref>{{EuropePMC|ORCID=0000-0001-6201-5599|title=Duncan T. Odom}}</ref> ''for his pioneering work in the field of comparative functional genomics''<ref name="royal"/> * 2013 Matthew Hurles on ''Mutations: great and small''<ref name="royal"/> * 2012 Sarah Teichmann<ref name=teichmann>{{EuropePMC|ORCID=0000-0002-6294-6366|title=Sarah Teichmann}}</ref> on ''Finding patterns in genes and proteins: decoding the logic of molecular interactions''<ref name="royal"/> * 2011 Simon Boulton on ''Repairing the code''<ref name="royal"/> * 2010 Gilean McVean<ref>{{EuropePMC|ORCID=0000-0002-5012-4162|title=Gil McVean}}</ref> on '''Our genomes, our history''<ref name="royal"/> * 2009 {{ill|Jason Chin (scientist)|qid=Q56084736|lt=Jason Chin}} on ''Reprogramming the code of life''<ref name="list"/> * 2008 Simon Fisher on ''A molecular window into speech and language''<ref name="list"/> * 2007 Geraint Rees on ''Decoding consciousness''<ref name="list"/> * 2006 Dario Alessi on ''Deciphering disease''<ref name="list"/> * 2005 Daniel Wolpert on ''The puppet master: how the brain controls the body''<ref name="list"/> * 2004 Julie Ahringer on ''Genes, worms and the new genetics''<ref name="list"/> * 2003 Ewan Birney on ''Being human: what our genome tells us''<ref name="list"/>
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