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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
Characterization of the forces involved in the folding of actin by the cytosolic chaperonin CCT
BUSTAMANTE Carlos J. (USA)
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics, & Chemistry - University of California, Berkeley - Berkeley - USA
VALPUESTA Jose Maria (SPAIN)
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - Madrid - SPAIN
WILLISON Keith R. (UK)
CRUK Section of Cell & Molecular Biology - Institute of Cancer Research - London - UK
Spike choreography: role of neuronal dynamics in sensory-motor encoding and decoding
AHISSAR Ehud (ISRAEL)
Adaptive Perceptual Processing Lab, Neurobiology Dept - The Weizmann Institute of Science - Rehovot - ISRAEL
BRECHT Michael (GERMANY)
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - Humboldt-University - Berlin - GERMANY
DIAMOND Mathew (ITALY)
Tactile Perception and Learning Lab - International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) - Trieste - ITALY
KLEINFELD David (USA)
Dept. of Physics - University of California at San Diego - LA JOLLA - USA
MARAVALL RODRIGUEZ Miguel (SPAIN)
Sussex Neuroscience - School of Life Sciences - University of Sussex - Brighton - UK
In vivo nanosensors for studying the regulation of Pi homeostasis and CHO partitioning in plants
ALMDAL Kristoffer (DENMARK)
Department of Micro and Nanotechnology - Technical University of Denmark – DTU - Roskilde - DENMARK
FROMMER Wolf B. (GERMANY)
Dept. of Biology - Institute of Molecular Physiology - Düsseldorf - GERMANY
KOSSMANN Jens (GERMANY)
Institute for Plant Biotechnology - University of Stellenbosch - Matieland - SOUTH AFRICA
Functional imaging of the spinal cord: from experimental animals to humans
BANDETTINI Peter A. (USA)
Lab.of Brain & Cognition - NIH - NIMH - Bethesda - USA
JONES Anthony (UK)
Rheumatic Diseases Centre, Human Pain Research Group - Manchester University - Salford - UK
PORRO Carlo A. (ITALY)
Dip. Scienze Biomediche - Sez. Fisiologia - Modena - ITALY
TRACEY Irene (UK)
Nuffield Division of Anaesthetics, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences - Oxford University, Medical Science Dvision - Oxford - UK
An experimentally-based mathematical model for control of beta-catenin stability by Wnt signaling
BEN-NERIAH Yinon (ISRAEL)
Lautenberg Center for Immunology - Hebrew University - Jerusalem - ISRAEL
HEINRICH Reinhart (GERMANY)
Institute of Biology, Theoretical Biophysics - Humboldt-University Berlin - Berlin - GERMANY
KIRSCHNER Marc W. (USA)
Department of Systems Biology - Harvard Medical School - BOSTON - USA
The expression of emotions through bodily movements.
BERTHOZ Alain (FRANCE)
Physiology of Perception & Action - College de France /CNRS - Paris - FRANCE
DE GELDER Beatrice (BELGIUM)
Cognitive neuroscience - Maastricht University - Maastricht - NETHERLANDS
FLASH Tamar (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Applied Math. and Computer Science - Weizmann Insitute of Science - Rehovot - ISRAEL
GIESE Martin (GERMANY)
Dept. of Cognitive Neurology - Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research - Tuebingen - GERMANY
Structure and function of TRP-V cation channels
BINDELS René (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Cell Physiology - Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences - Nijmegen - NETHERLANDS
ENGEL Andreas (SWITZERLAND)
BioNanoscience - TU Delft - Delft - NETHERLANDS
HELLER Stefan (GERMANY)
Dept. of Otolaryngology - Stanford University School of Medicine - Stanford - USA
NILIUS Bernd (GERMANY)
Dept. of Physiology - KU Leuven - Leuven - BELGIUM
The driving microtubule forces for cytokinesis checkpoint and early G1 cell spreading
BORNENS Michel (FRANCE)
Molecular mechanisms of intracellular transport - Institut Curie - Paris Cedex 05 - FRANCE
JÜLICHER Frank (GERMANY)
Dept. Biological Physics - MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems - Dresden - GERMANY
KHODJAKOV Alexey (RUSSIA)
Lab. of Cell Regulation - Wadsworth Center for Labs. & Research - Albany - USA
Estimating lymphocyte kinetics by combining BrdU with CFSE labeling and mathematical modeling
DE BOER Rob J. (NETHERLANDS)
Theoretical Biology - Utrecht University - Utrecht - NETHERLANDS
HODGKIN Philip (AUSTRALIA)
Immunology Division - The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research - Parkville - AUSTRALIA
PERELSON Alan (USA)
Theoretical Biology & Biophysics Group - Los Alamos National Lab. & Santa Fe Institute - Los Alamos - USA
Functional Imaging of Neural Networks with Non-linear Optics
DENK Winfried (GERMANY)
MPI for Neurobiology - Martinsried - GERMANY
DETWILER Peter B. (USA)
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics - University of Washington School of Medicine - Seattle - USA
LEWIS Aaron (USA)
Dept. of Applied Physics - The Hebrew University - Jerusalem - ISRAEL
SHEVES Mordechai (ISRAEL)
Organic Chemistry - Weizmann Institute - Rehovot - ISRAEL
Mechanisms underlying cortical processing of emotional facial expressions
DOLAN Raymond (IRELAND)
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging - University College London - London - UK
JAGADEESH Bharathi (USA)
Dept of Physiology & Biophysics - University of Washington - Seattle - USA
TREVES Alessandro (ITALY)
Dept. of Cognitive Neuroscience - SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) - Trieste - ITALY
Sensory encoding in the cerebellum: optical and electrophysiological approaches in awake animals
FEE Michale (USA)
Brain and Cognitive Sciences - McGovern Institute for Brain Research - Cambridge - USA
HELMCHEN Fritjof (GERMANY)
Laboratory of Neural Circuit Dynamics - Brain Research Institute - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
NAKAI Junichi (JAPAN)
Lab. for Memory and Learning - RIKEN Brain Science Institute - Saitama - JAPAN
WANG Samuel H. (USA)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Princeton University - Princeton - USA
Biogenesis, function and application of bacterial magnetic organelle
FUKUMORI Yoshihiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - Faculty of Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, - Kanazawa - JAPAN
SONG Tao (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering - Institute of Electrical Engineering - Beijing - CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
WU Long-Fei (FRANCE)
Lab. of Bacterial Chemistry - Institute of Structural Biology & Microbiology - Marseille - FRANCE
YONNET Jean-Paul (FRANCE)
Lab. of Electrotechnics & Engineering - ENSIEG - Saint Martin D'hères - FRANCE
Dynamics of TGF-beta morphogen gradient formation
GONZALEZ-GAITAN Marcos (SPAIN)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
RAMANATHAN Sharad (INDIA)
Applied Physics and Molecular and Cellular Biology and Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
SCHIER Alexander (SWITZERLAND)
Biozentrum - University of Basel - Basel - SWITZERLAND
SCHMIDT Thomas (GERMANY)
Physics of Life Processes - Leiden Institute of Physics - Leiden - NETHERLANDS
Exploring structural changes and energy landscapes of nuclear pores and complexes during function
GRUBMUELLER Helmut (GERMANY)
Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department - Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry - GOETTINGEN - GERMANY
HINTERDORFER Peter (AUSTRIA)
Institute for Biophysics - Johannes Kepler University of Linz - Linz - AUSTRIA
REICH Ziv (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry - Weizmann Institute of Science - Rehovot - ISRAEL
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