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📣New insights for understanding the crops that feed the world. 🔬
#HFSP researchers mapped gene activity in nearly 70,000 cells, revealing how a leaf develops from stem cells into a photosynthetic structure. 🌱

📑 https://t.co/vUoNhxKFBi

#PlantScience #sts 🧪

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🧬 What does HFSP look for in frontier science?

Discover what matters when preparing a Research Grant proposal in our upcoming webinar.

📅 17 Nov | 09:00 & 16:00 CET

🔗 Register: https://t.co/h6yKdPeLoX

#HFSP #ResearchGrants

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🔬 Meet the speakers of the HFSP #IUMS2026 Symposium.

From microbiomes to host-microbe interactions, gut–brain signaling and viruses, explore Frontier Research in Microbiology!🧪

📅 5 Nov | 16:40 | Room 5A
🔗https://t.co/JGhvSe1HTr
#sts #HFSP #Microbiology #FrontierScience

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How do cells rebuild their Golgi apparatus? 🔬

#HFSP researchers discovered a coordinated genetic program that activates hundreds of genes to reconstruct this essential organelle, revealing how cells organize their internal machinery.

📑https://t.co/BjEeSUc0MO
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What makes #HFSP different? 🧪

The independent Grand Review highlights its distinctive funding niche: supporting high-risk research, unconventional combinations of disciplines and international collaborations.

Explore the findings ➡️ https://t.co/F8fyKvBIFn

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🔬 We are heading to #IUMS2026 in Lisbon!

Join our symposium on Frontier Research in Microbiology and visit the #HFSP booth #04 to explore support opportunities. 🧪

📅 5 Nov | 16:40 | Room 5A

Explore the program: https://t.co/uSHuydarfL

#sts #frontierscience #microbiology

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The HFSP Science Digest #5 is out! 📖

68 pages, 30 articles exploring frontier life sciences, from the origins of life to the rhythms of aquatic mammals.

Discover the science: https://t.co/Jiy66ViC36

#HFSP #ScienceDigest 🧪 #sts

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🧠 Machines wear down under repeated stress. Neurons can repair themselves!

#HFSP-supported research reveals how neurons restore their internal structure after mechanical damage, helping them remain functional throughout our lives. 🧪

🔗 https://t.co/S48C2a4pNw

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🧪 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: https://t.co/XfgZQwi7am

#HFSP #FrontierScience #sts

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🎉 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.

🔗 https://t.co/VEb4teWx12 https://t.co/I2VqA8P3K5

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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.

🔗https://t.co/rZN6yCMhbx

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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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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.

📑Read the story: https://t.co/x6wVcWGTKo

#Immunology #CellBiology

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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 ➡️ https://t.co/u2FiLZHyE6

#sts #ResearchImpact

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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: 📖 https://t.co/KgXBwpVLOQ

#HFSP #FrontierScience

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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. 👀

📑 https://t.co/GtiVN9NgUu

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Science advances when knowledge, ideas & people move across borders. 🌍

For #ScienceTechnologyInnovationSouthDay, we highlight an #HFSP collaboration studying how viruses in South African wetlands influence carbon cycling & our changing climate.

📖 https://t.co/suEB7ai6D2

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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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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.
📑 https://t.co/PmyIOLDhJD
#Immunology #Virology #sts 🧪

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🧪🎥 Missed the #HFSPFrontierWorkshop or want to revisit a talk?
The workshop videos are now available on #HFSP YouTube, bringing together perspectives on fossils, evolution, AI, robotics and more!
▶️ https://t.co/VdyIONxoDd

#Evolution #sts #InterdisciplinaryScience