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 🧪
Human Frontier Science Program
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HFSP promotes and supports international, cutting-edge, and interdisciplinary research focused on the life sciences. This page shows the latest news from HFSP and other items of interest to the scientific community.
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
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 🧪
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 🧪
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
📍 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
🌍 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
🦴 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
🤖 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
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 🧪
25th HFSP Awardees Meeting
7-10 July 2026 Geneva, Switzerland
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🧬 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
🧪 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
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
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
🧪 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
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
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
Frontiers of discovery: Insights from HFSP laureates
How curiosity-driven science changes the world
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#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
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
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
How do we fund and publish research that doesn't fit neatly into a single discipline? Last week, at the #EMBORulesOfTheGame, #HFSP Chief Scientific Officer Guntram Bauer presented how HFSP supports #frontierscience across disciplines and borders. @embo.org
📣 Last days to submit your abstract! Join the #HFSP Frontier Workshop on Bridging Fossil Records and Modern Science: Integrative Approaches to Evolution and contribute to the scientific program. 🧪 📅 Deadline: 14 June 2026 🔗zurl.co/rMfb3 #sts
Congratulations to #HFSP Awardee Sonomi Yamaguchi, recipient of an Inspiration Prize in the 5th Marie Sklodowska Curie Award! 🎉 The award recognizes outstanding women researchers with exceptional scientific achievements and future potential.🧪 📑 zurl.co/1wtaS #sts
Hundreds of meters below the ocean surface, life follows a hidden rhythm 🌊 HFSP-supported researchers discovered that deep-sea mussels living at hydrothermal vents synchronize their behavior and gene activity with tidal cycles. 🧪 #WorldOceansDay 📑 bit.ly/4g19F76 #sts
On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we highlight research that explores how life responds to a changing world🧪 From climate-sensitive disease risks to hidden underground ecosystems, take a look at the new #HFSP Research Grants 2026 👀 zurl.co/CogZZ #sts
The #HFSPFrontierWorkshop will explore 4 key themes: 🦴Fossil heritage & accessibility 🧬Paleo-genomics to paleo-phenomes 🤖AI, computation & mathematical modeling 🌍Science communication & integration 📣 Abstract deadline: 10 June 2026 🔗 zurl.co/ArIrs #sts 🧪
🧪 A highlight of #HFSPmtg2026: HFSP Nakasone Lecture by the 2026 winner Erin Schuman. Join us in Geneva to hear about the discoveries that transformed our understanding of synaptic plasticity and memory formation. 📅 8–10 July 2026 📍 Geneva, Switzerland 👉 Registration: zurl.co/kOIPq #HFSP #sts
Science without borders 🌍 The 2026 #HFSPResearchGrants connect scientists across 30 countries and nearly 100 institutions worldwide From Chile to Korea, from Norway to South Africa: global collaboration is at the core of #HFSP research! 🧪 🔗 zurl.co/CAgw8 #sts
AI, 3D digitization & genomics are transforming how we study evolution and fossil records. The HFSP Frontier Workshop explores these new frontiers.🧪 📣 Call for Abstracts Open 🔗 Submit here: zurl.co/FvwHF #sts #HFSP #Evolution #AI #Paleontology