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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
Study on initiation of protein folding. Conformational characterization of peptide fragments of myoglobin
KOIDE Shohei (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Research Institute of Scripps Clinic - La Jolla - USA
WRIGHT Peter E. (Host supervisor)
The analysis of the functional domain of adenylyl cyclase
KOZASA Tohru (JAPAN)
- University of Texas - Dallas - USA
GILMAN Alfred G. (Host supervisor)
Molecular cloning and expression study of potassium channels significant in long-term potentiation
KUBO Yoshihiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Physiology and Biochemistry - University of California - San Francisco - USA
JAN Lily Yeh (Host supervisor)
Regulation of Drosophila neurogenesis genes by notch and Delta proteins through cell-cell Interaction
MATSUNO Kenji (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
ARTAVANIS-TSAKONAS Spyridon (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of pre-mRNA splice site selection
MAYEDA Akila (JAPAN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
KRAINER Adrian (Host supervisor)
Regulation of protein synthesis by phosphorylation of elongation factor 2
MITSUI Ken-Ichi (JAPAN)
Lab. Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience - Rockefeller University - New York - USA
NAIRN Angus (Host supervisor)
Functional studies on the Wilms' tumor gene
MIYAGAWA Kiyoshi (JAPAN)
MRC Human Genetics Unit - Western General Hospital - Edinburgh - UK
HASTIE Nicholas (Host supervisor)
Neuronal mechanisms involved in the recognition of biologically significant sounds
MORI Koichi (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
KONISHI Masakazu (Host supervisor)
Genetic study on roles of calmodulin binding proteins in mitotic process
OHYA Yoshikazu (JAPAN)
Dept. of Genetics - Stanford University School of Medicine - Stanford - USA
BOTSTEIN David (Host supervisor)
Transformation and abrogation of growth factor requirement mediated by various mutants of p60 src
SABE Hisataka (JAPAN)
Lab. of Molecular Oncology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
HANAFUSA Hidesaburo (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of the Wnt-5a gene in mouse limb morphogenesis
TAKADA Shinji (JAPAN)
- Roche Institute of Molecular Biology - Nutley - USA
MCMAHON Andrew (Host supervisor)
Control of mRNA stability in dicotyledonous plants
TAKAGI Masaru (JAPAN)
- Michigan State University - East Lansing - USA
GREEN Pamela J. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of a GTP-binding protein involved in translocation of the glucose transporter
TAKUMI Toru (JAPAN)
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research - Cambridge - USA
LODISH Harvey F. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the PRTF/SRF family of transcriptional factors in Drosophila
TATEI Kazuaki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biological Sciences - Columbia University - New York - USA
LEVINE Michael S. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism regulating the function of adhesion molecules
YOKOTA Akira (JAPAN)
Pathology Dept. - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
SPRINGER Timothy (Host supervisor)
Analysis of control mechanisms in B cell development and differentiation by transcription factors
FUJITA Takashi (JAPAN)
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Science - Cambridge - USA
BALTIMORE David (Host supervisor)
Genetical analysis of molecular mechanisms of arabidopsis flower morphogenesis
GOTO Koji (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
MEYEROWITZ Elliot (Host supervisor)
Study of the molecular mechanisms of interaction between microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins
KAMIMURA Shinji (JAPAN)
Research Unit of Structural Molecular Biology - MPI - Hamburg - GERMANY
MANDELKOW Eckhard (Host supervisor)
NMR studies of the structure of DNA-binding proteins and their interaction with DNA
KATAHIRA Masato (JAPAN)
Dept. of Chemistry - University of Utrecht - Utrecht - NETHERLANDS
KAPTEIN Robert (Host supervisor)
Role of noradrenaline and acetylcholine in plasticity and synaptic function in the visual cortex
KIMURA Fumitaka (JAPAN)
Dept. of Neurobiology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA