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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
Long-range signaling in neurons
ANDERSEN Søren (DENMARK)
Department of Biology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
POO Mu-Ming (Host supervisor)
Structure determination of the DNA binding domain of dsRNA adenosine deaminase complexed with DNA in Z-conformation
ATHANASIADIS Alexander (GREECE)
Biology Department - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
RICH Alexander (Host supervisor)
Glial Ca2+ waves, transmitter release and control of blood flow in the retina
AUGER Céline (FRANCE)
Department of Physiology - University College London - London - UK
ATTWELL David (Host supervisor)
The molecular basis of ciliated mechanosensory transduction in Drosophila melanogaster
AVIDOR-REISS Tomer (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Biology and Neuroscience - University of California - La Jolla - USA
ZUKER Charles (Host supervisor)
Examination of the role of cadherin-based adhesion in the formation of central synapses
BAMJI Shernaz (CANADA)
Department of Physiology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
REICHARDT Louis F. (Host supervisor)
Molecular Study of Fos/FRAs influence in the vulnerability to cocaine
BARROT Michel (FRANCE)
Department of Psychiatry - Yale University - New Haven - USA
NESTLER Eric (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of ribonucleoprotein assembly, evolution and catalysis
BASSI Gurminder (UK)
Department of Chemistry - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - USA
WEEKS Kevin M. (Host supervisor)
Dynamics of temporal activity sequences in hippocampal and neocortical neural ensembles
BATTAGLIA Francesco (ITALY)
ARL Div. of Neural System, Memory and Aging - University of Arizona - Tucson - USA
MCNAUGHTON Bruce L. (Host supervisor)
The role of LRP in Alzheimer's disease, central nervous system function and development
BEFFERT Uwe (CANADA)
Department of Molecular Genetics - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas - USA
HERZ Joachim (Host supervisor)
Functional study of the ER stress sensors in mammalian cells
BERTOLOTTI Anne (FRANCE)
The Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine - New York University - New York - USA
RON David (Host supervisor)
Structure determination of myelin proteolipid protein by electron crystallography
BEVANS Carville (USA)
Department of Structural Biology - Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysics - Frankfurt / Main - GERMANY
UNGER Vinzenz M. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of telomere capping function in S. cerevisiae
BIANCHI Alessandro (ITALY)
Department of Molecular Biology - University of Geneva - Geneva - SWITZERLAND
SHORE David Mark (Host supervisor)
Coupling of directed vesicle traffic to localized intercellular adhesion at synapses
BIEDERER Thomas (GERMANY)
Dept. of Molecular Genetics - University of Texas - Dallas - USA
SUDHOF Thomas (Host supervisor)
Identification of novel genes involved in neuronal morphogenesis
BILLUART Pierre (FRANCE)
Department of Biological Sciences - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
LUO Liqun (Host supervisor)
Study of the physiological role of the uncoupling protein-3 using gene knockout and transgenic stategies
BOSS Olivier (SWITZERLAND)
Department of Medicine - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
LOWELL Bradford (Host supervisor)
Function of SR-BI in HDL/cholesterol metabolism and in atherosclerosis
BRAUN Anne (FRANCE)
Department of Biology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
KRIEGER Monty (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of the lipid antigen presentation by CD1 molecules
BRIKEN Volker (GERMANY)
Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy - Brigham and Women's Hospital - Boston - USA
PORCELLI Steven (Host supervisor)
Mitochondrial mechanisms in neuronal injury
BROCARD Jacques (FRANCE)
Department of Pharmacology - University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh - USA
REYNOLDS Ian J. (Host supervisor)
High resolution structural analysis of the chromatin fiber
BYSTRICKY Kerstin (GERMANY)
Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics - ETH Zurich - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
RICHMOND Timothy J. (Host supervisor)
Lytic granule biogenesis in mouse models of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
CAPLAN Steve (CANADA)
Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch - NICHD / NIH - Bethesda - USA