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HFSP is celebrating 35 years of support for frontier research in the life sciences.

04/06/2026

What questions will shape the HFSP Frontier Workshop “Bridging Fossil Records and Modern Science – Integrative Approaches to Evolution”?

The workshop will explore four key themes:

🦴 Fossil Heritage and Accessibility: Challenges and opportunities for digital transformation
🧬 From Paleo-Genomics to Paleo-Phenomes: Reconstructing evolutionary narratives
🤖 Computational and Mathematical Challenges: The role of AI in completing the fossil record and simulating morphological evolution
🌍 Communication and Integration: Linking natural history and philosophy, and communicating science across disciplines and to the public

Together, these themes will guide discussions on how fossil records, modern technologies, and interdisciplinary approaches can open new perspectives on the history of life.

Are you planning to participate?

📣 Abstract submission deadline: 10 June 2026
🔗 Submit your abstract: https://zurl.co/kJHvq
📝 Registration is open: https://zurl.co/MDXS0

02/06/2026

One of the highlights of the 25th HFSP Awardees Meeting will be the HFSP Nakasone Lecture, delivered by Erin M. Schuman, recipient of the 2026 HFSP Nakasone Award.

Schuman was recognized for her pioneering discoveries on neuronal synapses and memory formation. Her research revealed that proteins critical for neuron communication, plasticity, and memory storage are produced locally at synapses, transforming our understanding of how the brain functions and adapts.

Join us in Geneva to hear the 2026 HFSP Nakasone Award Lecture and celebrate a breakthrough that has shaped modern neuroscience!

📍 Campus Biotech Geneva, Switzerland
📅 8–10 July 2026

🧪 Registration is open: https://zurl.co/0edSL

28/05/2026

Global collaboration is at the core of the HFSP Research Grants!

The 2026 HFSP Research Grants connect scientists across 30 countries and nearly 100 institutions around the world. 🌍

From neuroscience and ecology to engineering and climate science, these projects reflect a shared commitment to advancing life science through international collaboration.

Read more: https://zurl.co/qrT5H

27/05/2026

New technologies are rapidly changing how scientists study evolution. From AI and 3D digitization to advances in genomics, researchers now have powerful new tools to explore fossil records and reconstruct the history of life in ways that were not possible before.

The HFSP Frontier Workshop will bring together experts from different fields to discuss these new opportunities and challenges.

📣 Call for Abstracts open
🔗 Submit here: https://zurl.co/P5eeA

22/05/2026

Coral reefs do not just shelter fish and marine life. 🪸 They also host extraordinary microbial worlds!🦠

HFSP-supported researchers mapped coral microbiomes across 99 Pacific reefs and found hundreds of previously undescribed microbial species with remarkable biosynthetic potential.

These microbes may hold clues for future medicines and biotechnologies, reminding us that protecting reefs also means preserving an irreplaceable reservoir of molecular diversity!

🔬 Learn more: https://zurl.co/HpsmA

18/05/2026

📣 Call for Abstracts: deadline extended!

The deadline for abstract submission to the HFSP Frontier Workshop “Bridging Fossil Records and Modern Science: Integrative Approaches to Evolution” has been extended.

This is an opportunity to contribute to an interdisciplinary program that brings together researchers from paleontology, evolutionary biology, mathematics, physics, and computational sciences.

📅 New deadline: 31 May 2026
🔗 Submit your abstract: https://zurl.co/2Cnrw

15/05/2026

🧬 Some genes control many different processes in the body, and scientists long thought they were too constrained to evolve.
But new HFSP-supported research suggests otherwise.
By analyzing millions of genes across more than 100 fish species, researchers found that even these “multi-tasking” genes can undergo adaptive changes.
This challenges a long-standing idea in evolutionary biology and shows how large-scale data can reveal surprising patterns in how life evolves.

🔬 Learn more: https://zurl.co/2qXIe

12/05/2026

📣 Final week to submit your abstract

The deadline for abstract submission to the HFSP Frontier Workshop “Bridging Fossil Records and Modern Science – Integrative Approaches to Evolution” is coming soon.

Don’t miss the opportunity to present your research alongside leading experts across paleontology, evolutionary biology, mathematics, physics, and computational sciences.

📅 Deadline: 17 May 2026

🔗 Submit your abstract: https://zurl.co/dvqYV

11/05/2026

From sleep to robotics, HFSP Research Grants cover a wide range of research across the life sciences. By bringing together different disciplines, these projects open new ways of understanding life, from cells to ecosystems.
Interdisciplinary by design.
Discover how HFSP supports interdisciplinary science: https://zurl.co/pm7Tb

08/05/2026

🧠 How does the brain know whether to move forward or turn?

HFSP-supported researchers studied zebrafish and discovered that their brains organize sensory signals relative to the body’s center. Signals pointing toward the center and away from it are processed differently and routed to distinct motor circuits. This simple “body-centered map” helps transform complex sensory input into the right action.

🔬 Learn more: https://zurl.co/R0UBi

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