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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
Cell-cell interactions during selective synapse formation in Drosophila
CHIBA Akira (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biophysics - University of Tokyo - Tokyo - JAPAN
HOTTA Yoshiki (Host supervisor)
Analysis of a developmental stage-specific antigen in the Drosophila central nervous system
GO Masahiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cell Biology and Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
ARTAVANIS-TSAKONAS Spyridon (Host supervisor)
Ocular dominance plasticity and long-term potentiation/depression in kitten visual cortex
HATA Yoshio (JAPAN)
Dept. of Physiology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
STRYKER Michael P. (Host supervisor)
Identification of the physiological functions of synaptic vesicle proteins using Caenorhabditis elegans
HATA Yutaka (JAPAN)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - University of Texas - Dallas - USA
SUDHOF Thomas (Host supervisor)
Search for molecules involved in the regulation of emotional behavior
HIROI Noboru (JAPAN)
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Science - MIT - Cambridge - USA
GRAYBIEL Ann M. (Host supervisor)
Role of cholera toxin site on G-alpha subunits in G protein-mediated signals
IIRI Taroh (JAPAN)
Dept. of Pharmacology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
BOURNE Henry R (Host supervisor)
Analysis of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene expression in neurons
INAGAKI Naoyuki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Neurochemistry - MPI for Psychiatry - Planegg-Martinsried - GERMANY
THOENEN Hans (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of cell type specific Immunoglobin promoter activation
INAMOTO Susumu (JAPAN)
Lab. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
ROEDER Robert G. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the roles of extracellular matrix proteins on the specific synapse formation
INOUE Akihiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology - Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis - USA
SANES Joshua (Host supervisor)
Structure function relationships in photosynthetic membrane proteins
IWATA So (JAPAN)
Abt. Molekulare Membranbiologie - Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik - Frankfurt - GERMANY
MICHEL Hartmut (Host supervisor)
Expression cloning of glutamate transporters
KANAI Yoshikatsu (JAPAN)
Renal Division - Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston - USA
HEDIGER Matthias A. (Host supervisor)
Adhesive interactions in the regulation of hematopoiesis
KINASHI Tatsuo (JAPAN)
Pathology Dept. - The Center for Blood Research - Boston - USA
SPRINGER Timothy (Host supervisor)
Integration of tectal and vestibular inputs by reticulo-spinal neurons controlling orienting movements
KITAMA Toshihiro (JAPAN)
Lab. de Physiologie Neurosensorielle - CNRS - Paris - FRANCE
GRANTYN Alexej (Host supervisor)
The mechanism of metastasis specific expression of vCD44 and its role in tumor progression
KONDO Kazuhiro (JAPAN)
Institute for Genetics and Toxicology - Kernforschungszentrum - Karlsruhe - GERMANY
PONTA Helmut (Host supervisor)
Functions of FGF related and TGFß family proteins on the morphogenesis of the vertebral column
KOSEKI Haruhiko (JAPAN)
Dept. of Developmental Biology - Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology - Freiburg - GERMANY
BALLING Rudolf (Host supervisor)
Molecular genetics analysis of spike: a Drosophila neural RNA binding protein
NAKAMURA Makoto (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Baltimore - USA
MONTELL Craig (Host supervisor)
Control of E2F transcription factor by the retinoblastoma gene product
OHTANI Kiyoshi (JAPAN)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Duke University Medical Center - Durham - USA
NEVINS Joseph R. (Host supervisor)
Trans-activation mechanism in RNA polymerase II transcription: structure and function of native TFIID
SAIDA Kaname (JAPAN)
National Inst. of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - NIH - Bethesda - USA
NAKATANI Yoshihiro (Host supervisor)
Role of BMP-4 (bone morphogenetic protein-4) in verterbrate pattern formation and embryonic inductions
SASAKI Hiroshi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Vanderbilt University Medical School - Nashville - USA
HOGAN Brigid (Host supervisor)
Biochemical analyses of RNA-RNA interactions during the mRNA splicing reaction in yeast
SAWA Hitoshi (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA