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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 origin of oxygen on earth: the innovation and evolution of photosynthetic water oxidation
DISMUKES Charles G. (USA)
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology - Rutgers University - Piscataway - USA
KLIMOV Vyacheslav V. (RUSSIA)
Dept. of Photobiology - Institute of Basic Biological Problems - Pushchino - RUSSIA
WYDRZYNSKI Thomas J. (USA)
Research School of Biological Sciences - The Australian National University - Canberra - AUSTRALIA
Study of the CD4 locus as a model for gene silencing in mammalian development
EGAWA Takeshi (JAPAN)
Molecular Pathogenesis Program - Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine - New York - USA
LITTMAN Dan R. (Host supervisor)
Perceptual organization and nonlinear processing in visual cortex
ELDER James H. (CANADA)
Department of Psychology - University of California - BERKELEY - USA
GALLANT Jack (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the role of BRCA2 in genome stability
ESASHI Fumiko (JAPAN)
Clare Hall Laboratories - Imperial Cancer Research Fund - Herts - UK
WEST Stephen Craig (Host supervisor)
Molecular dynamics simulations of the unfolding of ribonuclease A: implications for domain swapping
ESPOSITO Luciana (ITALY)
Department of Medicinal Chemistry - University of Washington - SEATTLE - USA
DAGGETT Valerie (Host supervisor)
Chloroplast-nuclear signaling in Chlamydomonas
FALCIATORE Angela (ITALY)
Department of Molecular Biology - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
ROCHAIX Jean-David (Host supervisor)
Jun-B degradation in mitosis
FARRÀS Rosa (SPAIN)
Institut de Génétique Moléculaire - CNRS - Montpellier - FRANCE
PIECHACZYK Marc (Host supervisor)
Investigation of the role of TOC1 in the circadian clock regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
FARRE Eva (SPAIN)
Department of Cell Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
KAY Steve A. (Host supervisor)
Spatiotemporal signal transduction dynamics in synaptic function and plasticity
FINE Alan (CANADA)
Physiology & Biophysics - Dalhousie University - HALIFAX - CANADA
MEYER Tobias (SWITZERLAND)
Dept. of Chemical and Systems Biology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
MIYAWAKI Atsushi (JAPAN)
Lab. for Cell Function and Dynamics - Brain Science Institute, RIKEN - Wako City - JAPAN
Identification of guidance factors controlling axon pathfinding in the olfactory sensory system
FLEISCHMANN Alexander (AUSTRIA)
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior - Columbia University - New York - USA
AXEL Richard (Host supervisor)
Dissection of signalling networks in Arabidopsis shade avoidance by interaction cloning
FRANKLIN Keara (UK)
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology - University of California - Albany - USA
QUAIL Peter H. (Host supervisor)
Collectin-induced phagocytosis of apoptotic cells
FREIRE DE LIMA Celio Geraldo (BRAZIL)
Department of Pediatrics - National Jewish Medical and Research Center - Denver - USA
HENSON Peter (Host supervisor)
Crystallization and structural studies of eukaryotic mitochondrial ribosome
FUJII Yoshifumi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry - Yale University - New Haven - USA
STEITZ Thomas A. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of solvent and antibiotic tolerance expression in Gram negative bacteria
GALLEGOS María-Trinidad (SPAIN)
Dept. of Plant Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology - Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC) - Granada - SPAIN
WATANABE Kazuya (JAPAN)
Kamaishi Laboratory - Marine Biotechnology Institute - Kamaishi - JAPAN
ZHANG Xiaodong (UK)
Centre for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences - Imperial College London - LONDON - UK
Genetic mechanisms of segmentation in the vertebrate nervous system
GERETY Sebastian (FRANCE)
Division of Developmental Neurobiology - NIMR - London - UK
WILKINSON David (Host supervisor)
Time-lapse analysis of forebrain development
GILTHORPE Jonathan (UK)
Deparment of Molecular and Cellular Physiology - Stanford University School of Medicine - STANFORD - USA
SMITH Stephen J. (Host supervisor)
Genetic dissection of the neuronal circuits that control locomotion
GLOVER Joel C. (NORWAY)
Molecular Medicine - University of Oslo - Oslo - NORWAY
GOULDING Martyn D. (NEW ZEALAND)
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory - The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - La Jolla - USA
KIEHN Ole (DENMARK)
Department of Neuroscience - Karolinska Institutet - Stockholm - SWEDEN
PEARSON Keir G. (CANADA)
Physiology - University of Alberta - Edmonton - CANADA
Analysis of electron transfer pathway in the DsbA/DsbB disulfide-bond formation system in Escherichia coli
GON Stéphanie (FRANCE)
Dept. of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
BECKWITH Jonathan (Host supervisor)
Study of the gating of single ion channels using mechanical force
GOROSTIZA Pau (SPAIN)
Dept. of Physics and Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
BUSTAMANTE Carlos J. (Host supervisor)
Generation of conditional alleles to study bone morphogenetic proteins in the immune system
GRAF Daniel (SWITZERLAND)
Functional Genomics Lab - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc - TARRYTOWN - USA