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Funding
Funding
HFSP supports novel, innovative and interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms. A clear emphasis is placed on novel collaborations that bring biologists together to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences.
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Awardees
Awardees
In this section you find information about the awardees in the HFSP scientific programs. This includes a searchable database of HFSP awardees, information on the HFSP Nakasone Award and other achievements by HFSP awardees.
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Events
Events
HFSP promotes and participates in several events every year. We are committed to bringing together the scientific community and forging new opportunities to network and have scientific discussions that help to create bridges and partnerships for the future of frontier science.
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About
About
The Human Frontier Science Program is a program of funding for frontier research in the life sciences. It is implemented by the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) with its office in Strasbourg. Here you can find all you need to know about the HFSPO.
Awardees
Direct observation and modeling of protein motions important for function and folding
GRUEBELE Martin (USA)
Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Biophysics - University of Illinois - Urbana - USA
HAVENITH Martina (GERMANY)
Physical Chemistry - Ruhr-University Bochum - BOCHUM - GERMANY
LEITNER David (USA)
Dept. of Chemistry - University of Nevada - Reno - USA
Cellular and molecular analysis of trypanosome responses to mammalian host resistance mechanisms.
GULL Keith (UK)
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology - University of Oxford - Oxford - UK
LUBEGA George (UGANDA)
Veterinary Parasitology & Microbiology / Molecular Biology - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Kampala - UGANDA
MCINTOSH Richard J. (USA)
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology - University of Colorado - Boulder - USA
VANHAMME Luc (BELGIUM)
Lab of Molecular Parasitology - Institute of Molecular Biology - Gosselies - BELGIUM
Integrated structural biochemistry of DNA damage recognition and processing
HANAOKA Fumio (JAPAN)
Faculty of Science - Gakushuin University - Tokyo - JAPAN
IWAI Shigenori (JAPAN)
Graduate School of Engineering Science - Osaka University - Toyonaka, Osaka - JAPAN
NAKATANI Yoshihiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cancer Biology - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Boston - USA
TAINER John A. (USA)
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences - MDAnderson UTHealth - Houston - USA
Micromechanics of the cell division machinery
ISHIWATA Shin'Ichi (JAPAN)
Department of Physics - Faculty of Science and Engineering - Tokyo - JAPAN
KAPOOR Tarun (USA)
Laboratory of Chemistry and Cell Biology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
SCHMIDT Christoph (GERMANY)
Third Institute of Physics - Biophysics, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics - Georg-August University of Göttingen - Göttingen - GERMANY
Chemical approaches to exploit fusion proteins for studying proteins in vivo and in vitro
JOHNSSON Nils (GERMANY)
Institute for Medical Biochemistry, Cellular Biochemistry - ZMBE - University of Münster - Muenster - GERMANY
MARRIOTT Gerard (UK)
Department of Bioengineering - University of California-Berkeley - Berkeley - USA
In vitro and in vivo studies of the architecture of nucleotide excision repair complexes
LAVRIK Olga I. (RUSSIA)
Lab. of Bioorganic Chemistry of Enzymes - Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine - Novosibirsk - RUSSIA
OTTO Cees (NETHERLANDS)
Applied Physics / Biophysical Engineering - University of Twente / MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology - Enschede - NETHERLANDS
SCHARER Orlando (SWITZERLAND)
Center for Genomic Integrity - Institute of Basic Science - Ulsan - KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA)
VERMEULEN Wim (NETHERLANDS)
Genetics - Erasmus Medical Center - ROTTERDAM - NETHERLANDS
Characterization of the mechanism underlying the avian magnetic compass
RITZ Thorsten (GERMANY)
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy - University of California, Irvine - Irvine - USA
TIMMEL Christiane R. (GERMANY)
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Lab. - Oxford University - Oxford - UK
WILTSCHKO Roswitha (GERMANY)
Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität - J.W.Goethe-Universität Frankfurt - FRANKFURT AM MAIN - GERMANY
Computerized 4-Dimensional Clonal Analysis of the Developing Mouse Limb
SHARPE James (UK)
EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Program - Centre for Genomic Regulation - Barcelona - SPAIN
TORRES Miguel (SPAIN)
Dept. of Cardiovascular Developmental and Repair - National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) - Madrid - SPAIN
Fast rotational matching methods for the structure determination of mega-dalton subcellular machines
NAVAZA Jorge (FRANCE)
Lab. of Structural Electron Microscopy (LMES) - Institute of Structural Biology - Grenoble Cedex 1 - FRANCE
WAKABAYASHI Takeyuki (JAPAN)
Department of Bioscieces - Teikyo University - Utsunomiya - JAPAN
WRIGGERS Willy (GERMANY)
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Old Dominion University - Norfolk - USA
ZILKEN Herwig (GERMANY)
Central Institute for Applied Mathematics (ZAM) - Research Centre Juelich - Juelich - GERMANY
