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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
Molecular genetic analysis of neurogenesis in the zebrafish
SAWAI Shoji (JAPAN)
Institute of Developmental Physiology - University of Köln - Köln - GERMANY
CAMPOS-ORTEGA Jose Antonio (Host supervisor)
Screening for novel maternal-effect loci affecting segmentation in Drosophila
SEKI Masayuki (JAPAN)
Developmental Genetics Laboratory - Imperial Cancer Research Fund - Oxford - UK
ISH-HOROWICZ David (Host supervisor)
Characterization of bacterial reverse transcriptase that use the 2'OH group for the initiation of DNA synthesis
SHIMAMOTO Tadashi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biochemistry - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - PISCATAWAY - USA
INOUYE Masayori (Host supervisor)
A molecular analysis of the function and regulation of the ubiquitous mitotic inducer p80 cdc25
SHIOZAKI Kazuhiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Research Institute of Scripps Clinic - La Jolla - USA
RUSSELL Paul (Host supervisor)
Characterization of selective cell adhesion in Caenorhabditis elegans
SUGIMOTO Asako (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of Wisconsin - Madison - USA
ROTHMAN Joel (Host supervisor)
Development of and E. coli cell free recombination system
UMEZU Keiko (JAPAN)
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute - Boston - USA
KOLODNER Richard D. (Host supervisor)
Studies of mechanism of cell cycle regulation in mammalian cells
WATANABE Nobumoto (JAPAN)
- The Salk Institute - La Jolla - USA
HUNTER Tony (Host supervisor)
Identification of genetic elements (sequence motifs) which control imprinting
WATANABE Toshio (JAPAN)
Dept. of Developmental Biology - MPI of Immunology - Freiburg - GERMANY
SOLTER Davor (Host supervisor)
The Role of connexin43 phosphorylation in the regulation of astrocyte gap junction permeability by neurotransmitters
YOKOYAMA Midori (JAPAN)
College de France - INSERM - Paris - FRANCE
GLOWINSKI Jacques (Host supervisor)
Cellular models and genetic evolution of human mitochondrial diseases
YONEDA Makoto (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
ATTARDI Giuseppe (Host supervisor)
Molecular genetical analysis of target recognition using neuromuscular junctions in Drosophila melanogaster
YOSHIHARA Motojiro (JAPAN)
Division of Neurosciences - Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope - Duarte - USA
IKEDA Kazuo (Host supervisor)
Characterization of a novel gene (F5) selectively expressed in lymphocytes and neurons
ARAI Motomi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Neurology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - USA
COHEN Jeffrey A. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the function of genes which control mammalian development
ASANO Masahide (JAPAN)
- MPI for Biophysical Chemistry - Göttingen - GERMANY
GRUSS Peter (Host supervisor)
Linkage mapping of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
GOTO Jun (JAPAN)
Center for Research in Neuroscience - McGill University - Montreal - CANADA
ROULEAU Guy A. (Host supervisor)
Biological function of LAR, a transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatase
HATAKEYAMA Masanori (JAPAN)
- MIT - Cambridge - USA
WEINBERG Robert A. (Host supervisor)
Confocal microscopic studies of synaptic plasticity in vitro
HOSOKAWA Toshiyuki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics - Dalhousie University - Halifax - CANADA
FINE Alan (Host supervisor)
Translational control of the Drosophila Antennapedia mRNA by a novel internal ribosome binding mechanism
IIZUKA Narushi (JAPAN)
Health Science Center - University of Colorado - Denver - USA
SARNOW Peter (Host supervisor)
Studies of cellular mechanisms of long-term modification of synaptic transmission in the cerebellar cortex
KANO Masanobu (JAPAN)
- MPI für Biophysikalische Chemie - Göttingen - GERMANY
KONNERTH Arthur (Host supervisor)
Identification and characterization of genes Involved in plant defense mechanisms
KATAGIRI Fumiaki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Massachussetts General Hospital - Boston - USA
AUSUBEL Frederick (Host supervisor)
Biochemical and mutational analyses on activation and inactivation of frog p34cdc2 kinase/cyclin complex
KINOSHITA Noriyuki (JAPAN)
Dept. Biochemistry & Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA