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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
Biological function of LAR, a transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatase
HATAKEYAMA Masanori (JAPAN)
- MIT - Cambridge - USA
WEINBERG Robert A. (Host supervisor)
Central peptidergic-monoaminergic interactions in regulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis
HERMES Michael (NETHERLANDS)
Division of Neurology - Ottawa Civic Hospital - Ottawa - CANADA
RENAUD Leo (Host supervisor)
Role of perforin in effector functions of cytotoxic T lymphocytes
HOCHSTENBACH Frans (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Immunology - Juntendo University - Tokyo - JAPAN
OKUMURA Ko (Host supervisor)
Application of gene targeting to the behavioral genetics of ß-endorphin
HOLLON Tom (USA)
Génétique Cellulaire - Institut Pasteur - Paris - FRANCE
JACOB François (Host supervisor)
BRÛLET Philippe (Host supervisor)
Confocal microscopic studies of synaptic plasticity in vitro
HOSOKAWA Toshiyuki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics - Dalhousie University - Halifax - CANADA
FINE Alan (Host supervisor)
Identification of genes that the murine engrailed-like genes regulate and their roles in CNS development
HUI Chi-Chung (UK)
- Mount Sinai Hospital - Toronto - CANADA
JOYNER Alexandra (Host supervisor)
Characterization of transcriptional intermediate factors for estrogen receptor-responsive gene expression
HWANG Jung-Joo (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Institute of Chemical Biology - Faculty of Medicine - Strasbourg - FRANCE
CHAMBON Pierre (Host supervisor)
Translational control of the Drosophila Antennapedia mRNA by a novel internal ribosome binding mechanism
IIZUKA Narushi (JAPAN)
Health Science Center - University of Colorado - Denver - USA
SARNOW Peter (Host supervisor)
In vitro and in vivo studies of a plant transcription factor
JUPIN Isabelle (FRANCE)
Lab. of Plant Molecular Biology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
CHUA Nam-Hai (Host supervisor)
Studies of cellular mechanisms of long-term modification of synaptic transmission in the cerebellar cortex
KANO Masanobu (JAPAN)
- MPI für Biophysikalische Chemie - Göttingen - GERMANY
KONNERTH Arthur (Host supervisor)
Identification and characterization of genes Involved in plant defense mechanisms
KATAGIRI Fumiaki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Massachussetts General Hospital - Boston - USA
AUSUBEL Frederick (Host supervisor)
Biochemical and mutational analyses on activation and inactivation of frog p34cdc2 kinase/cyclin complex
KINOSHITA Noriyuki (JAPAN)
Dept. Biochemistry & Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA
KIRSCHNER Marc W. (Host supervisor)
Study on initiation of protein folding. Conformational characterization of peptide fragments of myoglobin
KOIDE Shohei (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Research Institute of Scripps Clinic - La Jolla - USA
WRIGHT Peter E. (Host supervisor)
The analysis of the functional domain of adenylyl cyclase
KOZASA Tohru (JAPAN)
- University of Texas - Dallas - USA
GILMAN Alfred G. (Host supervisor)
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