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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 9h

Stingless and sterile, yet super social 🐝
HFSP Fellow Benjamin Taylor decoded the genome of Australian Tetragonula stingless bees, showing there’s more than one way to evolve a “superorganism”!
🧪 Read the story: zurl.co/aMt88
#sts #HFSP

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 5d

🧪 The #HFSPSummitJapan ended today in Kyoto
✨ Nobel Laureates & Nakasone Awardees shared insights with young researchers
🧬 Svante Pääbo gave a fascinating keynote on human evolution.
👩‍🔬 A lively poster session closed the day.
What a journey! What a Summit! More highlights soon 🙂
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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 6d

🧪 The #HFSPSummitJapan High-Level Event has started at The University of Tokyo 🇯🇵!
Nobel Laureates, Science Leaders, HFSP Nakasone Awardees & Japanese researchers debating innovation, collaboration, and the future of life sciences. 🌟 #HFSPsciencesummit #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 7d

Day 2 of the #HFSPScienceSummit kicked off with a full house at the Satellite Event hosted by @riken-brc-jp.bsky.social
Exciting scientific discussions, brilliant minds, and a packed room. What a way to start the day! 🧪 #sts

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

Nobel Laureates Martin Chalfie, Randy Schekman & Tim Hunt taking the stage at the HFSP Science Summit Japan 2025 first satellite event at Tohoku University, in Sendai. #HFSPScienceSummit

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

🧪 The HFSP Science Summit Japan has officially kicked off today at Tohoku University in Sendai! An inspiring start with outstanding researchers & young scientists reflecting on collaboration and innovation in life sciences. 🌍✨ #sts #HFSPSummitJapan

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 9d

🧪 Materials are ready, teams are in motion, and we’re counting down the hours! From 1 to 4 Oct, Nobel Laureates, Nakasone Awardees & young researchers gather across Japan to explore the frontiers of life science!
Stay tuned! 👉 zurl.co/dlap9
#sts #HFSPSummitJapan

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 13d

🧪 Can AI learn the language of plant life?
HFSP Fellow Haopeng Yu developed PlantRNA-FM, a foundation model trained on RNA data from 1124 plant species. It decodes how RNA shapes gene regulation, boosting plant science and crop design. 🌱🤖
#HFSPfellowships #AI #PlantBiology #sts
🔗 zurl.co/8Ksoy

Decoding the language of plant life with AI Model

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 14d

🧪An HFSP project led by Akio Ishiguro (Tohoku University) reveals how sensory feedback allows undulatory animals to adapt their movement in water and on land. Curious about how high-risk science is shaping the future of discovery? Join us in Japan!
👉bit.ly/48vsrj9
#sts #HFSPSummitJapan

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 14d

🧪 The HFSP MasterClass is live in Tallinn!
Scientists from the Baltics are joining #HFSP reviewers, alumni, and mentors for an intensive workshop on how to craft successful HFP #Fellowship and #ResearchGrant applications.
🔍 Letters of Intent and public abstracts.
#ResearchTraining #GrantWriting #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 16d

🧪 The final Satellite Event of the HFSP Summit Japan 2025 takes place at Kyoto University (4 Oct).
Nobel Laureates & HFSP Nakasone Awardees join early-career scientists for the event “Next Frontiers in Life Science: HFSP × Nobel Prize in Kyoto.”
Details👉 bit.ly/4nFDnyZ
#sts #HFSPSummitJapan

HFSP Science Summit Japan - Kyoto Satellite Event

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 17d

🧪 From Alzheimer’s to motor proteins: research highlighted in the #HFSPSummitJapan
HFSP-supported Japanese scientists uncovered a key mechanism in kinesin-1 movement with implications for neurodegenerative disease research.
Read the science story👉 bit.ly/4gzxHo1
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Kenesin Protein. Copyright: Moez. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 20d

🧪 On 3 Oct, the centerpiece of the #HFSPSummitJapan 2025 takes place at The University of Tokyo 🎓 All 15 Nobel Laureates, HFSP Nakasone Awardees, Japanese Researchers and Leadership Speakers will gather for a day of keynotes & panels on frontier science & innovation.
👉 bit.ly/48p4WZ3
#sts

