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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
Identification of proteins participating in the biogenesis of synaptic vesicles
LICHTENSTEIN Yael (GERMANY)
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA
KELLY Regis B. (Host supervisor)
Memory for episodic attributes of familiar objects
LITER Jeffrey C. (USA)
- Max-Planck-Institute of Biological Cybernetics - Tübingen - GERMANY
BÜLTHOFF Heinrich H. (Host supervisor)
Structural basis of transcriptional regulation by TBP interaction with TAF and p53
LIU Dingjiang (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Dept. of Molecular and Structural Biology - University of Toronto - Toronto - CANADA
IKURA Mitsuhiko (Host supervisor)
Cytokinesis and the formation of cross-walls in the flowering plant Arabidopsis
LUKOWITZ Wolfgang (GERMANY)
Dept. of Plant Biology - Carnegie Inst. of Washington - Stanford - USA
SOMERVILLE Chris R. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of a cation channel and neuronal excitability by tyrosine phosphorylation
MAGOSKI Neil (CANADA)
Dept. of Pharmacology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
KACZMAREK Leonard K. (Host supervisor)
Complexity and specificity of short-term visual memory
MALJKOVIC Vera (SERBIA)
Institute of Neurophysiology - National Council of Research - Pisa - ITALY
BURR David C. (Host supervisor)
Functional characterization of motion integration in human dorsal visual pathways
MARRETT Sean (CANADA)
- Massachusetts General Hospital - Charlestown - USA
TOOTELL Roger (Host supervisor)
Investigation of the structure of the Fo domain of mitochondrial ATP synthetase
MENZ Robert I. (AUSTRALIA)
Lab. of Molecular Biology - Medical Research Council - Cambridge - UK
WALKER John E. (Host supervisor)
Atomic structure of acetylcholine receptor
MIYAZAWA Atsuo (JAPAN)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Medical Research Council - Cambridge - UK
UNWIN Peter nigel t. (Host supervisor)
Study of early events in protein folding with ultrafast kinetics, protein engineering and computer models
MUÑOZ Victor (SPAIN)
Lab. of Chemical Physics - National Institutes of Health - Bethesda - USA
EATON William A. (Host supervisor)
Effects of deafferentation on glutamatergic and gabaergic systems of somatosensory cortex of monkeys
MUNOZ CESPEDES Alberto (SPAIN)
Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology - University of California - Irvine - USA
JONES Edward G. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of FADD interacting proteins
MUZIO Marta (ITALY)
Dept. of Pathology - Michigan University - Ann Arbor - USA
DIXIT Vishva M. (Host supervisor)
Genetic regulation of cortical differentiation and thalamocortical connections
NAKAGAWA Yasushi (JAPAN)
Molecular Neurobiology Lab. - The Salk Institute - La Jolla - USA
O'LEARY Dennis (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the molecular mechanisms controlling morphogenesis of the vertebrate face
NEUBÜSER Annette (GERMANY)
Dept. of Anatomy - University of California - San Francisco - USA
MARTIN Gail R. (Host supervisor)
Identification and characterization of novel ran-binding proteins
NICOLAS Francisco (SPAIN)
School of Biological Sciences - University of Manchester - Manchester - UK
CLARKE Paul Robert (Host supervisor)
G protein signaling in the C. elegans nervous system
NURRISH Stephen J. (UK)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston - USA
KAPLAN Joshua M. (Host supervisor)
Analysing the role of the Oct-4 protein during murine development
OHBO Kazuyuki (JAPAN)
Gene Expression - European Molecular Biology Lab. - Heidelberg - GERMANY
SCHÖLER Hans R. (Host supervisor)
Imprinting mutations in human disease and mouse models
OHTA Tohru (JAPAN)
Dept. of Genetics - Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland - USA
NICHOLLS Robert (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of insulators in early Drosophila embryo development
OHTSUKI Sumio (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
LEVINE Michael S. (Host supervisor)
A genetic and biochemical analysis of the role of DmFAK in signal transduction
PALMER Ruth (UK)
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Virology - The Salk Institute - San Diego - USA