Structural genomics of bacteriophage T4: implication to virus assembly and infectivity
ARISAKA Fumio (JAPAN)
Life Science Center, College of Bioresource Science - Nihon University - Fujisawa - JAPAN
MESYANZHINOV Vadim (RUSSIA)
Laboratory of Molecular Bioengineering - Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry - Moscow - RUSSIA
ROSSMANN Michael (USA)
Department of Biological Sciences - Purdue University - WEST LAFAYETTE - USA
Signalling to actin: from cell movement to biomimetic motile systems
CARLIER Marie-France (FRANCE)
Lab. of Enzymology and structural Biochemistry - CNRS - Gif-Sur-Yvette - FRANCE
LIPOWSKY Reinhard (GERMANY)
Theory and Bio-Systems - Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces - Potsdam - GERMANY
SCITA Giorgio (ITALY)
FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology - Foundation IFOM - Milan - ITALY
SMALL J. Victor (UK)
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology/ Biooptics and Cytoskeleton Dynamics - Austrian Academy of Sciences - Vienna - AUSTRIA
Spatial gradients in coincidence detection underlying cerebellar long-term synaptic depression
AUGUSTINE George (USA)
Neuroscience and Mental Health - Lee Kong Chian Medical School - Singapore - SINGAPORE
DE SCHUTTER Erik (BELGIUM)
Computational Neuroscience Unit - Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology - Okinawa - JAPAN
KAWATO Mitsuo (JAPAN)
Brain Information Communication Research Laboratory Group - Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) - SORAKU-GUN - JAPAN
Novel functional RNAs and drug design by a multidisciplinary theoretical/experimental approach
JÄSCHKE Andres (GERMANY)
Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology - Heidelberg University - Heidelberg - GERMANY
SCHLICK Tamar (USA)
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Chemistry - New York University - New York - USA
TANAKA Isao (JAPAN)
Faculty of Advanced Life Sciences - Hokkaido University - SAPPORO - JAPAN
YONATH Ada (ISRAEL)
Structural Biology - Weizmann Institute of Science - Rehovot - ISRAEL
Spindle checkpoint function and dynamics in vitro and in living cells
BARKAI Naama (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Molecular Genetics and - Dept. of Physics of Complex Systems - Rehovot - ISRAEL
HARDWICK Kevin (UK)
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology - Institute of Cell Biology - Edinburgh - UK
MUSACCHIO Andrea (ITALY)
Department of Mechanistic Cell Biology - Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology - Dortmund - GERMANY
SALMON Edward D. (USA)
Dept. of Biology - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - CHAPEL HILL - USA
YANAGIDA Toshio (JAPAN)
Nanobiology lab. - Osaka University Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences - Suita - JAPAN
3D-reconstruction and identification of postsynaptic molecular complexes imaged by electron cryotomography
BAUMEISTER Wolfgang (GERMANY)
Dept. of Structural Biology - Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry - Martinsried - GERMANY
KENNEDY Mary B. (USA)
Division of Biology 216-76 - Caltech - Pasadena, CA - USA
SALI Andrej (USA)
Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences - University of California, San Francisco - SAN FRANCISCO - USA
Investigation of the changes in nuclear and chromatin organisation during mammalian X inactivation
BELMONT Andrew (USA)
Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology - University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign - Urbana - USA
EILS Roland (GERMANY)
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) - Berlin - GERMANY
HEARD Edith (UK)
Mammalian Developmental Epigenetics - Curie Institute - Research Section - PARIS - FRANCE
SPECTOR David L (USA)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
Fast two-photon imaging of cortical activity and connectivity
BOURDIEU Laurent (FRANCE)
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire - CNRS UMR 8544 - Paris - FRANCE
DIEUDONNÉ Stéphane (FRANCE)
Inhibitory Transmission Team, IBENS - Ecole Normale Supérieure - Paris - FRANCE
EILERS Jens (GERMANY)
Dept. of Neurophysiology - Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology - Leipzig - GERMANY
YUSTE Rafael (SPAIN)
Dept. of Biological Sciences - The NeuroTechnology Center - New York - USA
Whole-genome analysis of the interplay between chromatin context and gene expression control
BUSSEMAKER Harmen J. (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Biological Sciences - Columbia University - New York - USA
VAN STEENSEL Bas (NETHERLANDS)
Division of Gene Regulation, B4 - Netherlands Cancer Institute - Amsterdam - NETHERLANDS
WHITE Kevin (USA)
Human Genetics - University of Chicago - CHICAGO - USA
The bacterial actin-like cytoskeleton
DE BOER Piet (NETHERLANDS)
Molecular Biology & Microbiology - Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland - USA
ERRINGTON Jeffery (UK)
Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences - Newcastle University - Newcastle upon Tyne - UK
LÖWE Jan (GERMANY)
Structural Studies - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Cambridge - UK
A molecular, structural, and functional analysis of RNP-complexes controlling gene expression
DOUBLIÉ Sylvie (FRANCE)
Dept of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - University of Vermont - Burlington - USA
IZAURRALDE Elisa (SWITZERLAND)
Dept. of Biochemistry - Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology - Tubingen - GERMANY
SAIBIL Helen (CANADA)
Dept. of Crystallography - Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology - London - UK
WILM Matthias (GERMANY)
Biochemical Instrumentation - EMBL - Heidelberg - GERMANY