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Strasbourg, France
Joined November 2009
🧬 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: zurl.co/w6Iji #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 🔗zurl.co/AMyLb #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. 📑zurl.co/NfRMK #sts 🧪
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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 ➡️ zurl.co/ZvIiL #sts
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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: zurl.co/slOTJ #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: zurl.co/MbiDb #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. 🧪 🔗 zurl.co/VW3SK #sts
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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: zurl.co/qHCzP #HFSP #FrontierScience #sts
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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. 🔗zurl.co/faNUS #sts 🧪
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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: zurl.co/2w43R #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 ➡️ zurl.co/wrwYg #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: 📖 zurl.co/zsAIA #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. 👀 📑 zurl.co/naYGw #sts 🧪
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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. 📖 zurl.co/1ZDkJ
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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. 📑 zurl.co/0cmo8 #Immunology #Virology #sts 🧪
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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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