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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
Structure and function of the Golgi UDP-galactose transporter
PUGLIELLI Luigi (ITALY)
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - University of Massachusetts Medical Center - Worcester - USA
HIRSCHBERG Carlos B. (Host supervisor)
Identification and isolation of the rapamycin sensitive kinase that phosphorylates p70s6k
PULLEN Nicholas (UK)
Dept. of Growth Control - Friedrich Miescher Institute - Basel - SWITZERLAND
THOMAS George (Host supervisor)
Regulation of Gap junctional communication and synaptic circuit formation by neuromodulatory transmitters in the developing neocortex
RORIG Birgit (GERMANY)
Dept. of Neurobiology - Duke University - Durham - USA
KATZ Lawrence (Host supervisor)
Development of "in vivo" and "in vitro" models for myotonic dystrophy
ROSSI Fabio (ITALY)
Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology - Stanford University School of Medicine - Stanford - USA
BLAU Helen M. (Host supervisor)
Investigation of the mechanism of action of the Escherichia coli cell division anti-inhibitor, MinE
ROWLAND Susan (AUSTRALIA)
Dept. of Microbiology - University of Connecticut - Farmington - USA
ROTHFIELD Lawrence I. (Host supervisor)
Identification of target genes of Brachyury
SAKA Yasushi (JAPAN)
Division of Developmental Biology - National Institute for Medical Research - London - UK
SMITH James C. (Host supervisor)
Structure-function relationship of Type II restriction endonucleases
SCHEURING VANAMEE Eva (HUNGARY)
Dept. of Biological Sciences - Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology - Heraklion - GREECE
KOKKINIDIS Michael (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of axonal guidance in the Drosophila visual system
SCHMUCKER Dietmar (GERMANY)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Rockefeller University - New York - USA
ZIPURSKY S. Lawrence (Host supervisor)
Characterization of lectin-carbohydrate interactions in developing Drosophila nervous system
SEPPO Antti (FINLAND)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
TIEMEYER Michael (Host supervisor)
Isolation, identification and characterization of Ap-1 induced genes
SHAULIAN Eitan (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Pharmacology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
KARIN Michael (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of the factors involved in termination of M phase
SHIRAYAMA Masaki (JAPAN)
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology - Vienna - AUSTRIA
NASMYTH Kim (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the in vivo role of a zebrafish collapsin gene for growth cone guidance in the embryonic zebrafish brain
SHOJI Wataru (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - USA
KUWADA John Y. (Host supervisor)
The behavioral and neuroanatomical characterization of pavlovian modulation
SKINNER Darlene (CANADA)
Dept. of Experimental Psychology - Duke University - Durham - USA
HOLLAND Peter C. (Host supervisor)
Genetic and molecular characterization of the ein3 gene product
SOLANO TAVIRA Roberto (SPAIN)
Dept. of Biology - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - USA
ECKER Joseph R. (Host supervisor)
Biophysical and biochemical studies of molecular chaperones
SOUSA Marcelo C. (ARGENTINA)
Dept. of Structural Biology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
MCKAY David B. (Host supervisor)
Growth control of mammary epithelial cells by the BRCA1 gene product
STEINER Philipp (SWITZERLAND)
- Whitehead Inst. for Biomedical Research - Cambridge - USA
WEINBERG Robert A. (Host supervisor)
Rab3 and synaptic transmission in Drosophila
STEWART Bryan (CANADA)
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Physiology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
SCHWARZ Thomas L. (Host supervisor)
Identification of target genes for a novel plant transcription factor that promotes flowering
SUAREZ-LOPEZ Paula (SPAIN)
Dept. of Molecular Genetics - John Innes Centre - Norwich - UK
COUPLAND George (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of vertebrate embryonic induction by BMP-4
SUZUKI Atsushi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Embryology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
BRIVANLOU Ali H. (Host supervisor)
Apoptosis-regulating signalling mechanisms involving Fas/APO-1
TAKAHASHI Ryosuke (JAPAN)
- The Burnham Institute - La Jolla - USA