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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
Role of ceramides in receptor-mediated endocytosis in yeast
FRIANT Sylvie (FRANCE)
Department of Biochemistry - University of Basel - Basel - SWITZERLAND
RIEZMAN Howard (Host supervisor)
Radial pattern formation in plant shoots
FUKAKI Hidehiro (JAPAN)
Department of Biology - New York University - New York - USA
BENFEY Philip (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of DNA recognition by P22 Arc repressor
GAZIT Ehud (ISRAEL)
Department of Biology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
SAUER Robert T. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of Fas-L expression and Fas signalling in T lymphocytes
GENESTIER Laurent (FRANCE)
Department of Cellular Immunology - La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology - San Diego - USA
GREEN Douglas (Host supervisor)
Identification of molecules that control target recognition and collateral branching of layer 5 cortical neurons
GESEMANN Matthias (SWITZERLAND)
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory - The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - La Jolla - USA
O'LEARY Dennis (Host supervisor)
Study of the role of alpha-synuclein and neurofilaments in Lewy bodies formation
GIASSON Benoît (CANADA)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - USA
LEE Virginia (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms underlying synapse-specific long-term facilitation in Aplysia
GIUSTETTO Maurizio (ITALY)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Columbia University - New York - USA
KANDEL Eric (Host supervisor)
Retrograde signalling at inhibitory synapses in rat hippocampal slices
GLITSCH Maike (GERMANY)
University Laboratory of Physiology - Oxford University - Oxford - UK
JACK James Julian B. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of thymic function in humans
GONGORA Rafael (SPAIN)
Dept. of Medicine/Dev. and Clinical Immunology - University of Alabama - Birmingham - USA
COOPER Max D. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of signalling via Pyk2, FRS2 or Shc protein
GOTOH Noriko (JAPAN)
Department of Pharmacology - New York Medical Center - New York - USA
SCHLESSINGER Joseph (Host supervisor)
Control of cell division axis choice in C. elegans
GOTTA Monica (ITALY)
Department of Genetics - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
AHRINGER Julie (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms underlying plasmid stability in yeast
GRAINGE Ian (UK)
Department of Microbiology - University of Texas - Austin - USA
JAYARAM Makkuni (Host supervisor)
Molecular study of regional specification of the vertebrate endoderm
GRAPIN-BOTTON Anne (FRANCE)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
MELTON Douglas A. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of chromatin remodeling by Drosophila NURF
HAMICHE Ali (ALGERIA)
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology - NCI / NIH - Bethesda - USA
WU Carl (Host supervisor)
Analyzing a light-regulated developmental switch in Arabidopsis thaliana
HARDTKE Christian (GERMANY)
Department of Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
DENG Xing Wang (Host supervisor)
Characterization of a novel PKC anchoring protein in the modulation of N-type calcium channel
HASSON Arik (ISRAEL)
Biotechnology Laboratory - University of British Columbia - Vancouver - CANADA
SNUTCH Terrance (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the anti-apoptotic function of Drosophila IAPs
HAWKINS Christine (AUSTRALIA)
Division of Biology - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena - USA
HAY Bruce A. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of ergosterol as a novel requirement for endocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
HEESE-PECK Antje (GERMANY)
Department of Biochemistry - Biozentrum of the University of Basel - Basel - SWITZERLAND
RIEZMAN Howard (Host supervisor)
Development of a miniature two-photon microscope to image neuronal activity in freely moving animals
HELMCHEN Fritjof (GERMANY)
Biological Computation Research Department - Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill - USA
DENK Winfried (Host supervisor)
The mechanism of retrograde transport in neurons
HERREROS Judit (SPAIN)
Department of Molecular Neuropathobiology - Imperial Cancer Research Fund - London - UK