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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
Cell cycle and cancer genetic pathways in Zebrafish
PATTON E. Elizabeth (CANADA)
Division of Hematology and Oncology - Children' s Hospital - Boston - USA
ZON Leonard (Host supervisor)
Structure-function relationships in ion-channels studied by single molecule fluorescence spectroscopy
PRALLE Arnd (GERMANY)
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
ISACOFF Ehud Y. (Host supervisor)
The Toll homologue in Caenorhabditis elegans: a role in epithelial morphogenesis?
PUJOL Nathalie (FRANCE)
Dept. of Molecular, Cell. and Dev. Biology - University of California - Santa Cruz - USA
CHISHOLM Andrew D. (Host supervisor)
Characterisation of kakapo, a cytoskeletal linker involved in integrin-mediated adhesion
ROEPER Katja (GERMANY)
Wellcome / CRC Institute - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
BROWN Nicholas H. (Host supervisor)
Two memory systems at work: dynamic interactions between short-term and long-term memory
SAKAI Katsuyuki (JAPAN)
Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology - Institute of Neurology - London - UK
PASSINGHAM Richard E. (Host supervisor)
Contribution of the reticulospinal system to the control of posture and movement
SCHEPENS Bénédicte (BELGIUM)
Department of Physiology - University of Montreal - Montreal - CANADA
DREW Trevor (Host supervisor)
Histone methylation and transcriptional control
SCHNEIDER Robert (GERMANY)
Wellcome / CRC Institute - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
KOUZARIDES Tony (Host supervisor)
Genetic analysis of proneural gene function in the developping cerebral cortex
SCHUURMANS Carol (CANADA)
- IGBMC - Illkirch - FRANCE
GUILLEMOT François (Host supervisor)
Characterization of a new receptor family controlling synaptogenesis by regulating mitochondrial homeostasis
SELIMI Fekrije (FRANCE)
Department of Molecular Biology - Rockefeller University - New York - USA
HEINTZ Nathaniel (Host supervisor)
Neural mechanisms of attention in the human sensory cortex as revealed by MEG
SOKOLOV Alexander (RUSSIA)
Inst. of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology - University of Tubingen - Tubingen - GERMANY
BIRBAUMER Niels (Host supervisor)
Identification of novel proteins that modulate microtubule dynamics in C. elegans and Xenopus
SRAYKO Martin (CANADA)
- MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics - Dresden - GERMANY
HYMAN Anthony (Host supervisor)
Role of the COP9 signalosome in regulating the action of the photomorphogenic repressor COP1
SULLIVAN James A. (UK)
Dept. of Molecular, Cell and Development Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
DENG Xing Wang (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of sister chromatid cohesion: structural studies of non-SMC cohesin proteins
SUTANI Takashi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Mol. Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
HARRISON Stephen C. (Host supervisor)
Design and applications of a GFP-based reporter for intracellular anion concentration in plant cells
THOMINE Sebastien (FRANCE)
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
JONES Russell L. (Host supervisor)
Elucidation of animal diversity by comparing Drosophila and Tribolium wing development
TOMOYASU Yoshinori (JAPAN)
Division of Biology - Kansas State University - Manhattan - USA
DENELL Robin E. (Host supervisor)
Structural studies of the dimeric p53 protein and its interactions with DNA
TUGARINOV Vitali (ISRAEL)
Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology - University of Toronto - Toronto - CANADA
KAY Lewis (Host supervisor)
The role of mismatch repair in antagonizing UV light-induced mutagenesis
VARLET Isabelle (FRANCE)
Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology - Oregon State University - Corvallis - USA
HAYS John B. (Host supervisor)
Endoderm cell migration in zebrafish gut development
VERKADE Heather (AUSTRALIA)
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA
STAINIER Didier (Host supervisor)
HEATH Joan K. (Host supervisor)
Function and structure of yeast septins
VERSELE Matthias (BELGIUM)
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
THORNER Jeremy (Host supervisor)
ALK receptor in the neuromuscular system: expression and mechanism of action
VIGNY Marc (FRANCE)
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy - University of Miami School of Medicine - Miami - USA