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 Principal Group Leader Robert Wilkinson to give this week's Crick lecture.

Robert leads the Tuberculosis lab at the Crick as well as being Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town. The group focuses on the interaction between tuberculosis and the immune responsein order to find better ways to treat the disease, particularly in people who also have HIV.

Robert J Wilkinson trained in medicine at Cambridge and Oxford universities and at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London. He undertook postdoctoral research at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH and at Imperial College before moving to Cape Town in 2004.

Before joining the Crick, Robert was a Medical Research Council (MRC) Programme Leader in the Division of Mycobacterial Research at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London and remains a Wellcome Senior Fellow in Clinical Science at Imperial College London.

Both posts are seconded to the University of Cape Town where Wilkinson is an Honorary Professor and directs that university's Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa.

His present research interests include clinical and immunological aspects of tuberculosis, particularly in the context of HIV-1 infection.

Robert has co-authored around 345 articles and reviews on infectious diseases with emphasis on tuberculosis.