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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
Dynamics of temporal activity sequences in hippocampal and neocortical neural ensembles
BATTAGLIA Francesco (ITALY)
ARL Div. of Neural System, Memory and Aging - University of Arizona - Tucson - USA
MCNAUGHTON Bruce L. (Host supervisor)
The role of LRP in Alzheimer's disease, central nervous system function and development
BEFFERT Uwe (CANADA)
Department of Molecular Genetics - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas - USA
HERZ Joachim (Host supervisor)
Functional study of the ER stress sensors in mammalian cells
BERTOLOTTI Anne (FRANCE)
The Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine - New York University - New York - USA
RON David (Host supervisor)
Structure determination of myelin proteolipid protein by electron crystallography
BEVANS Carville (USA)
Department of Structural Biology - Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysics - Frankfurt / Main - GERMANY
UNGER Vinzenz M. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of telomere capping function in S. cerevisiae
BIANCHI Alessandro (ITALY)
Department of Molecular Biology - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
SHORE David Mark (Host supervisor)
Coupling of directed vesicle traffic to localized intercellular adhesion at synapses
BIEDERER Thomas (GERMANY)
Dept. of Molecular Genetics - University of Texas - Dallas - USA
SUDHOF Thomas (Host supervisor)
Identification of novel genes involved in neuronal morphogenesis
BILLUART Pierre (FRANCE)
Department of Biological Sciences - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
LUO Liqun (Host supervisor)
Study of the physiological role of the uncoupling protein-3 using gene knockout and transgenic stategies
BOSS Olivier (SWITZERLAND)
Department of Medicine - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
LOWELL Bradford (Host supervisor)
Function of SR-BI in HDL/cholesterol metabolism and in atherosclerosis
BRAUN Anne (FRANCE)
Department of Biology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
KRIEGER Monty (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of the lipid antigen presentation by CD1 molecules
BRIKEN Volker (GERMANY)
Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy - Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston - USA
PORCELLI Steven (Host supervisor)
Mitochondrial mechanisms in neuronal injury
BROCARD Jacques (FRANCE)
Department of Pharmacology - University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh - USA
REYNOLDS Ian J. (Host supervisor)
High resolution structural analysis of the chromatin fiber
BYSTRICKY Kerstin (GERMANY)
Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics - ETH Zurich - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
RICHMOND Timothy J. (Host supervisor)
Lytic granule biogenesis in mouse models of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
CAPLAN Steve (CANADA)
Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch - NICHD / NIH - Bethesda - USA
BONIFACINO Juan S. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of twist activity during mesoderm development in Drosophila by dimer formation
CARMENA Ana (SPAIN)
Department of Molecular Biology - Sloan-Kettering Institute - New York - USA
BAYLIES Mary (Host supervisor)
Evolution of cell migration and fate specification in nematodes
CARMI Ilil (ISRAEL)
Department of Cell Biology - Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology - Tübingen - GERMANY
SOMMER Ralf J. (Host supervisor)
Diversification of purified retinal precursor cells in clonal culture
CAYOUETTE Michel (CANADA)
MRC Lab. for Molecular Cell Biology - University College London - London - UK
RAFF Martin (Host supervisor)
Study of posterior compartment genes in Drosophila
CIFUENTES Francisco (SPAIN)
Department of Biochemistry - University of California - San Francisco - USA
KORNBERG Thomas B. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of axonal guidance through semaphorin receptors
CLOUTIER Jean-Francois (CANADA)
Department of Neuroscience - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA
GINTY David (Host supervisor)
Structural and functional studies of the preprotein translocase (sec) from E. coli
COLLINSON Ian (UK)
Department of Cell Biology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
RAPOPORT Tom A. (Host supervisor)
Exploring the dynamics and stoichiometry of the interaction between the chaperonin GroEL and GroES in real time
CURIEN Gilles (FRANCE)
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of Maryland - College Park - USA