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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
The role of the dorsal gene in the establishment of dorso-ventral polarity during Drosophila embryogenesis
STEIN David S. (USA)
Department 3 (Genetics) - Max Planck Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie - Tubingen - GERMANY
NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD Christiane (Host supervisor)
Structural and functional analysis of the gene encoding the murine octanucleotide binding Factor-2
STERRER Sylvia (AUSTRIA)
Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology - MPI for Biophysical Chemistry - Göttingen - GERMANY
GRUSS Peter (Host supervisor)
Studies on cis- and trans-acting elements that regulate expression of the Drosophila engrailed gene
TABATA Tetsuya (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of California - San Francisco - USA
KORNBERG Thomas B. (Host supervisor)
Role of the proto-oncogene c-kit in the neural crest cell differentiation
TAKAHASHI Yoshiko (JAPAN)
Institute of Neuroscience - University of Oregon - Eugene - USA
WESTON James A. (Host supervisor)
Biochemical properties of somatostatin receptors
THEVENIAU Magali Andrée (FRANCE)
Dept. of Pharmacology - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - USA
REISINE Terry D. (Host supervisor)
The role of higher order sub-nuclear structures in the regulation of globin gene expression
THORBURN Andrew M. (UK)
Departments of Medicine & Pharmacology - UC San Diego Cancer Center - La Jolla - USA
EMERSON Beverly M. (Host supervisor)
Structural and functional analysis of DNA binding and dimerization domains of GCN4 protein in yeast
TZAMARIAS Dimitris (GREECE)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - BOSTON - USA
STRUHL Kevin (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of shibire, a mutation causing temperature-sensitive paralysis in Drosophila
VAN DER BLIEK Alex (NETHERLANDS)
Division of Biology - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena - USA
MEYEROWITZ Elliot (Host supervisor)
Is phosphorylation an important post-translational modification of bFGF for its biological activities
VILGRAIN Isabelle (FRANCE)
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Growth Biology - The Whittier Institute - La Jolla - USA
BAIRD Andrew (Host supervisor)
Physiological studies of the superior olivary complex
WU Shu Hui (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Psychology Dept. - Carleton University - Ottawa - CANADA
KELLY Jack B. (Host supervisor)
Isolation and functional characterization of the genes controlling mouse development
YAMADA Gen (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology - MPI of Biophysical Chemistry - Göttingen - GERMANY
GRUSS Peter (Host supervisor)
Lymphocyte homing receptors and endogenous ligands
YOSHIDA Tomoaki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - The Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA