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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
Neuronal RNA-binding protein function studied through analysis of the Nova paraneoplastic neurologic disease antigen
RUGGIU Matteo (ITALY)
Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-Oncology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
DARNELL Robert B. (Host supervisor)
Development and function of the dopaminergic system in zebrafish
RYU Soojin (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Department of Developmental Biology - University of Freiburg - Freiburg - GERMANY
DRIEVER Wolfgang (Host supervisor)
The physiological role of Rab3A in synaptic vesicle fusion in Ca2+ dependent neurotransmitter release
SAKISAKA Toshiaki (JAPAN)
Department of Cell Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
BALCH William E. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of cadherin-like neural receptor (CNR) expression
SATIJN David (NETHERLANDS)
Department of Biology - University of California, San Diego - La Jolla - USA
MURRE Cornelis (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of the cellular localization of TrkB receptors at central nervous system (CNSs) synapses
SATTLER Rita (GERMANY)
Department of Neuroscience - The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Baltimore - USA
HUGANIR Richard (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms underlying notch endocycle-promoting activity in the follicle cells of Drosophila oogenesis
SCHAEFFER Valérie (FRANCE)
Department of Biochemistry - University of Washington - Seattle - USA
RUOHOLA-BAKER Hannele (Host supervisor)
COHEN Stephen M. (Host supervisor)
tRNA adenosine deaminases: substrate recognition and functions of wobble inosine in translation and aminoacylation
SCHAUB Myriam (FRANCE)
Division of Cell Biology - Biocenter / University of Basel - Basel - SWITZERLAND
KELLER Walter (Host supervisor)
Role of the reticular formation in movement and posture
SCHEPENS Bénédicte (BELGIUM)
Département de Physiologie - Université de Montréal - Montréal - CANADA
DREW Trevor (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of ligand-receptor interaction in Wingless signaling
SCHOCK Frieder (GERMANY)
Department of Genetics - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
PERRIMON Norbert (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the mitochondrial effects of proapoptodic bcl-2 family molecules
SCORRANO Luca (ITALY)
Department of Cancer, Immunology and AIDS - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Boston - USA
KORSMEYER Stanley J. (Host supervisor)
The control of mRNA stability in response to extracellular stimuli
SHIM Jaekyung (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Department of Pharmacology - University of California, San Diego - La Jolla - USA
KARIN Michael (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms underlying the differential targeting of calcium channels at neurotransmitter release sites
SPAFFORD J. David (CANADA)
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology - Free University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam - NETHERLANDS
SMIT August B. (Host supervisor)
Neural stem cell cilium: characterization and function
SPASSKY Nathalie (FRANCE)
Department of Neurosurgery Research - University of San Francisco - San Francisco - USA
ALVAREZ-BUYLLA Arturo (Host supervisor)
Subregionalized specification of muscle cell identity in the somite
SPORLE Ralf (GERMANY)
Unité de Génétique Moléculaire du Développement - Institut Pasteur - Paris - FRANCE
BUCKINGHAM Margaret (Host supervisor)
A gene trap screen in Xenopus tropicalis to isolate genes involved in anterior patterning
SRINIVAS Shankar (INDIA)
Division of Developmental Biology - National Institute for Medical Research - London - UK
SMITH James C. (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of chemokine-mediated integrin activation in vivo
STEIN Jens (GERMANY)
Department of Immunology and Oncology - Universidad Autonoma de Madrid - Madrid - SPAIN
MARTINEZ-A Carlos (Host supervisor)
Sister chromatid separation in vertebrates: biochemical characterization of separin and downstream substrates
STEMMANN Olaf (GERMANY)
Department of Cell Biology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
KIRSCHNER Marc W. (Host supervisor)
The role of the glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors in learning and memory
STRIDE Brenda (CANADA)
Dept. of Molecular Biology of the Cell - German Cancer Research Center - Heidelberg - GERMANY
SCHÜTZ Günther (Host supervisor)
Biogenesis of yeast telomerase
TEIXEIRA FERNANDES Maria Teresa (PORTUGAL)
Telomere Research Unit - ISREC - Epalinges - SWITZERLAND
LINGNER Joachim (Host supervisor)
Signaling by Frizzled receptors: how is specificity achieved?
TEN BERGE Derk (NETHERLANDS)
Department of Developmental Biology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA