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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
Mesoderm induction in the zebrafish
SCHULTE-MERKER Stefan (GERMANY)
Laboratory of Developmental Biology - National Institute of Medical Research - London - UK
SMITH James C. (Host supervisor)
Molecular genetics analysis of sepaloidea, a floral homeotic gene of antirrhinum
SCHULTZ Elizabeth A. (CANADA)
John Innes Institute - John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research - Norwich - UK
COEN Enrico (Host supervisor)
A cross-language study of auditory-visual speech perception
SEKIYAMA Kaoru (JAPAN)
Research Laboratory of Electronics - Massachussets Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
BRAIDA Louis D. (Host supervisor)
Role of calcineurin (phosphatase 2B) in T-cell activation
SHIBASAKI Futoshi (JAPAN)
Cellular and Molecular Physiology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
MCKEON Frank (Host supervisor)
Neurotrophic factors and trigeminal pattern formation
SHORTLAND Peter J. (UK)
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurophysiology - St. Louis University Medical School - St. Louis - USA
JACQUIN Mark F. (Host supervisor)
Mechanism of transcriptional regulation by MYC oncoproteins studied in vitro
SIMMEN Kenneth A. (UK)
Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis - Netherlands Cancer Institute - Amsterdam - NETHERLANDS
BERNARDS Rene (Host supervisor)
Characterization of folding factors, including BiP, in the early secretory pathway
SIMONS Jan Fredrik (FINLAND)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Yale University of School Medicine - New Haven - USA
HELENIUS Ari (Host supervisor)
Analysis of gene function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by transposon footprinting
SMITH Victoria (AUSTRALIA)
Dept. of Genetics - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
BOTSTEIN David (Host supervisor)
Control of Hox gene expression
STANLEY Edouard G. (AUSTRALIA)
Laboratory of Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics - MRC Medical Institute for Medical Research - London - UK
RIGBY Peter (Host supervisor)
Identification of new components of the yeast mitochondrial inner membrane import site
TOKATLIDIS Kostas (GREECE)
Dept. of Biochemistry - Biocenter of the University of Basel - Basel - SWITZERLAND
SCHATZ Gottfried (Host supervisor)
The role of pineal complex and melatonin in mechanisms of behavioural thermoregulation
TOSINI Gianluca (ITALY)
Dept. of Biology - The University of Virginia - Charlottesville - USA
MENAKER Michael (Host supervisor)
Isolation and molecular cloning of the ACE-binding protein from mouse oocytes
TSIRKA Styliani-Anna E. (GREECE)
Dept. of Pharmacological Sciences - State University of New York - Stony Brook - USA
STRICKLAND Sidney (Host supervisor)
Targeted inactivation of FGF-5 gene by homologous recombination
TZIMAGIORGIS Georgios (GREECE)
Dept. of Neurochemistry - MPI for Psychiatry - Martinsried - GERMANY
THOENEN Hans (Host supervisor)
Regionalization of the forebrain
VAN DEN HEUVEL Marcel (NETHERLANDS)
Developmental Biology Unit - Department of Zoology - Oxford - UK
INGHAM Philip (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of T cell receptor signal transduction
VAN OERS Nicolai (CANADA)
Division of Rheumatology/Immunology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
WEISS Arthur (Host supervisor)
Sodium and chloride-dependent GABA transport
VANDENBERG Robert (AUSTRALIA)
Vollum Institute - Oregon Health Sciences University - Portland - USA
AMARA Susan G. (Host supervisor)
Cloning of a mammalian homologue of the yeast STE5 gene
VIGNAIS Marie-Luce (FRANCE)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
GILMAN Michael Z. (Host supervisor)
Functional expression of human heart L-type Ca2+ channel alpha1 subunit and interaction with other subunits
WAKAMORI Minoru (JAPAN)
Dept. of Pharmacology & Cell Biophysics - University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati - USA
YATANI Atsuko (Host supervisor)
SCHWARTZ Arnold (Host supervisor)
Functional analyses of neuron-specific tropomyosin isoforms
WATAKABE Akiya (JAPAN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
HELFMAN David (Host supervisor)
Acetyl CoA: alpha-glucosaminideN-acetyltransferase: purification, cloning and analysis
WEBER Birgit (GERMANY)
Dept. of Chemical Pathology - Adelaide Children's Hospital - Adelaide - AUSTRALIA