HFSP Science Summit Japan 2025 - High-Level Event

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 21d

🦇 In a bat colony, neurons build more than a map of space. They code for identity, interactions, and social ties, creating a socio-spatial “map” of the community and social life itself!
Read the full story 👉 zurl.co/JInQs
🧪 #HFSPFellowships #sts #HFSPscience

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 22d

🧪 On 2 Oct, RIKEN will host the second #HFSPSummitJapan Satellite Event!
Five Nobel Laureates & five Nakasone Awardees will join young scientists for talks and interactive poster sessions.
Program & details👉bit.ly/42o5xq0
👀Who's coming?
#sts #scienceJapan @riken-brc-en.bsky.social #RIKEN #HFSP

HFSP Science Summit Japan 2025 - Satellite Event RIKEN

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 28d

The HFSP Summit Japan 2025 kicks off at Tohoku University (1 Oct)🎓Early-career researchers will meet Nobel Laureates & Nakasone Awardees for a unique exchange of frontier science ideas. 🧪
👉Register now! bit.ly/48ctjZU
📄Program: bit.ly/42o5xq0
#HFSPSummitJapan #sts

HFSP Science Summit Japan 2025 - Satellite Event at Tohoku University

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 28d

The scientific community has lost a giant of #molecularbiology. We are saddened. David Baltimore has led breakthrough research and supported the next generation of researchers by hosting #HFSPFellows in his research laboratories. 🧪
🔗zurl.co/Ppj7y #sts #nobelprize

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 29d

🧪 Why do some bacteria survive antibiotics while others die, even when they’re genetically identical?
#HFSPFellow Divya Choudhary is using single-cell imaging and machine learning to identify the gene expression patterns that predict bacterial survival.
#AntibioticResistance
📑🔗 bit.ly/4mSJj7P

HFSP Fellowship 2025 - Dissecting bacterial defense to antibiotics

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · Sep 3

🧪 HFSP & partners present Science Summit Japan 2025!
🗓️Oct 1–4 📍Tohoku University, RIKEN, UThe University of Tokyo & Kyoto University.
✨ Nobel Laureates, HFSP Nakasone Awardees & top researchers engaging with young scientists.
More info 👉https://bit.ly/45WGRWM

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · Aug 22

🖖 Joint pain can start far from the joint itself!
A new 3D imaging study by #HFSPFellowship Tetsuo Hasegawa shows that immune cells and neurons team up to protect weak spots in the joint’s blood barrier, but also trigger inflammation. 🧪

Story 👉 zurl.co/OgVlB
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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · Aug 20

🧪 Your brain’s “mini-batteries” may rewire themselves to learn faster.
With cryo-tomography, #HFSPAcceleratorGrant researchers are tracking ATP synthase (the cell’s energy enzyme) shifts during memory formation.

Read more👉 zurl.co/DX7e5
#HFSPResearchGrant #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · Aug 18

🧪 Who is Erin M. Schuman, winner of the 2026 HFSP Nakasone Award?

She uncovered that synapses — the brain’s communication hubs — can make their own proteins, rewriting how we think memories form.

Discover her research 👉zurl.co/niEzX

#HFSPNakasoneAward #sts

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · Aug 14

🧪 From petri dish to embryo model: @jacob-hanna.bsky.social work shows how naïve pluripotent stem cells can self-organize into advanced developmental stages.
The 2025 #HFSPNakasoneAward lecture reveals the science behind synthetic embryo models.

Full lecture 🎥 👉 zurl.co/Tgf4f
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HFSP Nakasone Award 2025 Lecture – Jacob Hanna on Synthetic Embryo Models

In this official HFSP Nakasone Award lecture, Professor Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna of the Weizmann Institute of Science shares the groundbreaking research that earn...

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · Aug 12

🧪 How much biological noise can cells handle?
HFSP researchers engineered yeast to create thousands of spurious protein interactions. The result? Some are harmless – others tank growth.
Read more 👉 zurl.co/tcKDG
#HFSPGrants # #sts

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Aug 6

We have a postdoc opening for a protistologist with biophysics inclinations to join our @hfspo.bsky.social project! (focus will be on characterising the morphology, ultrastructure and behaviour of excavates) #protistsonsky

Apply by Sept 17th (RTs appreciated!)
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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