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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
The role of HSF1 for the repression of heat shock gene expression
TANABE Masako (JAPAN)
Department of Molecular Biology - Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston - USA
KINGSTON Robert E. (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of transmitter release and re-uptake at a giant mammalian presynaptic terminal - the Calyx of Held
TASCHENBERGER Holger (GERMANY)
Vollum Institute - Oregon Health Sciences University - Portland - USA
VON GERSDORFF Henrique (Host supervisor)
JAHR Craig E. (Host supervisor)
Lymphotoxins and lymphoid organogenesis. The search for follicular dendritic cell (FDC) specific genes
TKACHUK Maria (RUSSIA)
Department of Pathology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
WEISSMAN Irving (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of gamma-delta versus alpha-ß T cell lineage commitment
TRIGUEROS FERNANDEZ Cesar (SPAIN)
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund - London - UK
OWEN Michael J. (Host supervisor)
Identification of target genes of Drosophila wingless and DWnt2 and studying the specificity of two different Wnt pathways
TRIMBORN Tolleiv (NETHERLANDS)
Department of Developmental Biology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
NUSSE Roel (Host supervisor)
Analysis of myosin VII function in phagocytosis
TUXWORTH Richard (UK)
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroanatomy - University of Minnesota - Minneapolis - USA
TITUS Margaret A. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the CD1d-restricted mucosal NKT cell response. Role of intestinal epithelial cells
VAN DE WAL Yvonne (NETHERLANDS)
Gastroenterology Division - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
BLUMBERG Richard S. (Host supervisor)
CRESSWELL Peter (Host supervisor)
Role of syntaxins in polarized sorting pathways
VAN IJZENDOORN Sven (NETHERLANDS)
Department of Anatomy - University of California - San Francisco - USA
MOSTOV Keith E. (Host supervisor)
Anatomical basis for left-right asymmetries in spatial orienting under physiological and pathological conditions
VANDENBERGHE Rik (BELGIUM)
Dept. of Cognitive Neurol. and Alzheimer's Disease Center - Northwestern University Medical School - Chicago - USA
MESULAM Marsel (Host supervisor)
Regulation of cellular senescence and crisis
VAZIRI Homayoun (CANADA)
Department of Molecular Pharmacology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
WEINBERG Robert A. (Host supervisor)
Role of nitric oxide in the MPTP model of Parkinson's disease
VILA Miquel (SPAIN)
Department of Neurology - Columbia University - New York - USA
PRZEDBORSKI Serge (Host supervisor)
Dissecting the functions of Prp16 RNA unwindase in pre-mRNA splicing
VILLA Tommaso (ITALY)
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics - University of California - San Francisco - USA
GUTHRIE Christine (Host supervisor)
A search for novel cell death regulators and their role in tumourigenesis
VILLUNGER Andreas (AUSTRIA)
Molecular Genetics of Cancer Division - The Walter and Eliza Hall Inst. of Medical Research - Melbourne - AUSTRALIA
STRASSER Andreas (Host supervisor)
Molecular genetic studies of shoot apical meristem (SAM) development in Arabidopsis thaliana
VISHNEVETSKY Michael (ISRAEL)
Division of Biology - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena - USA
MEYEROWITZ Elliot (Host supervisor)
Function of low-voltage-activated channels in dendritic computation
WATANABE Shigeo (JAPAN)
Division of Neuroscience - Baylor College of Medicine - Houston - USA
JOHNSTON Daniel (Host supervisor)
Genetic analysis of adaptation in C. elegans
WEINKOVE David (UK)
Division of Molecular Biology - The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Amsterdam - NETHERLANDS
PLASTERK Ronald (Host supervisor)
Structural analysis of human class II TBP-associated factors and their complexes
WERTEN Sebastiaan (NETHERLANDS)
Crystallography Department - IGBMC - Illkirch - FRANCE
MORAS Dino (Host supervisor)
Role of Noggin in patterning the vertebrate central nervous system
WIJGERDE Mark (NETHERLANDS)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
MCMAHON Andrew (Host supervisor)
In vitro dissection of the non-homologous DNA end-joining repair pathway
WILLIAMS Brandi (USA)
Department of Zoology - Wellcome / CRC Institute - Cambridge - UK
JACKSON Stephen P. (Host supervisor)
Role of the winged helix gene Mfh1 in vertebral development
WILM Bettina (GERMANY)
Department of Cell Biology - Vanderbilt University - Nashville - USA