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Strasbourg, France
Joined November 2009
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Can microbial communities keep growing while losing biodiversity? 🦠🌊 #HFSP researchers found that environmental stress favors faster-growing bacteria, helping aquatic communities maintain growth even as species diversity declines. 📑 zurl.co/3xjdk #Microbiology
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Where are the scientific frontiers? Understanding life increasingly requires connecting disciplines, technologies, and scales, from molecules to ecosystems. 🧪 Explore the opening essay of HFSP Science Digest #5: zurl.co/EcOS0 #HFSP #ScienceDigest #sts
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Is your research idea a good fit for #HFSP? Exploring a bold, interdisciplinary project? 🧪 Join our Research Grants webinar to learn what HFSP looks for and ask your questions live. 📅 17 Nov | 09:00 & 16:00 CET 🔗 Register: zurl.co/ndTr5 #sts #ResearchGrants
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HFSP is heading to #FallingWalls2026! On 7 November in Berlin, we'll host two discussions on funding high-risk research and sustaining international scientific collaboration. 🧪 Our public session will also be livestreamed! 🔗 zurl.co/DL9A9 #sts #frontierscience
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Attending #IUMS2026 in Lisbon? Visit the #HFSP booth to learn about Research Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships supporting #FrontierScience and international collaboration!🧪 📅 4–6 November 2026 📍 Lisbon, Portugal 🔗zurl.co/cnfED #sts
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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. 🌱 📑 zurl.co/2S81F #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: 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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