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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
Regionalization of the forebrain
VAN DEN HEUVEL Marcel (NETHERLANDS)
Developmental Biology Unit - Department of Zoology - Oxford - UK
INGHAM Philip (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of T cell receptor signal transduction
VAN OERS Nicolai (CANADA)
Division of Rheumatology/Immunology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
WEISS Arthur (Host supervisor)
Sodium and chloride-dependent GABA transport
VANDENBERG Robert (AUSTRALIA)
Vollum Institute - Oregon Health Sciences University - Portland - USA
AMARA Susan G. (Host supervisor)
Cloning of a mammalian homologue of the yeast STE5 gene
VIGNAIS Marie-Luce (FRANCE)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
GILMAN Michael Z. (Host supervisor)
Functional expression of human heart L-type Ca2+ channel alpha1 subunit and interaction with other subunits
WAKAMORI Minoru (JAPAN)
Dept. of Pharmacology & Cell Biophysics - University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati - USA
YATANI Atsuko (Host supervisor)
SCHWARTZ Arnold (Host supervisor)
Functional analyses of neuron-specific tropomyosin isoforms
WATAKABE Akiya (JAPAN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
HELFMAN David (Host supervisor)
Acetyl CoA: alpha-glucosaminideN-acetyltransferase: purification, cloning and analysis
WEBER Birgit (GERMANY)
Dept. of Chemical Pathology - Adelaide Children's Hospital - Adelaide - AUSTRALIA
HOPWOOD John J. (Host supervisor)
Computation of spatial and temporal information in an electrosensory system
WESSEL Ralf (GERMANY)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - University of California - San Diego - USA
BULLOCK Theodore H. (Host supervisor)
An analysis of eukaryotic transcription initiation mechanisms
WHITEHALL Simon K. (UK)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - San Diego - USA
GEIDUSCHEK E. Peter (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the NF-kB signal transduction pathway in S. cerevisiae
WHITESIDE Simon T. (UK)
Molecular Biology and Gene Expression Unit - Pasteur Institute - Paris - FRANCE
ISRAËL Alain (Host supervisor)
Molecular determinants of ion permeation in cloned NMDA receptor channels
WOLLMUTH Lonnie P. (USA)
Division of Cell Physiology - Max-Plack-Institute for Medical Research - Heidelberg - GERMANY
SAKMANN Bert (Host supervisor)
Organization of thalamic and amygdaloid input to the ventral striatum
WRIGHT Christopher Ian (USA)
Dept. of Anatomy and Embryology - University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam - NETHERLANDS
GROENEWEGEN Hendrik J. (Host supervisor)
Molecular and biochemical analysis of the low molecular weight proteins associated with kinetoplast DNA
XU Chanxing (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Molecular Biology Institute - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
RAY Dan S. (Host supervisor)
Structure and function of 4-helix bundle proteins emulating calcium channel
YAMAZAKI Masahito (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - San Diego - USA
MONTAL Mauricio (Host supervisor)
Multidimensional NMR studies of Drosophila Sem-5, An SH2/SH3 containing protein
YAMAZAKI Toshio (JAPAN)
Laboratory of Biochemistry - The Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto - CANADA
FORMAN-KAY Julie (Host supervisor)
Molecular genetic analysis of phosphotyrosine phosphatases in Dictyostelium development
YASUKAWA Hiroo (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
FIRTEL Richard A. (Host supervisor)
Isolation and characterization of genes transcriptionally regulated by Pax-3
YOKOTA Yoshifumi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology - MPI for Biophysical Chemistry - Goettingen - GERMANY
GRUSS Peter (Host supervisor)
Elucidation of the role of small GTP-binding proteins in polarized vesicular transport in epithelial cells
YOSHIMORI Tamotsu (JAPAN)
The Cell Biology Programme - European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Heidelberg - GERMANY
SIMONS Kai (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism underlining activity-related structural changes in the hippocampus
YUZAKI Michisuke (JAPAN)
Dept. of Neuroscience - Roche Institute of Molecular Biology - Nutley - USA
CONNOR John A. (Host supervisor)
Biological applications of new derivatives of scanning force microscopy
ZENHAEUSERN Frédéric (SWITZERLAND)
Physical Measurements Laboratory - IBM T.J. Watson - New York - USA