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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
The biophysics of noise and signal in visual cortex
GRAHAM Lyle (USA)
Laboratory of Neurophysics and Physiology - CNRS - PARIS - FRANCE
SEGEV Idan (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Neurobiology - Hebrew University - Jerusalem - ISRAEL
STORM Johan Frederik (NORWAY)
Dept.of Physiology and Neurophysiology - University of Oslo - Oslo - NORWAY
Interplay between DNA supercoiling and DNA-bending proteins in the regulation of gene expression
ADHYA Sankar (USA)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology - National Cancer Institute - BETHESDA - USA
FINZI Laura (ITALY)
Dept. of Physics - Emory University - ATLANTA - USA
NELSON Philip C. (USA)
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - USA
Functional imaging of receptors in living cells by 2-photon uncaging of signalling molecules
BOOTMAN Martin (UK)
Life, Health and Chemical Sciences - The Open University - Milton Keynes - UK
ELLIS-DAVIES Graham (USA)
Dept of Neuroscience - Mount Sinai School of Medicine - New York - USA
KASAI Haruo (JAPAN)
Lab. of Structual Physiology - Center for Disease Biology & Integrative Medicine - Tokyo - JAPAN
The basis of the irradiated sporozoite vaccine: identification of Plasmodium genes essential for development to liver stages
AGRAWAL Alka (USA)
Département d'Immunologie - Institut Pasteur - Paris - FRANCE
MENARD Robert (Host supervisor)
An interdisciplinary approach to the problem of language and music specificity
ALTER Kai (GERMANY)
Institute of Neuroscience - Newcastle University Medical School - Newcastle upon Tyne - UK
BESSON Mireille (FRANCE)
Center for Research in Cognitive Neuroscience (CRNC) - National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) - Marseille - FRANCE
KOLINSKY Régine (BELGIUM)
Unit of Research in Cognitive Neurosciences - Free University of Bruxelles - Brussels - BELGIUM
PERETZ Isabelle (CANADA)
Psychology/International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research - Université de Montréal - MONTRÉAL - CANADA
Structural and functional studies of the yeast ribosome
ANDERSEN Gregers Rom (DENMARK)
Dep Molecular Biology and Genetics - Aarhus University - Aarhus - DENMARK
GOLDMAN Yale E. (USA)
Pennsylvania Muscle Institute - Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia - USA
KINZY Terri G. (USA)
Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Piscataway - USA
NISSEN Poul (DENMARK)
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Aarhus University - Aarhus - DENMARK
Role of BDNF/trKB signaling in the maturation of GABAergic circuits and critical period in visual cortex
ANGO Fabrice (FRANCE)
Dept. of Neuroscience - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
HUANG Z. Josh (Host supervisor)
De-novo enzymes dynamic selection in peptide "ecosystems"
ASHKENASY Gonen (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Chemistry and Molecular Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
GHADIRI M. Reza (Host supervisor)
The neuropsychology of emotion perception from static and dynamic body expressions
ATKINSON Anthony (NEW ZEALAND)
Department of Neurology - University of Iowa - Iowa City - USA
ADOLPHS Ralph (Host supervisor)
Identification of axon guidance mechanisms underlying formation of midbrain dopaminergic projections
ATWAL Jasvinder (CANADA)
Department of Biological Sciences - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
TESSIER-LAVIGNE Marc (Host supervisor)
Ribosome-associated chaperones in protein biogenesis: structural and functional insights
BAN Nenad (CROATIA)
Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics - ETH Zurich - Zürich - SWITZERLAND
DEUERLING Elke (GERMANY)
Dept. of Biology - University of Konstanz - Konstanz - GERMANY
Systematic analysis of cytosolic protein folding in eukaryotes vs. prokaryotes
BARRAL Jose (MEXICO)
Department of Cellular Biochemistry - Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry - Martinsried - GERMANY
HARTL Franz-Ulrich (Host supervisor)
Controlling the onset of S-Phase: interactions at the heart of origin licensing
BASTIAENS Philippe (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Systemic Cell Biology - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology - Dortmund - GERMANY
LYGEROU Zoi (GREECE)
Laboratory of General Biology - School of Medicine - Rio, Patras - GREECE
NISHITANI Hideo (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology - Graduate School of Medical Science - Fukuoka - JAPAN
Zebrafish cardiac valve formation
BEIS Dimitris (GREECE)
Department of Biochemistry - University of California - San Francisco - USA
STAINIER Didier (Host supervisor)
Ecological diversity and adaptation of proteorhodopsins
BEJA Oded (ISRAEL)
Faculty of Biology - Technion - HAIFA - ISRAEL
SPUDICH John (USA)
Center for Membrane Biology, Dept. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - University of Texas - Houston - USA
Identification of yeast histone H4 histidine kinase via deletion array screening
BESANT Paul (AUSTRALIA)
Departments of Biological Sciences and Biochemistry - University of Iowa - Iowa City - USA
FASSLER Jan (Host supervisor)
DESCHENES Robert (Host supervisor)
Expression and biochemical characterization of a key enzyme catalyzing endocannabinoid biosynthesis
BISOGNO Tiziana (ITALY)
MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology - King's College London - LONDON - UK
DOHERTY Patrick (Host supervisor)
Deciphering activity-dependent changes in neuronal circuits using novel imaging approaches
BITO Haruhiko (JAPAN)
Dept. of Neurochemistry - The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine - Tokyo - JAPAN
EMPTAGE Nigel (UK)
Dept. of Pharmacology - University of Oxford - Oxford - UK
SCHNITZER Mark J. (USA)
Dept. of Biology / Applied Physics - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
Revealing telencephalic evolution through comparative functional analysis of gene regulatory regions
BLADER Patrick (UK)
Centre de Biologie du Développement - Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse - FRANCE
BROWN Daniel G. (USA)
School of Computer Science - University of Waterloo - Waterloo - CANADA
JARVIS Erich D. (USA)
Laboratory of Genes, Brains, and Behavior - Rockefeller University - New York - USA
SCHUURMANS Carol (CANADA)
Department of Biochemistry - Sunnybrook Research Institute - Toronto - CANADA
Functional analysis of immediate early genes in LTP and memory
BLISS Timothy V. P. (UK)
Division of Neurophysiology & Neuropharmacology - National Institute for Medical Research - London - UK
KUHL Dietmar (GERMANY)
Institute for Molecular and Cellular Cognition (IMCC) - Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH) - Hamburg - GERMANY
LAROCHE Serge (FRANCE)
Centre of Neuroscience Paris-Sud - CNRS UMR 8195 - University Paris Sud - Orsay - FRANCE
MANSUY Isabelle (FRANCE)
Laboratory of Neuroepigenetics - University of Zurich - Zurich - SWITZERLAND