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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
Retinoic acid signaling in olfactory epithelium neurogenesis
KAWAUCHI Shimako (JAPAN)
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology - University of California - Irvine - USA
CALOF Anne (Host supervisor)
Identification of factors that confer the competence of mesoderm to become cartilage tissue
KEMPF Hervé (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Mol. Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
LASSAR Andrew B. (Host supervisor)
A new approach to the study of photosynthesis under stress by the use of directed gene replacement in mosses
KEREN Nir (ISRAEL)
Department of Biology - Washington University - St. Louis - USA
PAKRASI Himadri (Host supervisor)
Orthosilicic acid: interaction with collagen at the molecular level and its role in osteoporosis
KINRADE Stephen D. (CANADA)
Gastrointestinal Laboratory - The Rayne Institute - London - UK
THOMPSON Richard P. H. (Host supervisor)
Role of notch presenilin-dependent pathway on neurite architecture
KITZMANN Magali (FRANCE)
Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology - Northwestern University - Chicago - USA
NYE Jeffrey (Host supervisor)
Identification of the elements governing the expression of the BCL-6 proto-oncogene in germinal center B cells
KLEIN Ulf (GERMANY)
Institute for Cancer Genetics - Columbia University - New York - USA
DALLA-FAVERA Riccardo (Host supervisor)
The role of chromatin remodeling in the initiation of DNA replication
KOBOR Michael (GERMANY)
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
RINE Jasper D. (Host supervisor)
Target identification for the Polycomb gene MEDEA from Arabidopsis thaliana
KOHLER Claudia (GERMANY)
Dept. of Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology - Friedrich Miescher Institute - Basel - SWITZERLAND
GROSSNIKLAUS Ueli (Host supervisor)
Understanding ß-sheet mediated molecular recognition using computational and experimental protein design
KORTEMME Tanja (GERMANY)
Department of Biochemistry - University of Washington - Seattle - USA
BAKER David (Host supervisor)
Signaling mechanism controlling attraction versus repulsion during growth cone guidance
LABRADOR Juan Pablo (SPAIN)
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
GOODMAN Corey S. (Host supervisor)
Requirement of specific D-type cyclins for Ras and Myc oncogenic pathways in vivo
LE CAM Laurent (FRANCE)
Department of Cancer Biology - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Boston - USA
SICINSKI Peter (Host supervisor)
The role of Shr3p in the secretion of amino acid permeases from the endoplasmic reticulum of yeast
LEE Marcus (AUSTRALIA)
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
SCHEKMAN Randy (Host supervisor)
Interactions between individual and network neuronal activities in the rat hippocampus during spatial behavior
LEINEKUGEL Xavier (FRANCE)
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience - Rutgers University - Newark - USA
BUZSAKI György (Host supervisor)
Molecular identification and characterization of protein kinases in ABA signaling
LEONHARDT Nathalie (FRANCE)
Department of Biology - University of California, San Diego - La Jolla - USA
SCHROEDER Julian (Host supervisor)
Cloning of genes involved in fear conditioning
LERCHNER Walter (AUSTRIA)
Dept. of Cellular, Molecular and Dev. Neurobiology - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena - USA
ANDERSON David J. (Host supervisor)
New genetic and molecular approaches to floral patterning
LOHMANN Jan (GERMANY)
Plant Biology Laboratory - The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - La Jolla - USA
WEIGEL Detlef (Host supervisor)
Identification of novel genes involved in thermoregulation of diapause in C. elegans
MAK Ho Yi (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Department of Molecular Biology - Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston - USA
RUVKUN Gary B. (Host supervisor)
Role of the Eph receptor ligand, ephrin-B1, in the development of retinotectal projections
MANN Fanny (FRANCE)
Department of Anatomy - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
HOLT Christine (Host supervisor)
Osmotic regulation of angiotensin receptors
MARIC Christine (AUSTRALIA)
Dept. of Medicine and Physiology - Georgetown University Medical Center - Washington - USA
SANDBERG Kathryn (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the roles of Nanos and Pumilio in the development of germline stem cells in Drosophila embryos
MARTINHO Rui Goncalo (PORTUGAL)
Developmental Genetics Program - New York University Medical School - New York - USA