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The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) promotes international collaboration in basic research focused on the elucidation of the sophisticated and complex mechanisms of living organisms.

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. Local neural assembly activity captured in the somatosensory cortex using 2-photon calcium imaging. Active neurons appear yellow; the circular cell bodies can be seen along with neural processes (dendrites and axons). The dimensions of the figure are 400 µm x 400 µm.

Local and global brain activity dynamics are coordinated, but only during conscious states

Cortical assemblies, groups of neurons which tend to coactivate together, are considered to be fundamental units of…

“Dark microbiome” and current generation of instruments make it difficult (if not impossible) to detect evidences of life on Mars

“Dark microbiome” and current generation of instruments make it difficult (if not impossible) to detect evidences of life on Mars

Scientist have poked the surface of Mars for more than 40 years searching for evidences of life. They never expected to…

Cells responding to the bacteria in vivo

Sensory cells taste cerebrospinal fluid to fight brain infections

Sensory neurons pick up information from our senses and relay it to the rest of the nervous system. But this is not…

Fruit fly cages used to map genetic basis in dietary conditions with low and high sugar.

Dietary stress determines which genes regulate lifespan

Are the genes that regulate a trait always the same regardless of the environmental conditions in which organisms live?…