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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
Developmental role of genes transcribed in early C. elegans embryos
PETTITT Jonathan (UK)
Dept. of MCD Biology - University of Colorado - Boulder - USA
WOOD William B. (Host supervisor)
Cloning of factors that regulate murine engrailed-2 expression
PLATT Kenneth A. (USA)
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute - Mount Sinai Hospital - Toronto - CANADA
JOYNER Alexandra (Host supervisor)
Cell fusion in Caenorhabditis elegans: developmental and genetic analysis
PODBILEWICZ Benjamin (MEXICO)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology - MRC - Cambridge - UK
WHITE John G. (Host supervisor)
A mouse model for Turner syndrome
POLAKIEWICZ Roberto (ARGENTINA)
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical research - Cambridge - USA
PAGE David (Host supervisor)
Cloning of learning and memory genes after enhancer trap selection in the adult brain of Drosophila
PREAT Thomas (FRANCE)
- Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie - Würzburg - GERMANY
HEISENBERG Martin (Host supervisor)
Identification and characterization of genes that are involved in zebrafish development
RANGINI Zehava (ISRAEL)
Cardio-Vascular Research Center - Massachussets General Hospital - Charlestown - USA
DRIEVER Wolfgang (Host supervisor)
A comparison of the biochemical correlates of LTP and learning
RICHTER-LEVIN Gal (ISRAEL)
Div. of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology - National Institute for Medical Research - London - UK
BLISS Timothy V. P. (Host supervisor)
Ontogeny of functional properties in retinal ganglion cells
ROBINSON David W. (UK)
Center for Neurobiology - University of California - Davis - USA
CHALUPA Leo M. (Host supervisor)
Neuropsychological and computational studies of neglect dyslexia
ROMANI Cristina (ITALY)
School of Psychology - University of Birmingham - Birmingham - UK
HUMPHREYS Glyn (Host supervisor)
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurogenesis related to learning in songbirds
ROUSSELOT Philippe (FRANCE)
- The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
NOTTEBOHM Fernando (Host supervisor)
Trans-activation mechanism in RNA polymerase II transcription: structure and function of native TFIID
SAIDA Kaname (JAPAN)
National Inst. of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - NIH - Bethesda - USA
NAKATANI Yoshihiro (Host supervisor)
Role of BMP-4 (bone morphogenetic protein-4) in verterbrate pattern formation and embryonic inductions
SASAKI Hiroshi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Vanderbilt University Medical School - Nashville - USA
HOGAN Brigid (Host supervisor)
Biochemical analyses of RNA-RNA interactions during the mRNA splicing reaction in yeast
SAWA Hitoshi (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
ABELSON John N. (Host supervisor)
Molecular genetic analysis of neurogenesis in the zebrafish
SAWAI Shoji (JAPAN)
Institute of Developmental Physiology - University of Köln - Köln - GERMANY
CAMPOS-ORTEGA Jose Antonio (Host supervisor)
Screening for novel maternal-effect loci affecting segmentation in Drosophila
SEKI Masayuki (JAPAN)
Developmental Genetics Laboratory - Imperial Cancer Research Fund - Oxford - UK
ISH-HOROWICZ David (Host supervisor)
Characterization of bacterial reverse transcriptase that use the 2'OH group for the initiation of DNA synthesis
SHIMAMOTO Tadashi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biochemistry - UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - PISCATAWAY - USA
INOUYE Masayori (Host supervisor)
A molecular analysis of the function and regulation of the ubiquitous mitotic inducer p80 cdc25
SHIOZAKI Kazuhiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Research Institute of Scripps Clinic - La Jolla - USA
RUSSELL Paul (Host supervisor)
Function of ets family of oncogenes in murine embryonal development
SOBIESZCZUK Peter (AUSTRALIA)
Institut de Chimie Biologique - Faculté de Médecine - Strasbourg - FRANCE
WASYLYK Bohdan (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of DmcycC, a putative G1 cyclin in Drosophila
SPRENGER Frank (GERMANY)
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA
O'FARRELL Patrick H. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of NMDA-receptors in postsynaptic currents and outside-out patches. A patch-clamp study in brain slices
STERN Peter (GERMANY)
Dept. of Pharmacology - University College - London - UK