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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 8h

🧪 Considering an HFSP Research Grant? Join our webinar on the 2028 call for application guidance and a live Q&A! 📅 17 Nov | Two sessions: 🕘 09:00 CET 🕓 16:00 CET 🔗 Register: zurl.co/qHCzP #HFSP #FrontierScience #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🎉 Our warmest congratulations to Karl Deisseroth on receiving the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine! 👏 Karl was the first #HFSPNakasoneAward winner, recognized in 2010 for his pioneering work on optogenetics. 🔗 zurl.co/QV1GK zurl.co/jI8h4

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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 was awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tiny shrews have their own specialized immune organ against parasites HFSP-supported research reveals how the pancreas of Aselli helps produce long-lived antibody-secreting cells, boosting immune protection in these high-energy mammals. 🔗zurl.co/faNUS #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You can apply to our Research Grants that foster exactly interdisciplinarity! Here: www.hfsp.org/funding/hfsp.... The next call is coming soon. Stay tuned!

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Research Grants | Human Frontier Science Program

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The #HFSPMasterclass is underway in Oslo! Researchers are working alongside experienced HFSP reviewers, using real examples and hands-on exercises to learn what makes a strong application for bold, international & interdisciplinary science. 🧪 #HFSP #FrontierScience #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How do T cells kick-start immune signaling? 🔬 #HFSP researchers found that tiny surface protrusions rapidly form close contacts with target cells, helping receptors cluster and trigger signaling. These findings could provide valuable insights for engineering CAR T cells. 📑zurl.co/Ldtn0 #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Indeed! For many scientific questions, interdisciplinarity isn't optional but essential. That's precisely why bringing researchers from different fields together has been at the heart of HFSP's approach from the beginning. And we won't give up! 💪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What does #FrontierScience look like in practice? 🔬 7 case studies from the #HFSP Grand Review explore bold, high-risk research and the discoveries, collaborations and new directions that followed. 🧪 Explore the stories ➡️ zurl.co/wrwYg #sts #ResearchImpact

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A year in frontier science. 🌍🧬 Bold research, international collaborations, scientific meetings and a global community pushing the boundaries of life science. Explore the people, science and stories that shaped HFSP in 2025: 📖 zurl.co/zsAIA #HFSP #FrontierScience

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Brood parasites mimic their hosts’ eggs to avoid rejection.🥚 HFSP-supported research shows that evolution has found different chemical ways to produce a convincing color match. 🎨 In the end, it’s what the foster parent sees that counts. 👀 📑 zurl.co/naYGw #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🧪 What can viruses in South African wetlands tell us about our changing climate? For the International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South, we celebrate international scientific exchange through an #HFSP collaboration across South Africa, UK, USA & France. 📖 zurl.co/hKjcL #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Your research + one completely different discipline. What are you choosing? 👀 We asked a few scientists and got some interesting answers. At #HFSP, crossing disciplinary boundaries is part of what makes frontier science possible. 🤝 What's your ideal collaboration? 🧪 #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Get ready, brain, there's a virus in the skin! 🧠🦠 HFSP-supported research reveals an early-warning system: sensing a virus in the skin can trigger antiviral defenses in the brain, protecting against severe encephalitis. 📑 zurl.co/0cmo8 #Immunology #Virology #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Next stop for the #HFSPMasterclass: Norway! From 28–30 September, invited scientists will meet in Oslo for hands-on training on developing strong applications for #HFSP Research Grants & Fellowships, with guidance from experienced HFSP reviewers. zurl.co/XPd2f #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Bacteria have rotary motors and evolution has been upgrading them!🦠⚙️ #HFSP researchers reveal how existing proteins can be recruited as new components, helping bacterial flagellar motors generate more torque and power their microscopic propellers. 📑zurl.co/ixg3R #Evolution #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Ada Yonath, Nobel laureate, pioneering structural biologist and longtime member of the HFSP community. Her extraordinary curiosity, courage and persistence embodied the spirit of frontier science. 🔗 zurl.co/TdWbG #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What is the impact of investing in bold, international, curiosity-driven #science?🧪 The independent #HFSP Grand Review 2025 finds: 🔹 1/3+ of publications in the global Top 10% 🔹 #1 for patent citations from basic research 🔹 International collaborations that last 👀 zurl.co/LHBvn #sts #ResearchImpact

