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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
Intron in phage T4: structure and function of the gene 60 intron
MOINE Hervé M. (FRANCE)
Division of Biology & Medicine - Brown University - Providence - USA
GOLD Larry (Host supervisor)
Kinetics of energy transduction through the crossbridge cycle in smooth muscle studied with laser flash photolysis
NISHIE Eiichiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Physiology - University of Virginia Medical Center - Charlottesville - USA
SOMLYO Andrew P. (Host supervisor)
Mechanism of action of the general transcription factor IIE in the initiation of eukaryotic transcription
OHKUMA Yoshiaki (JAPAN)
- The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
ROEDER Robert G. (Host supervisor)
Genes involved in translational regulation
OLSSON Christine Louise (USA)
Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique - CNRS - Paris - FRANCE
SPRINGER Mathias (Host supervisor)
Macromolecule contributions to long-term potentiation in the hippocampus
OTANI Satoru (JAPAN)
INSERM - Hôpital de Port-Royal - Paris - FRANCE
BEN-ARI Yehezkel (Host supervisor)
The fem-2 gene of C. elegans: a molecular and genetic analysis
PILGRIM David (CANADA)
Division of Cell Biology - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Cambridge - UK
HODGKIN Jonathan (Host supervisor)
Regulation of sporulation genes in Bacillus subtilis
POPHAM David Lee (USA)
Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique - CNRS - Paris - FRANCE
STRAGIER Patrick (Host supervisor)
Molecular biology and neurobiochemistry of a transgenic mouse insertional mutant exhibiting circling behavior
RATTY Anil Kumar (SINGAPORE)
- Roswell Park Memorial Institute - Buffalo - USA
GROSS Kenneth W. (Host supervisor)
Elucidation of the molecular basis of Emery-Dreifuss dystrophy
REINER Orly (ISRAEL)
Institute for Molecular Genetics - Baylor College of Medecine - Houston - USA
CASKEY C. Thomas (Host supervisor)
Pathophysiology of dopaminergic neurotransmission in Schizophrenia
REITH Jakob (DENMARK)
- Montreal Neurological Institute - Montreal - CANADA
GJEDDE Albert (Host supervisor)
The mouse HOX5 genes: a key system to understand vertebrate limb morphogenesis
RENUCCI Armand (FRANCE)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Heidelberg - GERMANY
DUBOULE Denis (Host supervisor)
The role of spinal mechanisms in abnormal discharges of motor units in Parkinson's and motoneurone disease
ROMAIGUERE Patricia (FRANCE)
Dept. of Physiology - Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School - London - UK
ELLAWAY Peter Harry (Host supervisor)
Molecular studies of stretch-activated ion channels and mechano-growth coupling
SADOSHIMA Junichi (JAPAN)
Molecular Medicine Unit - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
IZUMO Seigo (Host supervisor)
Homeogene products and the transcriptional regulation of developmental target genes
SADOUL Rémy (FRANCE)
Dept. of Experimental Medicine - McGill Cancer Center - Montreal - CANADA
FEATHERSTONE Mark Stephen (Host supervisor)
Role of CEA family members in the development of malignancy in human colonic epithelium
SADOUL-SCHELLENBERGER Karin (GERMANY)
- McGill Cancer Center - Montréal - CANADA
STANNERS Clifford P. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of the flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana
SAKAI Hajime (GERMANY)
Division of Biology - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena - USA
MEYEROWITZ Elliot (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of gene regulation by microinjection of purified transcription factors
SCHONTHAL Axel (GERMANY)
Theodore Gildred Cancer Facility - University of California - San Diego - USA
FERAMISCO James R. (Host supervisor)
Molecular dissection and manipulation of an enzyme that recognizes transfer RNA
SHIBA Kiyotaka (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
SCHIMMEL Paul (Host supervisor)
Molecular biology of glucose transporters
SHIBASAKI Yoshikazu (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Physiology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
BIRNBAUM Morris (Host supervisor)
Giant linear plasmids in treptomyces
SHIFFMAN Dov (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Genetics - Stanford University School of Medicine - Stanford - USA