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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
Molecular cloning and expression study of potassium channels significant in long-term potentiation
KUBO Yoshihiro (JAPAN)
Dept. of Physiology and Biochemistry - University of California - San Francisco - USA
JAN Lily Yeh (Host supervisor)
Genes controlling the assymetry of cell division during Caenorhabditis elegans development
LABOUESSE Michel (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biology - MIT - Cambridge - USA
HORVITZ H. Robert (Host supervisor)
Brain's role in evolution
LALAND Kevin Neville (UK)
Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
SLATKIN Montgomery (Host supervisor)
Interactions of suppressors and enhancers with gypsy-retrotransposon-induced forked mutants in Drosophila
LANKENAU Dirk-Henner (GERMANY)
Dept. of Biology - The Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA
CORCES Victor G. (Host supervisor)
cloning of the gene encoding ABP, an auxiliary bridging protein which stabilises Fos-Jun binding to target DNA
LAOIDE Brid Maire (IRELAND)
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes - Strasbourg - FRANCE
SASSONE-CORSI Paolo (Host supervisor)
Identification and characterization of RNA polymerase III specific factors involved in U6 snRNA transcription
LEWIS Joe (UK)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Heidelberg - GERMANY
MATTAJ Iain (Host supervisor)
Neural correlates of birdsong learning
LIM Dukhwan (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
KONISHI Masakazu (Host supervisor)
Translational control of oncogenesis
MADER Sylvie (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biochemistry - McGill University - Montreal - CANADA
SONENBERG Nahum (Host supervisor)
Dendritic targeting of mRNAs in hippocampal neurons: functions in synaptic mechanisms of learning and memory
MASSE Thierry (FRANCE)
Depts of Neurobiology & Anatomy - Texas University - Houston - USA
KELLY Paul T. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of Drosophila neurogenesis genes by notch and Delta proteins through cell-cell Interaction
MATSUNO Kenji (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
ARTAVANIS-TSAKONAS Spyridon (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of pre-mRNA splice site selection
MAYEDA Akila (JAPAN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
KRAINER Adrian (Host supervisor)
Internal models affecting the execution of movement
MCINTYRE Joseph (USA)
Lab. de Physiologie Neurosensorielle - CNRS - Paris - FRANCE
BERTHOZ Alain (Host supervisor)
In vitro studies on the thymic selection of murine T lymphocytes: thymic organ culture complemented by gene transfer
MERKENSCHLAGER Mathias M. (GERMANY)
Dept. d' Immunologie - Institut de Chimie Biologique - Strasbourg - FRANCE
BENOIST Christophe (Host supervisor)
MATHIS Diane (Host supervisor)
Regulation of protein synthesis by phosphorylation of elongation factor 2
MITSUI Ken-Ichi (JAPAN)
Lab. Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience - Rockefeller University - New York - USA
NAIRN Angus (Host supervisor)
Functional studies on the Wilms' tumor gene
MIYAGAWA Kiyoshi (JAPAN)
MRC Human Genetics Unit - Western General Hospital - Edinburgh - UK
HASTIE Nicholas (Host supervisor)
Neuronal mechanisms involved in the recognition of biologically significant sounds
MORI Koichi (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
KONISHI Masakazu (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of potassium channel gating
MURRELL-LAGNADO Ruth D. (UK)
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, - Stanford University Medical Center - Stanford - USA
ALDRICH Richard W. (Host supervisor)
Genetic study on roles of calmodulin binding proteins in mitotic process
OHYA Yoshikazu (JAPAN)
Dept. of Genetics - Stanford University School of Medicine - Stanford - USA
BOTSTEIN David (Host supervisor)
Isolation of H-2Db and H-2Kb negative mice by homologous recombination
PERARNAU Béatrice (FRANCE)
Centre for Animal Genomic Research - University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh - UK
ANSELL John D. (Host supervisor)
Identification of new genes encoding helix-loop-helix protein involved in cell-cycle and differentiation control
PEVERALI Antonio Fiorenzo (ITALY)
- EMBL - Heidelberg - GERMANY