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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
Neural basis of choice behavior
DORRIS Michael (CANADA)
Center for Neural Science - New York University - New York - USA
GLIMCHER Paul W. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of germ cell survival in C. elegans
ECKMANN Christian (AUSTRIA)
Department of Biochemistry - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Madison - USA
KIMBLE Judith (Host supervisor)
Elucidation of a Rac signaling pathway to actin assembly
EDEN Sharon (ISRAEL)
Department of Cell Biology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
KIRSCHNER Marc W. (Host supervisor)
Genetic and biochemical analysis of the budding yeast Arp2/3 complex
EGILE Coumaran (FRANCE)
Department of Cell Biology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
LI Rong (Host supervisor)
Targets of homeobox genes in the nematode C. elegans
EIZINGER Andreas (AUSTRIA)
Department of Developmental Biology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
KIM Stuart (Host supervisor)
Role of chemokine receptors in HIV viral fitness and replication capacity
ESTE José (VENEZUELA)
Department of Virology - Lerner Research Institute - Cleveland - USA
QUINONES-MATEU Miguel (Host supervisor)
Cross-modal integration in peripersonal space investigated with TMS in healthy subjects
FARNÈ Alessandro (ITALY)
Department of Psychology - Rice University - Houston - USA
RO Tony (Host supervisor)
Calcium currents in Pukinje cells of the neurological mutant mouse ducky
FELIX Ricardo (MEXICO)
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques - Faculté de Médecine Nord - Marseille - FRANCE
DE WAARD Michel (Host supervisor)
Activation of dopamine neurons by conditioned stimuli
FIORILLO Christopher (USA)
Department of Anatomy - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
SCHULTZ Wolfram (Host supervisor)
Differential roles of inhibitory interneurons in Gamma frequency oscillations in the hippocampus in vitro
FISAHN André (GERMANY)
Lab. of Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology - NICHD / NIH - Bethesda - USA
MCBAIN Christopher J. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of structural features of antibodies required for recognition of haptens
FISCHER Nicolas (SWITZERLAND)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Medical Research Council - Cambridge - UK
WINTER Gregory P. (Host supervisor)
Purification and crystallization of the yeast RSC protein complex
FITZGERALD Daniel J. (USA)
Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics - ETH - Hoenggerberg - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
RICHMOND Timothy J. (Host supervisor)
Hippocampal-prefrontal cortical plasticity and its modulation by dopamine: electrophysiological and behavioral analyses
FLORESCO Stanley (CANADA)
Department of Neuroscience - University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh - USA
GRACE Anthony (Host supervisor)
Development of novel p53-derived proteinomimetics: a tool for overcoming p53 mutations
FRIEDLER Assaf (ISRAEL)
Centre for Protein Engineering - Medical Research Council - Cambridge - UK
FERSHT Alan (Host supervisor)
Targeted disruption of the gene encoding the protein kinase RSK4 in mouse embryonic stem cells
FRÖDIN Morten (DENMARK)
Unit of Developmental Biology - Pasteur Institute - Paris - FRANCE
BABINET Charles (Host supervisor)
Physiological techniques for evaluating corticospinal tract function
GALEA Mary (AUSTRALIA)
Department of Neurophysiology - University College London - London - UK
LEMON Roger N. (Host supervisor)
Endotheliel Cells, Permeability, Cell Junctions
GAMBLE Jennifer Ruth (AUSTRALIA)
Department of Pathology - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
IMHOF Beat (Host supervisor)
Genetic and optical imaging approaches to study synaptic growth and plasticity
GANESH Chandramowli (INDIA)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
ISACOFF Ehud Y. (Host supervisor)
Roles of retinoid signaling in ventral forebrain patterning and differentiation
GAREL Sonia (FRANCE)
Department of Psychiatry - University of California - San Francisco - USA
RUBENSTEIN John L.R. (Host supervisor)
In vivo role of dendritic cells in host-virus interactions in a mouse model of HIV infection
GEISSMANN Frederic (FRANCE)
Skirball Institute - New York University Medical Center - New York - USA