Crick Lectures provide a broad insight into biomedical research from leading scientists. Not to be missed, the one-hour lectures are the event of the week for the Crick community to come together. The lectures aim to be accessible to scientists across different disciplines, while also offering something for the specialist.

There is also an opportunity to catch up with colleagues and friends over refreshments after Crick Lectures from 17:00. If you are able to join us in person at the Crick please let us know at connect@crick.ac.uk so we can arrange access.

We're delighted to invite Senior Group Leader Sila Ultanir to give this week's Crick lecture.

Sila leads the Kinases and Brain Development Laboratory here at the Crick. Her group studies how the links between brain cells develop in order to understand more about conditions where the brain works differently.Circuits of nerve cells joined together by tree-like branches that stretch from cell to cell help the human brain work healthily. Scientists call these branches dendrites, they are just millimetres in size but carry signals and information that make the whole body work.

We already know that brain circuits rely on dendrites being formed in the right shape and place.The Ultanir lab is trying to find out more about the signals sent between cells that guide dendrite development in humans and other mammals.