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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
Graph and probability theory applied to problems of sensory representation, integration and perception
MOGI Kenichiro (JAPAN)
Physiological Laboratory - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
BARLOW Horace B. (Host supervisor)
Neurobiology of experimental models of anxiety and panic disorders
MONGEAU Raymond (CANADA)
Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology - University of Nottingham Medical School - Nottingham - UK
MARSDEN Charles A. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the physiological control of the acquisition of cytokine-producing phenotype
MURAKAMI Masao (JAPAN)
Lab. of Immunology - NIH - Bethesda - USA
PAUL William E. (Host supervisor)
Structural studies of phosphatidyl-inositol 3'-kinase
MUSACCHIO Andrea (ITALY)
Lab. of Molecular Medicine - The Children's Hospital - Boston - USA
HARRISON Stephen C. (Host supervisor)
Mechanism and functions of mammalian cell death gene Ich-1
NAKAGAWA Toshiyuki (JAPAN)
Cardiovascular Research Center - Massachusetts General Hospital - Charlestown - USA
YUAN Junying (Host supervisor)
Production and characterization of mutant mice with subtle alterations in glutamate receptors
NAKAZAWA Kazu (JAPAN)
Center for Cancer Research - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
TONEGAWA Susumu (Host supervisor)
Neuronal basis for the triggering of intestinal peristalsis
NICHOLS Kim (CANADA)
Dept. of Human Physiology - The Flinders University of South Australia - Adelaide - AUSTRALIA
COSTA Marcello (Host supervisor)
Molecular and genetic control of floral initiation
NILSSON Ove (SWEDEN)
Plant Biology Lab. - The Salk Institute - La Jolla - USA
WEIGEL Detlef (Host supervisor)
Molecular cloning and characterization of ligands for neurexins
OKAMOTO Masaya (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Genetics - University of Texas - Dallas - USA
SUDHOF Thomas (Host supervisor)
Neural and behavioural mechanisms of reward and reinforcement
OLMSTEAD Mary Cella (CANADA)
Dept. of Experimental Psychology - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
ROBBINS Trevor (Host supervisor)
Neural-specific deletion of PDGF receptors to assess their role in mouse CNS development
ORBAN Paul (AUSTRALIA)
- European Molecular Biology Lab. - Heidelberg - GERMANY
KLEIN Rudiger (Host supervisor)
Tridimensional structure of human SREBP transcription factors bound to LDL receptor promoter
PARRAGA Antonio (SPAIN)
Howard Hughes Medical Inst. - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
BURLEY Stephen K. (Host supervisor)
Role of metal ions in hammerhead ribozyme catalysis
PERACCHI Alessio (ITALY)
Dept. of Biochemistry - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
HERSCHLAG Daniel (Host supervisor)
Electrophysiological studies of the role of cAMP pathway in synaptic plasticity of Drosophila neurons
PERETZ Asher (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Biology Sciences - University of Iowa - Iowa City - USA
WU Chun-Fang (Host supervisor)
The production of conformation-dependent monoclonal antibodies discriminating between prion protein isoforms
PERETZ David (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Neurology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
PRUSINER Stanley B. (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms underlying neuromodulation of a defined behaviour
PERRINS Raymond (UK)
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics - The Mount Sinai Hospital - New York - USA
WEISS Klaudiusz (Host supervisor)
The role of the DM molecule in antigen processing
PLOUGASTEL Béatrice (FRANCE)
Human Immunogenetics Laboratory - Imperial Cancer Research Fund - London - UK
TROWSDALE John (Host supervisor)
A molecular and cellular study of gastrulation in the zebrafish
PRINCE Victoria E. (UK)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Princeton University - Princeton - USA
HO Robert (Host supervisor)
Identification of novel genes potentially involved in hindbrain segmentation
PUJADES Cristina (SPAIN)
Lab. de Biologie Moléculaire du Développement - Ecole Normale Supérieure - Paris - FRANCE
CHARNAY Patrick (Host supervisor)
Construction and analysis of two transgenic mice with inactivated versions of vHNF1 and mbrm genes
REYES ROSA José Carlos (SPAIN)
Dpt. des Biotechnologies - Institut Pasteur - Paris - FRANCE