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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
Visual motion perception: analysis of the underlying neural circuitry in the vertebrate retina
PICAUD Serge (FRANCE)
- University of California - Berkeley - USA
WERBLIN Frank S. (Host supervisor)
Transcriptional control of the acetylcholine receptor
PICCIOTTO Marina (USA)
Lab. de Neurobiologie Moléculaire - Institut Pasteur - Paris - FRANCE
CHANGEUX Jean-Pierre (Host supervisor)
Signal transducing domains of the neutrophil formyl peptide receptor
PROSSNITZ Eric Robert (CANADA)
Dept. of Immunology - Research Institute of Scripps Clinic - La Jolla - USA
COCHRANE Charles (Host supervisor)
Genetic and molecular analysis of synaptic vesicle morphogenesis and function
RAMASWAMI Mani (INDIA)
Dept.of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA
KELLY Regis B. (Host supervisor)
Structure and function of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in neuronal cells
RHEE Seung (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Institute for Protein Research - Osaka University - Osaka - JAPAN
MIKOSHIBA Katsuhiko (Host supervisor)
The role of protein-tyrosine kinases during cellular differentiation
ROBBINS Stephen (CANADA)
The G.W. Foundation - University of California - San Francisco - USA
BISHOP J. Michael (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of replication factors promoting G1- to S-phase transition of eukaryotic cells
ROGGE Lars (GERMANY)
- Stanford University School of Medicine - Stanford - USA
WANG Teresa S. F. (Host supervisor)
Chimera analysis of the role of TGF-ß family growth factors in mammalian pattern formation
ROSEN Barry S. (USA)
A F R C Centre for Animal Genome Research - University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh - UK
BEDDINGTON Rosa S. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of the pattern formation gene cornichon, potential ligand of the Drosophila EGF receptor
ROTH Siegfried (GERMANY)
Dept. of Biology - Princeton University - Princeton - USA
SCHUPBACH Gertrud (Host supervisor)
Transformation and abrogation of growth factor requirement mediated by various mutants of p60 src
SABE Hisataka (JAPAN)
Lab. of Molecular Oncology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
HANAFUSA Hidesaburo (Host supervisor)
Signal transduction by receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases
SAP Jan (BELGIUM)
Dept. of Pharmacology - New York University Medical Centre - New York - USA
SCHLESSINGER Joseph (Host supervisor)
Regulatory function of HLH proteins in Drosophila peripheral nervous system pattern formation
SCHWEISGUTH Francois (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - San Diego - USA
POSAKONY James (Host supervisor)
The cellular and molecular basis of genetic mutants, new and old, that perturb early mouse development
SKARNES William Carl (CANADA)
AFRC Center for Animal Genome Research - University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh - UK
BEDDINGTON Rosa S. (Host supervisor)
Biochemical and molecular genetic analysis of proteins interacting with Ryh1p
STROM Molly (USA)
- MPI for Biophysical Chemistry - Göttingen - GERMANY
GALLWITZ Dieter (Host supervisor)
Segmental specificity of the response to acetylcholine of Retzius cells of the leech
SZCZUPAK Lidia (ARGENTINA)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - San Diego - USA
KRISTAN William B. Jr (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of the Wnt-5a gene in mouse limb morphogenesis
TAKADA Shinji (JAPAN)
- Roche Institute of Molecular Biology - Nutley - USA
MCMAHON Andrew (Host supervisor)
Control of mRNA stability in dicotyledonous plants
TAKAGI Masaru (JAPAN)
- Michigan State University - East Lansing - USA
GREEN Pamela J. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of a GTP-binding protein involved in translocation of the glucose transporter
TAKUMI Toru (JAPAN)
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research - Cambridge - USA
LODISH Harvey F. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the PRTF/SRF family of transcriptional factors in Drosophila
TATEI Kazuaki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biological Sciences - Columbia University - New York - USA
LEVINE Michael S. (Host supervisor)
Cloning of immune genes from Drosophila melanogaster
THEOPOLD Ulrich (GERMANY)
Dept. of Microbiology - University of Stockholm - Stockholm - SWEDEN