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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
Ligand-receptor interactions: modulation by glycosyltransferase activity
CLAUSEN Henrik (DENMARK)
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine - Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen - COPENHAGEN - DENMARK
COHEN Stephen M. (CANADA)
ICMM - University of Copemhagen - Copenhagen - DENMARK
CONTI Elena (ITALY)
Department of Structural Cell Biology - Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry - Martinsried - GERMANY
YASUTOMO Koji (JAPAN)
Dept of Immunology and Parasitology - School of Medicine - Tokushima - JAPAN
Impact of slow oscillations on cortical synaptic plasticity
CONTRERAS Diego (USA)
Department of Neuroscience - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - PHILADELPHIA - USA
DESTEXHE Alain (BELGIUM)
Unit Neuroscience, Information and Complexity (UNIC) - CNRS - GIF SUR YVETTE - FRANCE
SANCHEZ-VIVES Maria V. (SPAIN)
Systems Neuroscience - IDIBAPS-Institute of Biomedical Research Augusto Pi y Suñer - Barcelona - SPAIN
A biological and mathematical multiscale approach to left/right symmetry breaking in vertebrates
DA FONTOURA COSTA Luciano (BRAZIL)
Physics and Informatics - University of São Paulo - SÃO CARLOS - BRAZIL
IZPISUA BELMONTE Juan Carlos (SPAIN)
Gene Expression Laboratory - The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - La Jolla - USA
MÜLLER Gerd B. (AUSTRIA)
Department of Theoretical Biology - University of Vienna - Vienna - AUSTRIA
Structural and functional analyses of the initiation mechanism of archaeal DNA replication
DIRUGGIERO Jocelyne (FRANCE)
Department of Biology - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA
FORTERRE Patrick (FRANCE)
Institut de génétique et Microbiologie - Université Paris-Sud - ORSAY - FRANCE
HARADA Yoshie (JAPAN)
Institute for Protein Research - Osaka University - Osaka - JAPAN
ISHINO Yoshizumi (JAPAN)
Lab. of Protein Chemistry and Engineering - Dept of Bioscience and Biotechnology - Fukuoka-Shi - JAPAN
The origin of oxygen on earth: the innovation and evolution of photosynthetic water oxidation
DISMUKES Charles G. (USA)
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology - Rutgers University - Piscataway - USA
KLIMOV Vyacheslav V. (RUSSIA)
Dept. of Photobiology - Institute of Basic Biological Problems - Pushchino - RUSSIA
WYDRZYNSKI Thomas J. (USA)
Research School of Biological Sciences - The Australian National University - Canberra - AUSTRALIA
Spatiotemporal signal transduction dynamics in synaptic function and plasticity
FINE Alan (CANADA)
Physiology & Biophysics - Dalhousie University - HALIFAX - CANADA
MEYER Tobias (SWITZERLAND)
Dept. of Chemical and Systems Biology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
MIYAWAKI Atsushi (JAPAN)
Lab. for Cell Function and Dynamics - Brain Science Institute, RIKEN - Wako City - JAPAN
Genetic dissection of the neuronal circuits that control locomotion
GLOVER Joel C. (NORWAY)
Molecular Medicine - University of Oslo - Oslo - NORWAY
GOULDING Martyn D. (NEW ZEALAND)
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory - The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - La Jolla - USA
KIEHN Ole (DENMARK)
Department of Neuroscience - Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm - SWEDEN
PEARSON Keir G. (CANADA)
Physiology - University of Alberta - Edmonton - CANADA
Specification and refinement of developing primary visual pathways
HENSCH Takao (USA)
Center for Brain Science - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
PROCHIANTZ Alain (FRANCE)
Chaire des Processus Morphogénétiques - College de France - Paris - FRANCE
RUIZ I ALTABA Ariel (MEXICO)
Dept. of Genetic Medicine and Development - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
A multidisciplinary study of DNA non-homologous end-joining
JEGGO Penelope (UK)
Genome Damage and Stability Unit - University of Sussex - Brighton - UK
TACCIOLI Guillermo (USA)
Dept. of Microbiology - Boston University School of Medicine - Boston - USA
VINDIGNI Alessandro (ITALY)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Saint Louis University School of Medicine - St. Louis - USA
Structural and molecular mechanisms of cyclic nucleotide gated channels
KAUPP U. Benjamin (GERMANY)
Dept. of Molecular Sensory Systems - Center of Advanced European Studies and Research - Bonn - GERMANY
SCHERTLER Gebhard F.X. (AUSTRIA)
Department of Biology - ETH Zurich - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
TORRE Vincent (ITALY)
NEUROSCIENCE/NEUROBIOLOGY - SISSA (INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES) - TRIESTE - ITALY
Morphogenetic regulation of cell movement by e-cadherin cell surface dynamics
KUSUMI Akihiro (JAPAN)
Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences - Kyoto University - Kyoto - JAPAN
MONTELL Denise J. (USA)
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology - University of California, Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara - USA
YAP Alpha (AUSTRALIA)
Division of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine - Institute for Molecular Bioscience - Brisbane - AUSTRALIA
Plasticity and specificity in subsystems of language in the developing brain
MARCUS Gary F. (USA)
Dept of Psychology - New York University - New York - USA
MEHLER Jacques (FRANCE)
Cognitive Neuroscience - International School Advanced Studies - TRIESTE - ITALY
NEVILLE Helen J. (CANADA)
Dept. of Psychology - University of Oregon - Eugene - USA
SEBASTIÁN-GALLÉS Núria (SPAIN)
Dept. of Psychology - University of Barcelona - Barcelona - SPAIN
WERKER Janet F. (CANADA)
Dept. of Psychology - University of British Columbia - Vancouver - CANADA
Molecular mechanisms underlying differential transcription by POU factors
MATTHIAS Patrick (SWITZERLAND)
Epigenetics/Gene Regulation - Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research - Basel - SWITZERLAND
SCHÖLER Hans R. (GERMANY)
Cell and Developmental Biology - Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine - Muenster - GERMANY
WILMANNS Matthias (GERMANY)
EMBL -Hamburg Unit - EMBL - HAMBURG - GERMANY
Study of transient and stable eukaryotic macromolecular complexes: implication for cell function
MUTO Yutaka (JAPAN)
Stable Isotope Team - Protein Research Group - Yokohama - JAPAN
NAGAI Kiyoshi (JAPAN)
Structural Studies Division - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - CAMBRIDGE - UK
ROBINSON Carol (UK)
Chemistry - University of Oxford - Oxford - UK
SERAPHIN Bertrand (FRANCE)
Functional Genomic and Cancer - CERBM-GIE - IGBMC - Illkirch Cedex - FRANCE
Differential response to Type I interferons: a molecular model of a cytokine network
PIEHLER Jacob (GERMANY)
Department of Biology, Division of Biophysics - University of Osnabrück - Osnabrück - GERMANY
SCHREIBER Gideon (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry - Weizmann Institute of Science - Rehovot - ISRAEL
UZÉ Gilles (FRANCE)
Laboratory of Antiviral Defenses - CNRS UMR 5124 - Montpellier - FRANCE
Synaptic signaling at the single molecule level
SCHWILLE Petra (GERMANY)
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics - Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry - Martinsried - GERMANY
WAXHAM Neal (USA)
Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy - University of Texas Medical School - Houston - USA