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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
Understanding the conserved COP/DET/FUS genes function by genome expression profiling
MA Li-Geng (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
DENG Xing Wang (Host supervisor)
Targeting and translocation of membrane proteins synthesized inside mitochondria
MARJAVAARA Sanna K. (FINLAND)
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cornell University - Ithaca - USA
FOX Thomas D. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the transepithelial migration of Drosophila germ cells
MARTY Thomas (SWITZERLAND)
Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine - New York University Medical School - New York - USA
LEHMANN Ruth (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of the attenuation of the heat shock response
MATSUMOTO Gen (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biochemistry, Mol. Biology and Cell Biology - Northwestern University - Evanston - USA
MORIMOTO Richard I. (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of RNA uptake in C. elegans
MAY Robin (UK)
Hubrecht Laboratory - University of Utrecht - Utrecht - NETHERLANDS
PLASTERK Ronald (Host supervisor)
The role of translation initiation factors in nonsense-mediated decay of mRNA
MCKENDRICK Linda (UK)
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of Rochester - Rochester - USA
MAQUAT Lynne E. (Host supervisor)
Updating visual space during head movements: the implications of rotational and translational kinematics
MEDENDORP Wijbrand Pieter (NETHERLANDS)
Department of Psychology and Biology - York University - Toronto - CANADA
CRAWFORD J. Douglas (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of endocrine cell fate determination in the pancreas: role of the transcription factor neurogenin-3
MELLITZER Georg (AUSTRIA)
Ontogenesis and Pathology of the Digestive Tract - INSERM - Strasbourg - FRANCE
GRADWOHL Gérard (Host supervisor)
Temporal patterns of population synchrony: EPSP-spike coupling and thresholds
MENENDEZ DE LA PRIDA Liset (SPAIN)
Laboratoire de Physiologie Cérébrale - Université Paris V - Paris - FRANCE
MILES Richard (Host supervisor)
Function of orexin-containing neurons
MIEDA Michihiro (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Genetics - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas - USA
YANAGISAWA Masashi (Host supervisor)
Characterization of a new class of eukaryotic proteins involved in nuclear steps of ribosome biogenesis
MILKEREIT Philipp (GERMANY)
Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Eucaryotes - Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse - FRANCE
GAS Nicole (Host supervisor)
Role of calcium binding proteins in cerebellar development and synaptic physiology
MORENO Herman (USA)
Laboratoire de Physiologie Cérébrale - CNRS / Université Paris 5 - Paris - FRANCE
MARTY Alain (Host supervisor)
Biosynthesis and function of mycobacteria cell wall glycolipids
MORITA Yasuhiro (JAPAN)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - University of Melbourne - Parkville - AUSTRALIA
MCCONVILLE Malcolm (Host supervisor)
Gene closure at the heavy chain locus
MOSTOSLAVSKY Raul (ARGENTINA)
Department of Medicine - Children's Hospital - Boston - USA
ALT Frederick W. (Host supervisor)
Identification of new molecules that induce NF-kB activation
NA Soon-Young (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Department of Molecular Biology - Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston - USA
SEED Brian (Host supervisor)
Influence of polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule on neurogenesis and neural structural plasticity
NACHER Juan (SPAIN)
Program in Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - New York - USA
RUTISHAUSER Urs (Host supervisor)
Structural and functional studies of Ab1 kinase
NAGAR Bhushan (CANADA)
Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
KURIYAN John (Host supervisor)
Signal integration during neuronal growth cone guidance
NERN Aljoscha (GERMANY)
Department of Biological Chemistry - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
ZIPURSKY S. Lawrence (Host supervisor)
Preverbal representation of numerosity in the neocortex of macaque monkeys
NIEDER Andreas (GERMANY)
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
MILLER Earl (Host supervisor)
The generation of a mouse model of human Pemphigus Vulgaris
NISHIMURA Hiroyuki (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA