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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
Characterization of the DNA damage response in yeast
GRAVEL Serge (CANADA)
DNA Repair Laboratory - Wellcome / CRC Institute - Cambridge - UK
JACKSON Stephen P. (Host supervisor)
Developmental timing in C. elegans: identification of novel small temporal RNAs and their co-factors
GROSSHANS Helge (GERMANY)
Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Dev. Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
SLACK Frank (Host supervisor)
Isolating and characterizing multipotent stem cells in skin
GUASCH Géraldine (FRANCE)
Lab. of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
FUCHS Elaine (Host supervisor)
Cooperative humoral and cellular immunity against HIV-1 in the hu-PBL-SCID mouse model.
GUYADER Mireille (FRANCE)
Department of Immunology - The Scripps Research Institute - LA JOLLA - USA
POIGNARD Pascal (Host supervisor)
Isolation of regulatory and substrate proteins of the F-box/WD-40 repeat protein Archipelago
HARVEY Kieran (AUSTRALIA)
Cancer Center - Massachusetts General Hospital - Charlestown - USA
HARIHARAN Iswar (Host supervisor)
RNase III-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of the meiotic program
HENRAS Anthony (FRANCE)
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
CHANFREAU Guillaume (Host supervisor)
Specification and refinement of developing primary visual pathways
HENSCH Takao (USA)
Center for Brain Science - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
PROCHIANTZ Alain (FRANCE)
Chaire des Processus Morphogénétiques - College de France - Paris - FRANCE
RUIZ I ALTABA Ariel (MEXICO)
Dept. of Genetic Medicine and Development - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
Position effect modifier genes and their implication in telomere and nuclear organization in D. melanogaster
HEUN Patrick (GERMANY)
Life Sciences - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Berkeley - USA
KARPEN Gary (Host supervisor)
Amyloid fibril formation of myoglobin
HIROTA Nami (JAPAN)
Department of Chemistry - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
DOBSON Christopher (Host supervisor)
The physiological role of melastatin-like channels (TRPMs) in cell function and development
HOFMANN Thomas (GERMANY)
Department of Biological Chemistry - The Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA
MONTELL Craig (Host supervisor)
Protein homeostasis and stress sensors in C. elegans
HOLMBERG-STILL Carina (FINLAND)
Dept. of Biochemistry, Mol. Biology and Cell Biology - Northwestern University - Evanston - USA
MORIMOTO Richard I. (Host supervisor)
Motor skill acquisition and retention from a multi-site perspective
HOSHI Eiji (JAPAN)
Dept. of Neurobiology, Neurological Surgery and Psychiatry - University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh - USA
STRICK Peter L (Host supervisor)
Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal development
HSIEH-WILSON Linda (USA)
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering - California Institute of Technology - PASADENA - USA
NISHI Akinori (JAPAN)
Department of Pharmacology - Kurume University School of Medicine - Kurume - JAPAN
SEEBERGER Peter H. (GERMANY)
Dept. for Biomolecular Systems - Max-Planck-Institute for Colloids and Interfaces - Potsdam - GERMANY
Role of dendritic mRNA targeting during memory formation in Drosophila - analysis with Staufen
IIJIMA-ANDO Kanae (JAPAN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
YIN Jerry C. P. (Host supervisor)
TULLY Tim (Host supervisor)
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