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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
Impact of the retinoic acid receptor on vertebrate development
BORGMEYER Uwe Karl (GERMANY)
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - San Diego - USA
EVANS Ronald M. (Host supervisor)
The mechanisms that underlie human visual perception of image motion
BOULTON Jane Catherine (UK)
Dept. of Medical Physics - Utrecht University - Utrecht - NETHERLANDS
KOENDERINK Jan Johan (Host supervisor)
Quality control in the secretory pathway: folding, oligomerization and transport of membrane glycoproteins
BRAAKMAN Ineke (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Yale University School of Medicine - New Haven - USA
HELENIUS Ari (Host supervisor)
Molecular characterization of the Ah receptor
CARRIER France (CANADA)
Lab. of Developmental Pharmacology - NIH - Bethesda - USA
NEBERT Daniel M. (Host supervisor)
Neurophysiological bases of selective visual attention in primates
CHELAZZI Leonardo (ITALY)
Lab. of Neuropsychology - National Institute of Mental Health - Bethesda - USA
DESIMONE Robert (Host supervisor)
MISHKIN Mortimer (Host supervisor)
Study of yeast regulatory proteins specificity and identification of their target genes
DAIGNAN-FORNIER Bertrand (FRANCE)
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research - Cambridge - USA
FINK Gerald R. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the early steps in spliceosome formation
ELLIOTT David J. (UK)
Dept. of Biology - Brandeis University - Waltham - USA
ROSBASH Michael (Host supervisor)
Molecular genetics of floral development in antirrhinum
ELLIOTT Robert C. (USA)
Genetics Dept. - John Innes Institute - Norwich - UK
COEN Enrico (Host supervisor)
Analysis of control mechanisms in B cell development and differentiation by transcription factors
FUJITA Takashi (JAPAN)
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Science - Cambridge - USA
BALTIMORE David (Host supervisor)
Effect of phosphoinositide turnover linked excitatory amino acid receptors on intracellular calcium and neuronal excitability
GIBBONS Simon J. (UK)
Dept. of Pharmacological & Physiological Sciences - University of Chicago - Chicago - USA
MILLER Richard J. (Host supervisor)
Definition of an in vitro system to study RNA editing in plant mitochondria
GONZALEZ Daniel (ARGENTINA)
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes - Strasbourg - FRANCE
GRIENENBERGER Jean-Michel (Host supervisor)
Genetical analysis of molecular mechanisms of arabidopsis flower morphogenesis
GOTO Koji (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
MEYEROWITZ Elliot (Host supervisor)
Exploration of the functional anatomy of the human visual system with positron emission tomography
GULYAS Balàzs (HUNGARY)
Dept. of Clinical Neurophysiology - Karolinska Hospital - Stockholm - SWEDEN
ROLAND Per Ebbe (Host supervisor)
A genetic and biochemical study of fission yeast microtubule organising centre components and their regulation
HAGAN Iain Michael (UK)
Dept. of Biophysics - Kyoto University - Kyoto - JAPAN
YANAGIDA Mitsuhiro (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the region of the mouse X chromosome containing the X-inactivation centre
HEARD Edith (UK)
Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Murine - Institut Pasteur - Paris - FRANCE
AVNER Philip (Host supervisor)
Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: regulation and function
HERMANS-BORGMEYER Irmgard (GERMANY)
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - San Diego - USA
HEINEMANN Stephen F. (Host supervisor)
Identification of an activator of the human ras proto-oncogene proteins related to the yeast ste6/CDC25 products
HUGHES David Anthony (UK)
The Institute of Medical Science - University of Tokyo - Tokyo - JAPAN
YAMAMOTO Masayuki (Host supervisor)
Insulin receptor signalling: stimulation of amino acid transport in muscle
HUNDAL Harinder S. (UK)
- Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto - CANADA
KLIP Amira (Host supervisor)
Genetic analysis of cell cycle commitment in saccharomyces Cerevisiae
INSDORF Neil (USA)
- Institute of Molecular Pathology - Vienna - AUSTRIA
NASMYTH Kim (Host supervisor)
Brain maturation and the development of visual attention
JOHNSON Mark H. (UK)
Institute of Cognitive & Decision Sciences - University of Oregon - Eugene - USA