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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
Functional studies of a bitter substance-activated channel
TSUNENARI Takashi (JAPAN)
Department of Neuroscience - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Baltimore - USA
YAU King-Wai (Host supervisor)
The role of cortical area MT in fine stereoscopic depth discrimination
UKA Takanori (JAPAN)
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology - Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis - USA
DEANGELIS Gregory (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism for the tonotopic gradient of electrical resonant frequency in cochlear hair cells
HIBINO Hiroshi (JAPAN)
Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
HUDSPETH Albert James (Host supervisor)
Search for binding proteins interacting with synaptic vesicle components
HORIKAWA Hiroshi (JAPAN)
Department of Neurochemistry - Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research - Frankfurt - GERMANY
BETZ Heinrich (Host supervisor)
Structural and dynamical studies of calpastatin and its complex with the target protein
KAMATARI Yuji (JAPAN)
Centre for Molecular Sciences - Oxford University - Oxford - UK
DOBSON Christopher (Host supervisor)
Cellular and molecular characterization including positional cloning of the zebrafish bonnie and clyde gene
KIKUCHI Yutaka (JAPAN)
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA
STAINIER Didier (Host supervisor)
Biochemical and functional analysis of mammalian septins
KINOSHITA Makoto (JAPAN)
Department of Cell Biology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
MITCHISON Timothy (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the Salmonella-induced cellular responses
KUBORI Tomoko (JAPAN)
Department of Microbial Pathogenesis - Yale University - New Haven - USA
GALAN Jorge E. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of the DNA replication initiation in Archaea
MATSUNAGA Fujihiko (JAPAN)
Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie - Université Paris Sud - Orsay - FRANCE
FORTERRE Patrick (Host supervisor)
Studies on DNA-peptide hybrid molecules for self-organization
MIYAKE Masato (JAPAN)
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
GHADIRI M. Reza (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the relationship between the flowering time genes LHY, GI and CO
MIZOGUCHI Tsuyoshi (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Genetics - John Innes Centre - Norwich - UK
COUPLAND George (Host supervisor)
Identification and functional analysis of integrins in the central nervous system
MURASE Shin-Ichi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cell Biology - University of Virginia - Charlottesville - USA
HORWITZ Alan F. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of meiotic recombination
NAKAGAWA Takuro (JAPAN)
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research - University of California - La Jolla - USA
KOLODNER Richard D. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of signal transduction by the CLAVATA1 receptor kinase to regulate organ formation in plants
NISHIHAMA Ryuichi (JAPAN)
Department of Biology - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - USA
CLARK Steven E. (Host supervisor)
PRINGLE John R. (Host supervisor)
Purification and characterization of the TIM complexes of the mitochondrial inner membrane
OKAMOTO Koji (JAPAN)
Institute for Physiological Chemistry - University of Munich - Munich - GERMANY
NEUPERT Walter (Host supervisor)
Membrane-targeting calcium sensors in vision
OSAWA Masanori (JAPAN)
Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology - University of Maryland - Rockville - USA
AMES James (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of circadian rythms in Arabidopsis
OYAMA Tokitaka (JAPAN)
Department of Cell Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
KAY Steve A. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of fission yeast Rad26 protein complex essential for replication/repair checkpoints
SAITOH Shigeaki (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
RUSSELL Paul (Host supervisor)
Activity of primate spinal interneurons during voluntary movement
SEKI Kazuhiko (JAPAN)
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics - University of Washington - Seattle - USA
FETZ Eberhard (Host supervisor)
The role of HSF1 for the repression of heat shock gene expression
TANABE Masako (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Biology - Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston - USA