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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
Development of gene therapy for autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
ALLAMAND Valérie (FRANCE)
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics - University of Iowa - Iowa City - USA
CAMPBELL Kevin (Host supervisor)
Control of neuronal activity by astrocytes in rat hippocampal slices and cell cultures
ARAQUE Alfonso (SPAIN)
Dept. of Zoology and Genetics - Iowa State University - Ames - USA
HAYDON Philip (Host supervisor)
LIM homeobox gene function in motor neuron development
ARBER Silvia (SWITZERLAND)
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics - Columbia University - New York - USA
JESSELL Thomas (Host supervisor)
Processing limitations in visual attention
ARNELL Karen (CANADA)
Applied Psychology Unit - Medical Research Council - Cambridge - UK
DUNCAN John (Host supervisor)
Prohibitin function in yeast and mammalian cell growth and senescence
AUSTRIACO Nicanor (PHILIPPINES)
Transformation Studies Lab. - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research - London - UK
JAT Parmjit Singh (Host supervisor)
Cellular mechanisms of network processing in the primary visual cortex
AZOUZ Rony (ISRAEL)
Center for Neuroscience - University of California - Davis - USA
GRAY Charles M. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of receptor recycling in yeast
BABST Markus (SWITZERLAND)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - University of California - La Jolla - USA
EMR Scott D. (Host supervisor)
A study of factors influencing neural crest cell migration through the somite
BAKER Clare V. (UK)
Division of Biology - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena - USA
BRONNER Marianne (Host supervisor)
Biochemical analyses of the DIMINUTO gene product
BANNO Hiroharu (JAPAN)
Lab. of Plant Molecular Biology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
CHUA Nam-Hai (Host supervisor)
Analysis of a yeast microtubule motor complex
BARRAL Yves (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
SNYDER Michael P. (Host supervisor)
Involvement of the basal ganglia in cognitive processes
BAUNEZ Christelle (FRANCE)
Dept. of Experimental Psychology - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
ROBBINS Trevor (Host supervisor)
Cooperative interaction between homeodomain and paired domain
BEAUFILS Philippe (FRANCE)
Lab. of Molecular Genetics - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
DESPLAN Claude (Host supervisor)
Role of E2F in cell growth and differentiation
BEIJERSBERGEN Roderick (NETHERLANDS)
- Whitehead Inst. for Biomedical Research - Cambridge - USA
WEINBERG Robert A. (Host supervisor)
A putative topoisomerase-helicase complex
BENNETT Richard J. (UK)
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
WANG James C. (Host supervisor)
Genetic dissection of programmed cell death in Drosophila
BERGMANN Andreas (GERMANY)
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences - Massachusetts Inst. of Technology - Cambridge - USA
STELLER Hermann (Host supervisor)
Interplay of gibberellins and light in controlling floral induction
BLÁZQUEZ Miguel Ángel (SPAIN)
Plant Biology Lab. - The Salk Inst. for Biological Studies - San Diego - USA
WEIGEL Detlef (Host supervisor)
Structure and function of the light sensing complex SRI/HtrI of Halobacterium salinarium
BOLHUIS Henk (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Membrane Biochemistry - Max-Planck-Institute - Martinsried - GERMANY
OESTERHELT Dieter (Host supervisor)
Functional and anatomical organization of the human amygdala
BONDA Eva (GREECE)
Dept. of Psychiatry - University of California - Davis - USA
AMARAL David G. (Host supervisor)
Control of translation initiation in yeast mitochondria
BONNEFOY Nathalie (FRANCE)
Section of Genetics and Development - Cornell University - Ithaca - USA
FOX Thomas D. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of water channels in the human eye
BORGNIA Mario (ARGENTINA)
The Dept. of Biological Chemistry - The Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA