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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
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
MATTAJ Iain (Host supervisor)
Neural correlates of birdsong learning
LIM Dukhwan (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Division of Biology - CalTech - Pasadena - USA
KONISHI Masakazu (Host supervisor)
Translational control of oncogenesis
MADER Sylvie (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biochemistry - McGill University - Montreal - CANADA
SONENBERG Nahum (Host supervisor)
Dendritic targeting of mRNAs in hippocampal neurons: functions in synaptic mechanisms of learning and memory
MASSE Thierry (FRANCE)
Depts of Neurobiology & Anatomy - Texas University - Houston - USA
KELLY Paul T. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of Drosophila neurogenesis genes by notch and Delta proteins through cell-cell Interaction
MATSUNO Kenji (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
ARTAVANIS-TSAKONAS Spyridon (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of pre-mRNA splice site selection
MAYEDA Akila (JAPAN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
KRAINER Adrian (Host supervisor)
Internal models affecting the execution of movement
MCINTYRE Joseph (USA)
Lab. de Physiologie Neurosensorielle - CNRS - Paris - FRANCE
BERTHOZ Alain (Host supervisor)
In vitro studies on the thymic selection of murine T lymphocytes: thymic organ culture complemented by gene transfer
MERKENSCHLAGER Mathias M. (GERMANY)
Dept. d' Immunologie - Institut de Chimie Biologique - Strasbourg - FRANCE