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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
The contribution of microglia to scrapie pathogenesis
HEPPNER Frank (GERMANY)
Institute of Neuropathology - University Hospital of Zurich - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
AGUZZI Adriano (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)
Signalling cell death - structural basis of death effector / adaptor recruitment
HILL Justine (AUSTRALIA)
Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
WERNER Milton (Host supervisor)
A gain-of-function genetic interaction screen to identify genes regulating growth in Drosophila
HIPFNER David (CANADA)
Developmental Biology Programme - EMBL - Heidelberg - GERMANY
COHEN Stephen M. (Host supervisor)
Inductive interactions and cell lineage: their relative contributions to zebrafish muscle cell fates
HIRSINGER Estelle (FRANCE)
Institute of Neurosciences - University of Oregon - Eugene - USA
WESTERFIELD Monte (Host supervisor)
Construction and characterization of a Kv4.2 transgenic mouse
HOFFMAN Dax (USA)
Department of Cell Physiology - Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research - Heidelberg - GERMANY
SAKMANN Bert (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)
Identification of signals mediating photoreceptor specific innervation in the visual system of Drosophila
HUMMEL Thomas (GERMANY)
Department of Biological Chemistry - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
ZIPURSKY S. Lawrence (Host supervisor)
Psychophysical characterisation of the role of motion cues in segmentation
HUPE Jean-Michel (FRANCE)
Center for Neural Science - New York University - New York - USA
RUBIN Nava (Host supervisor)
Identification and characterisation of extragenic suppressors of sel-12 mutant alleles
JARRIAULT Sophie (FRANCE)
Department of Biochemistry - Columbia University - New York - USA
GREENWALD Iva (Host supervisor)
Characterizaion of the Drosophila fused (Fu) protein in hedgehog signaling
JONES Leanne (USA)
Developmental Genetics Programme - University of Sheffield - Sheffield - UK
INGHAM Philip (Host supervisor)
Role of histone acetylation in HIV-1 transcriptional regulation
JORDAN VALLES Albert (SPAIN)
Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology - University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco - USA
VERDIN Eric (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)
Consequences of gain- and loss-of-functions of prostaglandin D synthase and leukotriene C4 synthase
KANAOKA Yoshihide (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Department of Medicine - Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston - USA
AUSTEN K. Frank (Host supervisor)
Transcriptional regulation of neuronal activity-dependent genes
KAUFER Daniela (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Biological Sciences - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
SAPOLSKY Robert M. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of antigen presentation
KHAN Amir (CANADA)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
WILEY Don C. (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)
The Nf2 gene product-Merlin: elucidation of function in normal cells and cancer
KISSIL Joseph (ISRAEL)
Center for Cancer Research - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
JACKS Tyler (Host supervisor)
Developmental genetics of wing shape in Drosophila melanogaster
KLINGENBERG Christian (SWITZERLAND)
Department of Zoology - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK