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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
Anatomical and functional studies of pheromone detection in mice
ISHII Tomohiro (JAPAN)
Lab. of Developmental Biology and Neurogenetics - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
MOMBAERTS Peter (Host supervisor)
Elucidating the role of aqueous environments in biological function with a nano-mechanical probe
JARVIS Suzanne (UK)
Nanoscale Function Group - UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research - DUBLIN - IRELAND
MCKENDRY Rachel (UK)
The London Centre for Nanotechnology - Rayne Institute - London - UK
OOSTERKAMP Tjerk (NETHERLANDS)
Leiden Institute of Physics - Leiden University - Leiden - NETHERLANDS
A multidisciplinary study of DNA non-homologous end-joining
JEGGO Penelope (UK)
Genome Damage and Stability Unit - University of Sussex - Brighton - UK
TACCIOLI Guillermo (USA)
Dept. of Microbiology - Boston University School of Medicine - Boston - USA
VINDIGNI Alessandro (ITALY)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Saint Louis University School of Medicine - St. Louis - USA
Regulation of neural stem cell differentiation in the mouse brain
JHAVERI Dhanisha (INDIA)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology - University of Miami School of Medicine - Miami - USA
ADAMS David John (Host supervisor)
In vivo electrophysiological analysis of motor learning in mutant mice
KATOH Akira (JAPAN)
Department of Neurobiology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
RAYMOND Jennifer L. (Host supervisor)
Structural and molecular mechanisms of cyclic nucleotide gated channels
KAUPP U. Benjamin (GERMANY)
Dept. of Molecular Sensory Systems - Center of Advanced European Studies and Research - Bonn - GERMANY
SCHERTLER Gebhard F.X. (AUSTRIA)
Department of Biology - ETH Zurich - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
TORRE Vincent (ITALY)
NEUROSCIENCE/NEUROBIOLOGY - SISSA (INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES) - TRIESTE - ITALY
Updating visual space using extra-retinal signals: role of the central thalamus
KLIER Eliana (CANADA)
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology - Washington University - St. Louis - USA
ANGELAKI Dora (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the RNA interference machinery in mammalian cells
KOLB Fabrice (FRANCE)
- Friedrich-Miescher-Institute - Basel - SWITZERLAND
FILIPOWICZ Witold (Host supervisor)
Structural analysis of mediator of DNA transcriptional regulation
KOMORI Hirofumi (JAPAN)
Department of Structural Biology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
KORNBERG Roger D. (Host supervisor)
Two photon confocal imaging and computer analysis of dendritic spines in the cortical slice culture
KORKOTIAN Eduard (ISRAEL)
Department of Zoology - Otto von Guericke University - MAGDEBURG - GERMANY
BRAUN Anna Katharina (Host supervisor)
Pathogen infection plant genome rearrangements
KOVALCHUK Igor (UKRAINE)
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research - Basel - SWITZERLAND
HEINLEIN Manfred (Host supervisor)
Visual attention in relation to learning and working memory
KRISTJANSSON Arni (ICELAND)
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience - University College London - London - UK
DRIVER Jonathon (Host supervisor)
Developmental plasticity of the neuroendocrine system depending on the maternal behaviors in rat
KURODA Kumi (JAPAN)
Lab. of Developmental Neuroendocrinology - McGill University - Montreal - CANADA
MEANEY Michael J. (Host supervisor)
Morphogenetic regulation of cell movement by e-cadherin cell surface dynamics
KUSUMI Akihiro (JAPAN)
Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences - Kyoto University - Kyoto - JAPAN
MONTELL Denise J. (USA)
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology - University of California, Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara - USA
YAP Alpha (AUSTRALIA)
Division of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine - Institute for Molecular Bioscience - Brisbane - AUSTRALIA
Study of the molecular defect underlying hypertension
LALIOTI Maria (GREECE)
Department of Genetics - Yale University - New Haven - USA
LIFTON Richard P. (Host supervisor)
The influence of protein dynamics on biologically relevant reactions studied by non-linear spectroscopy
LARSEN Delmar (USA)
Dept. of Biophysics - Free University - Amsterdam - NETHERLANDS
VAN GRONDELLE Rienk (Host supervisor)
Biochemical analysis of the immunological synapse
LILLEMEIER Björn (GERMANY)
Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
DAVIS Mark M. (Host supervisor)
Experimental and theoretical characterization of synaptic efficacy in mammalian central neurons
LONDON Michael (ISRAEL)
Department of Physiology - University College London - London - UK
HAUSSER Michael (Host supervisor)
Structural and genetic characterization of replicating chromatin in response to replication stress
LOPES Massimo (ITALY)
Institute of Cell Biology - ETH - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
SOGO José Manuel (Host supervisor)
Combined biophysical and genetic approach to understanding molecular motor motion
MALLIK Roop (INDIA)
Dept. of Developmental and Cell Biology - University of California - Irvine - USA