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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
Function of low-voltage-activated channels in dendritic computation
WATANABE Shigeo (JAPAN)
Division of Neuroscience - Baylor College of Medicine - Houston - USA
JOHNSTON Daniel (Host supervisor)
Study of heparan sulfate biosynthesis
YABE Tomio (JAPAN)
Department of Chemistry - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
SEEBERGER Peter H. (Host supervisor)
Recognition of SECIS RNA by elongation factor SelB protein
YOSHIZAWA Satoko (JAPAN)
Laboratoire de RMN - CNRS - Gif-sur-Yvette - FRANCE
GUITTET Eric (Host supervisor)
In vivo functional analysis of gamma-subunit of cGMP-PDE in photo-signal transduction cascade
DOI Kentaro (JAPAN)
Department of Ophthalmology - Columbia University - New York - USA
GOURAS Peter (Host supervisor)
Radial pattern formation in plant shoots
FUKAKI Hidehiro (JAPAN)
Department of Biology - New York University - New York - USA
BENFEY Philip (Host supervisor)
Analysis of signalling via Pyk2, FRS2 or Shc protein
GOTOH Noriko (JAPAN)
Department of Pharmacology - New York Medical Center - New York - USA
SCHLESSINGER Joseph (Host supervisor)
Temporal coding of neuronal information in the hippocampus
HIRASE Hajime (JAPAN)
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience - Rutgers University - Newark - USA
BUZSAKI György (Host supervisor)
Molecular dissection and functional analysis of chromatin boundary elements in vitro
ISHII Kojiro (JAPAN)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
LAEMMLI Ulrich K. (Host supervisor)
Functional role of prefrontal cortex in attentional modulation of visual cortex
KATSUYAMA Narumi (JAPAN)
Laboratory of Neuropsychology - National Institute of Mental Health - Bethesda - USA
DESIMONE Robert (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of the microtubule binding protein XMAP215 in modulation of microtubule dynamics
KINOSHITA Kazuhisa (JAPAN)
Cell Biology Programme - EMBL - Heidelberg - GERMANY
HYMAN Anthony (Host supervisor)
Neurotoxicity mediated by the NOS / NMDA receptor protein complex
MISAWA Hidemi (JAPAN)
Department of Physiology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
BREDT David (Host supervisor)
Analysis of molecular mechanisms of apoptosis
MIYAZAKI Tadaaki (JAPAN)
- The Burnham Institute - La Jolla - USA
REED John C. (Host supervisor)
Chromatin modification in transcriptional regulation of c-fos gene
MURAI Kasumi (JAPAN)
Transcription Laboratory - Imperial Cancer Research Fund - London - UK
TREISMAN Richard (Host supervisor)
Three dimensional structural analysis of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase by X-ray crystallography
MURAKAMI Katsuhiko (JAPAN)
Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
DARST Seth (Host supervisor)
Analysis of axon specific cadherin function
NAKAGAWA Shinichi (JAPAN)
Department of Anatomy - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
HOLT Christine (Host supervisor)
Active vision in primate cortex
NAKAMURA Kae (JAPAN)
Department of Neuroscience - University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh - USA
COLBY Carol L. (Host supervisor)
Identification of mouse tumor suppressor genes
NISHIJIMA Ichiko (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics - Baylor College of Medicine - Houston - USA
BRADLEY Allan (Host supervisor)
Reconstitution of the homotypic fusion reaction of organelle inheritance with pure components
SATO Ken (JAPAN)
Department of Biochemistry - Dartmouth College - Hanover - USA
WICKNER William (Host supervisor)
Multiple steps of Sox9 regulation in sex determination
SEKIDO Ryohei (JAPAN)
Department of Developmental Genetics - MRC National Institute for Medical Research - London - UK
LOVELL-BADGE Robin (Host supervisor)
Roles of Rad54 and Tid1 in meiotic recombination between homologous chromosomes
SHINOHARA Miki (JAPAN)
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology - The University of Chicago - Chicago - USA