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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 mechanism of sister chromatid cohesion: structural studies of non-SMC cohesin proteins
SUTANI Takashi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Mol. Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
HARRISON Stephen C. (Host supervisor)
Elucidation of animal diversity by comparing Drosophila and Tribolium wing development
TOMOYASU Yoshinori (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - Kansas State University - Manhattan - USA
DENELL Robin E. (Host supervisor)
Intracellular transport of GPI-anchored proteins in yeast
WATANABE Reika (JAPAN)
Department of Biochemistry - Sciences II - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
RIEZMAN Howard (Host supervisor)
X-ray crystallographic study of the DNA site-specific recombination
AIHARA Hideki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Mol. Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
ELLENBERGER Thomas E. (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of PAR-3 protein in C. elegans early embryos
AONO Shinya (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cornell University - Ithaca - USA
KEMPHUES Kenneth J. (Host supervisor)
Function of the 5'TOP during the expression of snoRNA host genes
HIROSE Tetsuro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry - Yale University - New Haven - USA
STEITZ Joan (Host supervisor)
Spatial and temporal analysis of odorant representations in olfactory bulb by Ca2+ imaging
HIROTA Junji (JAPAN)
Lab. of Vertebrate Developmental Neurogenetics - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
MOMBAERTS Peter (Host supervisor)
Genetic analysis of genes expressed in hematopoietic stem cells
HONDA Hiroaki (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Biology - Princeton University - Princeton - USA
LEMISCHKA Ihor R. (Host supervisor)
Retinal network adaptation to the statistical structure of visual stimuli
HOSOYA Toshihiko (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
MEISTER Markus (Host supervisor)
Structural studies of G protein-coupled receptors complexed with G protein heterotrimers
IHARA Kentaro (JAPAN)
Department of Biochemistry - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas - USA
SPRANG Stephen R. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of gene regulatory elements for mouse cadherin-6 expression within specific rhombomeres
INOUE Takayoshi (JAPAN)
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research - Kansas City - USA
KRUMLAUF Robert (Host supervisor)
Retinoic acid signaling in olfactory epithelium neurogenesis
KAWAUCHI Shimako (JAPAN)
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology - University of California - Irvine - USA
CALOF Anne (Host supervisor)
Mechanism of Ikaros-dependent reorganization of nuclear structure on T cell activation
NAITO Taku (JAPAN)
Department of Dermatology - Massachusetts General Hospital - Charlestown - USA
GEORGOPOULOS Katia (Host supervisor)
Purification of secreted factors that promote dendritic spine formation
NAKAGAWA Terunaga (JAPAN)
Center for Learning and Memory - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
SHENG Morgan (Host supervisor)
Role of the mitotic prolyl isomerase Pin1 in the cell cycle
NAKAMURA Masafumi (JAPAN)
Cancer Biology Program - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
LU Kun Ping (Host supervisor)
Analysis of chromatin assembly at the silent mating-type region of fission yeast
NAKAYAMA Jun-Ichi (JAPAN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
GREWAL Shiv (Host supervisor)
The molecular regulatory mechanism of Cdc25 and Wee1 required for the onset of mitosis
NOGUCHI Eishi (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
RUSSELL Paul (Host supervisor)
Mechanism for transport of integral proteins to the inner nuclear membrane
OHBA Tomoyuki (JAPAN)
Department of Cell Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
GERACE Larry (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of an activity-regulated gene, Arc, in long-term synaptic plasticity
OKUNO Hiroyuki (JAPAN)
Department of Neuroscience - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Baltimore - USA
WORLEY Paul (Host supervisor)
The physiological role of Rab3A in synaptic vesicle fusion in Ca2+ dependent neurotransmitter release
SAKISAKA Toshiaki (JAPAN)
Department of Cell Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA