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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
Functional studies of the oncogene, rhombotin
VALGE ARCHER Viia Epp (USA)
- MRC Lab. of Molecular Biology - Cambridge - UK
RABBITTS Terence H. (Host supervisor)
Isolation and characterization of co-activators, a novel class of transcription factors
VASSEROT Alain Philippe (SWITZERLAND)
Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
TJIAN Robert (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms involved in T cell ontogeny and tolerance
VIGNALI Dario (UK)
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
STROMINGER Jack L. (Host supervisor)
Origin, localization and putative functional role of interleukin-2 in the central nervous system
VILLEMAIN Françoise (FRANCE)
Neuroanatomy Lab. - Montreal Neurological Institute - Montreal - CANADA
BEAUDET Alain (Host supervisor)
Retinoic acid and its role in the specification of pattern during limb regeneration in the adult newt
VIVIANO Carolyn Marie (USA)
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research - London - UK
BROCKES Jeremy P. (Host supervisor)
NMR study of HIV-1 protease
YAN Honggao (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of Wisconsin - Madison - USA
MARKLEY John L. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism regulating the function of adhesion molecules
YOKOTA Akira (JAPAN)
Pathology Dept. - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
SPRINGER Timothy (Host supervisor)
Structural studies of translational repression: the reg A-RNA complex
ZHANG Xiaohua (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Dept. of Biology - MIT - Cambridge - USA
RICH Alexander (Host supervisor)
Transepithelial transport of immunoglobulins
AROETI Benjamin (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Anatomy - University of California - San Francisco - USA
MOSTOV Keith E. (Host supervisor)
Structural and functional analysis of the splicing complex
BARABINO Silvia M. L. (ITALY)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Heidelberg - GERMANY
LAMOND Angus (Host supervisor)
DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions at the serum response element
BARDWELL Vivian June (CANADA)
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund - London - UK
TREISMAN Richard (Host supervisor)
Study of macrophage gene expression: the mannose and Fc receptor genes
BENECH Philippe (FRANCE)
Division of Hematology/Oncology - Children's Hospital - Boston - USA
EZEKOWITZ Alan B. (Host supervisor)
Interaction of LFA-1 with its ligand molecules
BILSLAND Caroline A. G. (UK)
The Center for Blood Research - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
SPRINGER Timothy (Host supervisor)
Impact of the retinoic acid receptor on vertebrate development
BORGMEYER Uwe Karl (GERMANY)
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - San Diego - USA
EVANS Ronald M. (Host supervisor)
The mechanisms that underlie human visual perception of image motion
BOULTON Jane Catherine (UK)
Dept. of Medical Physics - Utrecht University - Utrecht - NETHERLANDS
KOENDERINK Jan Johan (Host supervisor)
Quality control in the secretory pathway: folding, oligomerization and transport of membrane glycoproteins
BRAAKMAN Ineke (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Yale University School of Medicine - New Haven - USA
HELENIUS Ari (Host supervisor)
Molecular characterization of the Ah receptor
CARRIER France (CANADA)
Lab. of Developmental Pharmacology - NIH - Bethesda - USA
NEBERT Daniel M. (Host supervisor)
Neurophysiological bases of selective visual attention in primates
CHELAZZI Leonardo (ITALY)
Lab. of Neuropsychology - National Institute of Mental Health - Bethesda - USA
DESIMONE Robert (Host supervisor)
MISHKIN Mortimer (Host supervisor)
Study of yeast regulatory proteins specificity and identification of their target genes
DAIGNAN-FORNIER Bertrand (FRANCE)
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research - Cambridge - USA
FINK Gerald R. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the early steps in spliceosome formation
ELLIOTT David J. (UK)
Dept. of Biology - Brandeis University - Waltham - USA