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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
The role of human Immunodeficiency virus TAR RNA in translational control
CLARKE Paul Andrew (UK)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
MATHEWS Michael B. (Host supervisor)
Computational simulation and analysis of primary auditory neocortex and thalamus
COBAS Alberto (SPAIN)
Bonney Center - University of California - Irvine - USA
GRANGER Richard H. (Host supervisor)
Engineering a purple bacterial model for the primary electron donor of plant photosystem II
COLEMAN William J. (USA)
Dept. of Biology - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay - Gif-sur-Yvette - FRANCE
RUTHERFORD Alfred (Host supervisor)
Actin dynamics and its regulation in neuronal growth
CRAMER Louise P. (UK)
Dept. of Pharmacology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
MITCHISON Timothy (Host supervisor)
Interaction of signalling pathways in NGF gene expression
D'MELLO Santosh (INDIA)
Institute of Neurobiology - National Research Council - Rome - ITALY
LEVI Andrea (Host supervisor)
Analysis of homeotic genes involved in floral morphogenesis in Antirrhinum majus
DAVIES Brendan H. (UK)
- MPI for Plant Breeding Research - Köln - GERMANY
SOMMER Hans (Host supervisor)
Isolation of genes expressed in distinct patterns in the developing mammalian central nervous system
DAVIS Claytus Andrew (CANADA)
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
BENZER Seymour (Host supervisor)
Effects of extrastriate cortex lesions on visual discrimination performance in the Rhesus monkey
DE WEERD Peter (BELGIUM)
Lab. of Neuropsychology - NIMH - Bethesda - USA
UNGERLEIDER Leslie G. (Host supervisor)
Novel approaches in the localization of transcripts at a single cell level
DIDIER Michel (FRANCE)
Ralph Lowell Lab. - McLean Hospital - Belmont - USA
BURSZTAJN Sherry (Host supervisor)
The role of protein-protein interactions in specifying DNA binding by homeodomain proteins
DOSTATNI Nathalie (FRANCE)
- The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
DESPLAN Claude (Host supervisor)
Functional domains in the Po glycoprotein of myelin that mediate membrane adhesion
FANNON Allison M. (CANADA)
Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology - Columbia University - New York - USA
COLMAN David R. (Host supervisor)
Functional dissection of the paired protein
FASANO Laurent (FRANCE)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - The Rockfeller University - New York - USA
DESPLAN Claude (Host supervisor)
Control of synaptic glycine in relation to N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor function
FEDELE Ernesto (ITALY)
- Merck, Sharp & Dohme Neuroscience Research Centre - Harlow - UK
FOSTER Alan C. (Host supervisor)
Substrate recognition determinants and biological role of S6 kinase
FLOTOW Horst (GERMANY)
- Friedrich Miescher Institut - Basel - SWITZERLAND
THOMAS George (Host supervisor)
Genetic and molecular characterization of components of the yeast spindle pole body
GOH Phuay-Yee (SINGAPORE)
- MRC Lab. of Molecular Biology - Cambridge - UK
KILMARTIN John V. (Host supervisor)
Linkage mapping of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
GOTO Jun (JAPAN)
Center for Research in Neuroscience - McGill University - Montreal - CANADA
ROULEAU Guy A. (Host supervisor)
Investigation of factors involved in neuronal plasticity of mammalian visual cortex
GU Qiang (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Dept. of Ophthalmology - University of British Columbia - Vancouver - CANADA
CYNADER Max S. (Host supervisor)
Isolation and characterization of mammalian cell cycle regulatory genes using yeast genetics
GYURIS Jeno (HUNGARY)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Massachussetts General Hospital - Boston - USA
BRENT Roger (Host supervisor)
Neurophysiological and neuropsychological studies of motor learning in monkeys (Macaca fuscata) and man
HALSBAND Ulrike (GERMANY)
Dept. of Physiology - Tohoku University School of Medicine - Sendai - JAPAN
TANJI Jun (Host supervisor)
Intrinsic brain lymphokine systems: localization, pharmacology and interactions with the cholinergic innervation
HANISCH Uwe-Karsten (GERMANY)
- Douglas Hospital Research Center - Verdun - CANADA