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There are ~11000 bird species, yet <10 are commonly studied in #neuroscience. 🐦🧠 #HFSP researchers are developing optical imaging tools that use light to map brain activity, opening new chances for studying cognition across more species. 📑 zurl.co/0Cdpg #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The HFSP Frontier Workshop Book of Abstracts is now available! 📖 Explore the scientific contributions that shaped the workshop, from fossil heritage and paleo-genomics to AI, robotics and computational approaches.🧪 🔗zurl.co/WGAnd #HFSPFrontierWorkshop #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🧪 The science of #HFSPmtg2026 is now on YouTube! 🎥 Missed a talk in Geneva? Want to watch one again? Explore the presentations from this year’s HFSP Awardees Meeting. ▶️ Watch here: zurl.co/r9rAE #sts #FrontierScience #HFSPCommunity

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25th HFSP Awardees Meeting

8-10 July 2026, Geneva, Switzerland

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Can seals keep a beat?🎵 🦭 Harbor seals can control call length and pitch and produce rhythmic patterns by slapping their flippers. #HFSP researchers are studying these abilities to explore how rhythm evolved as a tool for communication. 🧪 👉 zurl.co/j5JYA #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🧪 Around 220 participants from 29 countries came together in Geneva for three days of frontier science, exchange, and new connections. 🌍 Relive the highlights and find the photos, abstracts & more: 👉 zurl.co/4lYCw #HFSPmtg2026 #sts #HFSPCommunity #FrontierScience

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🦇 Bats build social networks and their brains map them! 🧠 HFSP-supported research shows that Egyptian fruit bat groups rapidly develop stable relationships and dominance hierarchies, and their brains keep track of other bats. 📑 zurl.co/mbm7u #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The science of #HFSPmtg2026, all in one place! 📖 The Book of Abstracts from the 25th HFSP Awardees Meeting in Geneva is now available online. Explore the research, ideas and questions that brought the HFSP community together this year. 🧪 📖 zurl.co/1qEIw #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

3 days. 25 talks. Countless ideas! 🧪 Here's what participants are taking home from the #HFSPFrontierWorkshop Bridging Fossil Records and Modern Science 💬 Were you there? What's your biggest takeaway? #HFSP #sts #InterdisciplinaryScience #Evolution #Paleontology

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Three days of inspiring scientific talks, interdisciplinary discussions and new connections! Thank you to everyone who made the #HFSPFrontierWorkshop such a great scientific exchange. 🧪 More highlights coming soon! 🙂 #HFSP #InterdisciplinaryScience #Evolution

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Between presentations and conversations, participants at the HFSP Frontier Workshop are exploring how fossils, AI, robotics and computational science can advance our understanding of evolution. #HFSP #HFSPFrontierWorkshop #Evolution #AI #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

What happens when researchers from #paleontology, #AI, #mathematics, and evolutionary #biology come together? New ideas emerge! A glimpse from the #HFSPFrontierWorkshop in London, where scientists are exploring fresh perspectives on the history of life! 🧪 #HFSP #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We're getting ready for the #HFSPFrontierWorkshop! In a few days, researchers from around the world will gather in London to explore how #paleontology, #evolutionarybiology, #AI, #mathematics, and #physics are helping us better understand the #historyoflife. 🔗 zurl.co/a8oer #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Some collaborations become publications. Others become lifelong friendships. Today we're celebrating both. 💙 Happy #InternationalDayofFriendship to our global #HFSP community! 🌍 Tag a friend you met through HFSP. 👇 #sts 🧪

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Summer mornings are perfect for soaking up the sun… and meerkats seem to agree! 🌞 #HFSP-supported researchers found that while sunbathing, meerkats exchange soft "sunning calls" that help maintain social bonds and strengthen group cohesion. 🧪 #sts 🔗 zurl.co/ZwIfb

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📍 A workshop about the history of life deserves a venue with a scientific history of its own! Join us at the Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, in London for the HFSP Frontier Workshop. 📅 3–5 Aug 🔗 Register: zurl.co/EM77U #HFSP #London #Evolution

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🌍 Communication & Integration: Science advances through #collaboration! Explore how researchers connect #naturalhistory, #computation and #communication to better understand #evolution. #HFSP Frontier Workshop 3–5 Aug | London Register: zurl.co/a1WOc

