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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
Structure of the cysteine-rich domain of macrophage scavenger receptor type I
FLETCHER Christopher Mark (UK)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
WAGNER Gerhard (Host supervisor)
Functions of BTK gene signaling pathway
FLUCKIGER Anne-Catherine (FRANCE)
Howard Hughes Medical Inst. - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
WITTE Owen N. (Host supervisor)
Identification of cis- and trans-acting factors involved in mRNA transport
FORTES Purificacion (SPAIN)
- European Molecular Biology Lab. - Heidelberg - GERMANY
MATTAJ Iain (Host supervisor)
Screening for mutations affecting the polarity of nuclei in the Drosophila blastoderm embryo
FRANCIS-LANG Helen L. (UK)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - Santa Cruz - USA
SULLIVAN William T. (Host supervisor)
Computer simulation of protein folding
FUKUNISHI Yoshifumi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Chemistry - Rutgers State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick - USA
LEVY Ronald M. (Host supervisor)
Cofactors for Drosophila homeotic gene products
FUSE Naoyuki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA
BEACHY Philip (Host supervisor)
"In vivo" role of the adhesion molecule integrin VLA-4 in haematopoiesis
GARCIA ARROYO Alicia (SPAIN)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
HYNES Richard O. (Host supervisor)
Interaction of syntrophin isoforms with dystrophin and related proteins
GEE Stephen (CANADA)
Dept. of Physiology - The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - USA
FROEHNER Stanley C. (Host supervisor)
Integrin signalling in growth control
GILLE Hendrik (GERMANY)
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund - London - UK
DOWNWARD Julian (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of the cramped gene, a new member of the polycomp group in Drosophila
GIRARD Franck (FRANCE)
Dept. of Cell Biology - University of Basel - Basel - SWITZERLAND
GEHRING Walter (Host supervisor)
Mechanism of bovine F1F0-ATPase activity as determined by mutagenesis
GLAVAS Natalie Ann (CANADA)
MRC Lab. of Molecular Biology - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
WALKER John E. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of reactivation of heat-damaged proteins by hsp104
GLOVER John (CANADA)
Dept. of Mol. Genetics and Cell Biology - University of Chicago - Chicago - USA
LINDQUIST Susan (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of ß-catenin in zebrafish embryos
GOMPERTS Miranda (UK)
Howard Hughes Medical Inst. - University of Washington - Seattle - USA
MOON Randall T. (Host supervisor)
The control of head development in Drosophila
HACKER Udo (GERMANY)
Dept. of Genetics - Howard Hughes Medical Inst. - Boston - USA
PERRIMON Norbert (Host supervisor)
Investigating theory of mind and central coherence in acquired right hemisphere damage
HAPPE Francesca (UK)
Dept. of Psychology - Boston College - Boston - USA
BROWNELL Hiram (Host supervisor)
Biochemical and genetic approaches to isolating mitochondrial fusion mutants in yeast
HARKNESS Troy (CANADA)
Inst. für Physiologische Chemie - Universität München - München - GERMANY
LILL Roland (Host supervisor)
Abnormal phosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease brain
HASEGAWA Masato (JAPAN)
- MRC Lab. of Molecular Biology - Cambridge - UK
GOEDERT Michel (Host supervisor)
Determinants of synaptic efficacy at the granule cell - Purkinje cell synapse
HAUSSER Michael (CANADA)
Lab. de Neurobiologie - Ecole Normale Supérieure - Paris - FRANCE
ASCHER Philippe (Host supervisor)
Microcircuitry of working memory in the prefrontal cortex
HAZRATI Lili-Naz (CANADA)
Section of Neurobiology - Yale University School of Medicine - New Haven - USA
GOLDMAN-RAKIC Patricia (Host supervisor)
Function of MeCP2 in gene expression and mammalian development
HENDRICH Brian (USA)
Inst. of Cell and Molecular Biology - University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh - UK