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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
Analysis of Eph tyrosine kinase signalling pathways in C. elegans
CHIN-SANG Ian (CANADA)
Department of Biology - University of California - Santa Cruz - USA
CHISHOLM Andrew D. (Host supervisor)
The role of antigen density on CD4+ T cell activation and cell cycle control
CLARKE Sally R. (AUSTRALIA)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - University of Washington - Seattle - USA
RUDENSKY Alexander (Host supervisor)
Genetic approaches to the role of dendritic cells in immune regulation
CLAUSEN Björn (GERMANY)
Lab. of Cellular Physiology and Immunology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
STEINMAN Ralph M. (Host supervisor)
The functional consequences of dynamin I phosphorylation and subcellular localization in endocytosis
COUSIN Michael A. (UK)
Cell Signalling Unit - Children's Medical Research Institute - Wentworthville - AUSTRALIA
ROBINSON Phillip J. (Host supervisor)
Structural studies of Galpha interacting protein
DE ALBA Eva (SPAIN)
Lab. of Biophysical Chemistry - NIH - Bethesda - USA
TJANDRA Nico (Host supervisor)
The role of the c-Ab1 tyrosine kinase in integrin-dependent signal transduction in hematopoietic cells
DEL POZO BARRIUSO Miguel Angel (SPAIN)
Department of Vascular Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
SCHWARTZ Martin (Host supervisor)
Role of catalytic subunit myristylation in PKA function
DESSEYN Jean-Luc (FRANCE)
Department of Pharmacology - University of Washington - Seattle - USA
MCKNIGHT G. Stanley (Host supervisor)
In vivo functional analysis of gamma-subunit of cGMP-PDE in photo-signal transduction cascade
DOI Kentaro (JAPAN)
Department of Ophthalmology - Columbia University - New York - USA
GOURAS Peter (Host supervisor)
DNA rearrangements in Tetrahymena: molecular mechanisms and epigenetic regulation
DUHARCOURT Sandra (FRANCE)
Division of Basic Sciences - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Seattle - USA
YAO Meng-Chao (Host supervisor)
Retinoic acid and anteroposterior axis specification
DUPE Valérie (FRANCE)
Department of Developmental Neurobiology - UMDS - London - UK
LUMSDEN Andrew G. (Host supervisor)
Switching the site of cell division from the medial to the polar position in B. subtilis
EICHENBERGER Patrick (SWITZERLAND)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
LOSICK Richard M. (Host supervisor)
Mechanisms of retinal axon guidance through the mammalian optic chiasm
ERSKINE Lynda (UK)
Department of Pathology - Columbia University - New York - USA
MASON Carol (Host supervisor)
The mRNA masking/demasking mechanism: the role of the major mRNP protein p50 in regulation of mRNA translation
EVDOKIMOVA Valentina (UKRAINE)
Department of Biochemistry - McGill University - Montreal - CANADA
SONENBERG Nahum (Host supervisor)
What stops oligodendrocyte precursor cell proliferation?
FERNANDEZ Pierre-Alain (FRANCE)
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology - University College London - London - UK
RAFF Martin (Host supervisor)
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