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🦴 Fossil Heritage and Accessibility Discover how 3D imaging, virtual collections and digital tools are transforming the way researchers study fossil heritage. HFSP Frontier Workshop 📅 3–5 Aug | London Register: zurl.co/jnPrD #HFSP #Paleontology #Evolution

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🤖 AI meets evolution! Discover how computational modelling and artificial intelligence are helping scientists reconstruct the fossil record and explore evolutionary change. HFSP Frontier Workshop 3–5 Aug | London Register: zurl.co/nWAzv #HFSP #AI #Evolution

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

More than 500 moments. One unforgettable meeting! 😊 The best conversations, the biggest smiles, the science, the friendships... they're all captured in our official #HFSPmtg2026 photo gallery. 📸 Browse the album and see if you can spot yourself! 👉 flic.kr/s/aHBqjCZyR4 #HFSPCommunity #sts 🧪

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25th HFSP Awardees Meeting

7-10 July 2026 Geneva, Switzerland

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🧬 From Paleo-Genomics to Paleo-Phenomes: Discover how ancient DNA, fossils and modern biology are reshaping our understanding of evolution! Join us at the HFSP Frontier Workshop (3–5 Aug, London). Register:zurl.co/Ltxm4 #HFSP #Evolution #Paleogenomics

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🧪 Congratulations to V. Narry Kim, winner of the 2027 HFSP Nakasone Award! Her pioneering discoveries revealed new layers of gene regulation through noncanonical RNA tailing, laying the foundation for more durable mRNA therapeutics and vaccines. 👉 zurl.co/q3GDt #HFSP #NakasoneAward #RNA #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Three days of inspiring science, lively discussions, poster sessions, new collaborations, and a global community brought together by frontier life science.🧪 A big thank you to everyone who made this year's Awardees Meeting such a success. 🙂 Until next year!🙃 #HFSP #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

What does frontier science look like? 🧪 At #HFSPmtg2026, it spans everything from cell migration and photosynthesis to evolution, plant biology or ocean microbiomes. Different questions. Different approaches. One community exchanging ideas across disciplines! 💪 #HFSP #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The program for the 25th #HFSP Awardees Meeting is online! 👉 zurl.co/XYidg Explore the scientific sessions, keynote lectures, and poster presentations, and join us in Geneva for 3 days of outstanding discussions in #LifeSciences! 📅 8–10 July 2026 🧪 Registration: zurl.co/34KwA #sts #HFSPmtg2026

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🧪 HFSP-supported researchers discovered Megachelicerax, the first unambiguous Cambrian chelicerate, revealing that the ancestors of spiders, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs were already hunting the seas half a billion years ago! #sts #Paleontology #Evolution 🔗 zurl.co/Tl1xv

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The program for the HFSP Frontier Workshop: Bridging Fossil Records and Modern Science – Integrative Approaches to Evolution is now available!🦕 Discover the keynote speakers, scientific sessions, and workshop topics, and join us in London from 3–5 August 2026.🧪 🔗 zurl.co/6zqMo #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Behind every breakthrough is a story of persistence, risk-taking, and curiosity Frontiers of Discovery: Insights from HFSP Laureates, published by @science.org, explores HFSP Nakasone Award winners' perspectives on the challenges that shaped their research.🧪 📖 bit.ly/4w201pr #sts

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Frontiers of discovery: Insights from HFSP laureates

How curiosity-driven science changes the world

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Video credits: HFSP Research Grant Awardees. Suliana Manley, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL); Ajana Badrinarayanan, National Centre for Biological Sciences; Johan Paulsson, Harvard University; and Wallace Marshall, University of California San Francisco.

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

#HFSP-supported researchers discovered that #mitochondria temporarily reshape into a "beads-on-a-string" pattern to evenly distribute their #DNA. The same physical principle that breaks water into droplets helps cells keep their mitochondrial genomes in order. 💦 #sts 🧪 🔗zurl.co/GH23p

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to Erin Schuman (2026 #HFSP Nakasone Award winner) and Christine Holt (HFSP grant alumna), who won the 2026 @kavliprize.bsky.social in Neuroscience for their contributions to discoveries that transformed our understanding of brain plasticity and learning. 🧪 📑 zurl.co/iCAVZ #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Cell metabolism is not one-size-fits-all. New HFSP-supported research reveals how cells tune the TCA cycle and connected pathways depending on nutrient use, citrate levels, and aspartate demand. 🧪 Story 👉 zurl.co/fo2gY #sts

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