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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.
- News & Impact
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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
Simulation of protein folding intermediates using molecular dynamics
BUCK Matthias (GERMANY)
Dept. of Chemistry - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
KARPLUS Martin (Host supervisor)
Structure and function of the cytoskeletal motility protein, MSP
BULLOCK Timothy (USA)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology - MRC - Cambridge - UK
STEWART Murray (Host supervisor)
Episodic memory and frontal lobes: PET studies on young and older adults
CABEZA Roberto (ARGENTINA)
Rotman Research Institute - University of Toronto - North York - CANADA
TULVING Endel (Host supervisor)
Neurobehavioral investigation of the subiculo-accumbens projection
CAINE S. Barak (USA)
Dept. of Anatomy - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
EVERITT Barry John (Host supervisor)
Molecular characterization of the role of a novel angiogenic factor in tumour growth
CAO Yihai (SWEDEN)
Dept. of Surgery & Cell Biology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
FOLKMAN Judah M. (Host supervisor)
Wnt-genes and midbrain development of the zebrafish embryo
CAPITO Bettina (GERMANY)
Dept. of Molecular Neurobiology - Tohoku University - Sendai - JAPAN
NAKAMURA Harukazu (Host supervisor)
Structural and biochemical studies of signal transduction proteins Sos and Drk
CHOOK Yuh Min (MALAYSIA)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of Toronto - Toronto - CANADA
PAI Emil F. (Host supervisor)
PAWSON Anthony James (Host supervisor)
Sister chromatid cohesion and disjunction: a biochemical and genetic approach
COHEN-FIX Orna (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Embryology - Carnegie Institution of Washington - Baltimore - USA
KOSHLAND Douglas E. (Host supervisor)
Automatic determination of gross morphometric variability in human brain
COLLINS D. Louis (CANADA)
- INSERM - Rennes - FRANCE
BARILLOT Christian (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the Arabidopsis Erd2 receptor
DA SILVA CONCEICAO Alexandre (BRAZIL)
DOE Plant Research Lab. - Michigan State University - East Lansing - USA
RAIKHEL Natasha (Host supervisor)
Acetylcholine-corticotropin releasing factor interactions in the arousal-stress continuum
DAY Jamie (CANADA)
- Université de Bordeaux II - Bordeaux - FRANCE
LE MOAL Michel (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the cell cycle-regulating transcription factor DRTF1/E2F: cloning-characterization of DP1 relatives
DE LA LUNA Susana (SPAIN)
Lab. of Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics - MRC - London - UK
LA THANGUE Nicholas B. (Host supervisor)
Identification and cloning of the p70s6k kinase
DENNIS Patrick B. (USA)
- Friedrich Miescher Institute - Basel - SWITZERLAND
THOMAS George (Host supervisor)
Structures of RNA aptamers
DIECKMANN Thorsten (GERMANY)
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
FEIGON Juli (Host supervisor)
The Drosophila eye: a model to study signal transduction pathway
DOMINGUEZ CASTELLANO Maria (SPAIN)
Institute of Zoology - University of Zurich - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
HAFEN Ernst (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the Ras/MEK kinase interaction in mammalian cells
DOUVILLE Elizabeth (CANADA)
- ICRF - London - UK
DOWNWARD Julian (Host supervisor)
Identification and characterization of NMDA receptor subunits in hippocampal cells in slices
DURAND Guylaine (CANADA)
Institute of Physiology - University of Saarland - Homburg - GERMANY
KONNERTH Arthur (Host supervisor)
The isolation of suppressors of position effects variegation at fission yeast centromeres
EKWALL Karl (SWEDEN)
- MRC - Edinburgh - UK
ALLSHIRE Robin C. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of exocytosis/endocytosis in neurosecretion
ELHAMDANI Abdeladim (MOROCCO)
Dept. of Neurobiology & Physiology - Northwestern University - Evanston - USA
ARTALEJO Cristina R. (Host supervisor)
Neurotrophic factors as cues in sensory neuron sub-type differentiation
ETHELL Douglas (CANADA)
Dept. of Neurobiochemistry - Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry - Martinsried - GERMANY