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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
Elucidation of animal diversity by comparing Drosophila and Tribolium wing development
TOMOYASU Yoshinori (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - Kansas State University - Manhattan - USA
DENELL Robin E. (Host supervisor)
Structural studies of the dimeric p53 protein and its interactions with DNA
TUGARINOV Vitali (ISRAEL)
Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology - University of Toronto - Toronto - CANADA
KAY Lewis (Host supervisor)
The role of mismatch repair in antagonizing UV light-induced mutagenesis
VARLET Isabelle (FRANCE)
Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology - Oregon State University - Corvallis - USA
HAYS John B. (Host supervisor)
Endoderm cell migration in zebrafish gut development
VERKADE Heather (AUSTRALIA)
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA
STAINIER Didier (Host supervisor)
HEATH Joan K. (Host supervisor)
Function and structure of yeast septins
VERSELE Matthias (BELGIUM)
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
THORNER Jeremy (Host supervisor)
ALK receptor in the neuromuscular system: expression and mechanism of action
VIGNY Marc (FRANCE)
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy - University of Miami School of Medicine - Miami - USA
ROTUNDO Richard L (Host supervisor)
Structural studies on the gyanylyl cyclase C receptor
VISWESWARIAH Sandhya (INDIA)
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
KURIYAN John (Host supervisor)
Regulation of gene expression during the cell movements of early morphogenesis
VOICULESCU Octavian (ROMANIA)
Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology - University College London - London - UK
STERN Claudio (Host supervisor)
Intracellular transport of GPI-anchored proteins in yeast
WATANABE Reika (JAPAN)
Department of Biochemistry - Sciences II - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
RIEZMAN Howard (Host supervisor)
Quantum mechanical / molecular mechanical (QM/MM) calculations of aldehyde dehydrogenase
WYMORE Troy (USA)
Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire - Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel - Grenoble - FRANCE
FIELD Martin J. (Host supervisor)
The neural coding of object recognition in humans and macaques
X-ray crystallographic study of the DNA site-specific recombination
AIHARA Hideki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Mol. Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
ELLENBERGER Thomas E. (Host supervisor)
The role of glutamate release by glial cells in regulating neuronal activity
ANGULO JARAMILLO Maria Cecilia (COLOMBIA)
Department of Biomedical Science - University of Padova - Padova - ITALY
POZZAN Tullio (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of PAR-3 protein in C. elegans early embryos
AONO Shinya (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Cornell University - Ithaca - USA
KEMPHUES Kenneth J. (Host supervisor)
Molecular characterisation of a mammalian histidine kinase
ATTWOOD Paul V. (AUSTRALIA)
Department of Medicine - University of California - San Francisco - USA
TURCK Christoph (Host supervisor)
Quantitative and functional analyses of CD8+ T cell populations in protective immunity towards viruses
BELZ Gabrielle (AUSTRALIA)
Program in Theoretical Biology - Institute for Advanced Study - Princeton - USA
NOWAK Martin A. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of genes that govern a developmental switch in B. subtilis
BEN-YEHUDA Sigal (ISRAEL)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
LOSICK Richard M. (Host supervisor)
Role of Sar1 GTPase in formation of ER export sites
BERAUD-DUFOUR Sophie (FRANCE)
Department of Cell Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
BALCH William E. (Host supervisor)
Characterisation of the effects of neurotransmitters on adult neural stem progenitor cells
BERNINGER Benedikt (GERMANY)
Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology - Karolinska Institute - Stockholm - SWEDEN
FRISÉN Jonas (Host supervisor)
Defective tolerance induction in autoimmune-prone NOD mice
BERZINS Stuart (AUSTRALIA)
Joslin Diabetes Center - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA