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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
Structural and functional analyses of neurotrophic factor receptors
FAINZILBER Michael (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Molecular Neurobiology - Karolinska Institute - Stockholm - SWEDEN
IBANEZ Carlos (Host supervisor)
Identification of factors involved in Phytochrome A signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana
FANKHAUSER Christian (SWITZERLAND)
Plant Biology Laboratory - The Salk Institute - La Jolla - USA
CHORY Joanne (Host supervisor)
Generation of transgenic mice expressing a lingand-inducible CRE recombinase and conditional knock-out of the RXR alpha gene
FEIL Robert (GERMANY)
- Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology - Illkirch - FRANCE
CHAMBON Pierre (Host supervisor)
Ca2+ channel regulation by the alpha2 delta subunit
FELIX Ricardo (MEXICO)
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics - University of Iowa - Iowa City - USA
CAMPBELL Kevin (Host supervisor)
Nuclear transport and cell cycle control
FERRIGNO Paul (UK)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
SILVER Pamela A. (Host supervisor)
Zeitgeber transduction and the aged circadian system
FUKUHARA Chiaki (JAPAN)
Clark Science Center - Smith College - Northampton - USA
KILDUFF Thomas Sean (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of the NF2 gene during development and tumorigenesis
GIOVANNINI Marco (ITALY)
- Institut Curie - Paris - FRANCE
THOMAS Gilles (Host supervisor)
Cerebellar contribution to visuomotor transformation processes for goal-directed movements
GOFFART Laurent (FRANCE)
Dept. of Psychology - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - USA
SPARKS David L. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of proteins required in nucleation of F-actin at the plasma membrane
GOLSTEYN Roy (CANADA)
Morphogenesis and Cell Signaling - Institut Curie - Paris - FRANCE
LOUVARD Daniel (Host supervisor)
Cellular and genetic dissection of spindle positioning in C. elegans
GÖNCZY Pierre (SWITZERLAND)
Cell Biology Programme - European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Heidelberg - GERMANY
HYMAN Anthony (Host supervisor)
Assembly of the replication machinery study of pre-replication centers (preRCs)
GRANDI Paola (ITALY)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
LAEMMLI Ulrich K. (Host supervisor)
Pattern formation in insects with complete cleaving eggs
GRBIC Miodrag (SERBIA)
Wellcome CRC Institute - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
AKAM Michael E. (Host supervisor)
Evaluation of the kinase cascade responsible for the biological action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
HAYAKAWA Makio (JAPAN)
Dept. of Pharmacology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
KARIN Michael (Host supervisor)
Theoretical studies of the dynamics of large proteins and their complexes
HINSEN Konrad (GERMANY)
- Institute of Structural Biology - Grenoble - FRANCE
FIELD Martin J. (Host supervisor)
Identification of critical residues of the PsaF subunit of photosystem I required for fast electron transfer between plastocyanin and photosystem I reaction center
HIPPLER Michael (GERMANY)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
ROCHAIX Jean-David (Host supervisor)
The role of diverse protocadherins in neural cell-cell interaction and their cytoplasmic regulation
HIRANO Shinji (JAPAN)
- Doheny Eye Institute - Los Angeles - USA
SUZUKI Shintaro (Host supervisor)
Genetic and molecular analysis on an ethylene signaling pathway in Arabidopsis
HIRAYAMA Takashi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - USA
ECKER Joseph R. (Host supervisor)
Homeobox genes in neurogenesis of C. elegans
HOBERT Oliver (GERMANY)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston - USA
RUVKUN Gary B. (Host supervisor)
Structural basis of ligand recognition by human serum amyloid P component
HOHENESTER Erhard (AUSTRIA)
Department of Crystallography - University of London - London - UK
WOOD Stephen P. (Host supervisor)
Roles for synapsins in regulation of synaptic vesicle traffic
HOSAKA Masahiro (JAPAN)
Southwestern Medical Center - The University of Texas - Dallas - USA