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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
Mechanisms of kainate receptor modulation of glutamate release in hippocampal mossy fiber synapses
RODRIGUEZ-MORENO Antonio (SPAIN)
Department of Pharmacology - University College London - London - UK
SIHRA Talvinder Singh (Host supervisor)
The evolution of melanization patterns in arthropods
ROKAS Antonis (GREECE)
Department of Genetics - University of Wisconsin - Madison - USA
CARROLL Sean B. (Host supervisor)
Biochemical and molecular characterization of RNA editing in the nervous system of Loligo.
ROSENTHAL Joshua (USA)
Human Genetics Unit - Medical Research Council - EDINBURGH - UK
O'CONNELL Mary Anne (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of stargazin-mediated synaptic targeting of glutamate receptors
ROUACH Nathalie (FRANCE)
Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
NICOLL Roger (Host supervisor)
Biochemical and functional characterization of the HY5 complex
RUBIO Vicente (SPAIN)
Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Dev. Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
DENG Xing Wang (Host supervisor)
The role of histone methylases in transcriptional regulation
SANDERS Steven (USA)
Department of Pathology - Wellcome / CRC Institute - Cambridge - UK
KOUZARIDES Tony (Host supervisor)
Optical studies of plasticity at single CNS synapses
SCHEUSS Volker (GERMANY)
Department of Neuroscience - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
SVOBODA Karel (Host supervisor)
Investigating the function of the transcription factor CaRF by site-directed mutagenesis in the mouse genome
SCHRATT Gerhard (GERMANY)
Division of Neuroscience - Children's Hospital - Boston - USA
GREENBERG Michael E. (Host supervisor)
Cloning of new chloride channels
SCHROEDER Björn (GERMANY)
Department of Physiology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
JAN Lily Yeh (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of disulfide bond formation in the endoplasmic reticulum of eukaryotes
SCHULDINER Maya (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
WEISSMAN Jonathan (Host supervisor)
Synaptic signaling at the single molecule level
SCHWILLE Petra (GERMANY)
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics - Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry - Martinsried - GERMANY
WAXHAM Neal (USA)
Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy - University of Texas Medical School - Houston - USA
Innovative methods for 2-dimensional crystallization to study the structure of the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier
SLOTBOOM Dirk (NETHERLANDS)
Dunn Human Nutrition Unit - MRC - Cambridge - UK
KUNJI Edmund R.S. (Host supervisor)
Characterization and manipulation of neural stem cells
SOEN Yoav (ISRAEL)
Department of Biochemistry - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
BROWN Patrick O. (Host supervisor)
NMR structure of the editing enzyme ADAR2 dsRBDs-RNA complex
STEFL Richard (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics - ETH - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
ALLAIN Frederic (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of the anti-apoptotic gene Mcl-1
TAKEUCHI Osamu (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cancer Immunology and AIDS - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Boston - USA
KORSMEYER Stanley J. (Host supervisor)
Molecular and cellular basis of operant behavior and operant learning of Drosophila melanogaster in the heat box
TANIMOTO Hiromu (JAPAN)
Lehrstuhl für Genetik - Universität Würzburg - Würzburg - GERMANY
HEISENBERG Martin (Host supervisor)
Subcellular localization of GABA receptor subunits in nigral DAergic and non-DAergic neurons
TEPPER James M. (USA)
MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit - Oxford University - OXFORD - UK
BOLAM John Paul (Host supervisor)
Determination of the structure of BRCA2 in complex with RAD51
THOMÄ Nicolas (GERMANY)
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - New York - USA
PAVLETICH Nikola (Host supervisor)
Morphological analyses of adult neurogenesis in mouse hippocampus and its possible role in synaptic plasticity
TONI Nicolas (ITALY)
Laboratory of Genetics - The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - La Jolla - USA
GAGE Fred H. (Host supervisor)
Ca2+ dynamics and activation of a Ca2+-dependent K+ current in cortical neurones
TONINI Raffaella (ITALY)
Dept. of Physiology - University College London - London - UK