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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
Potassium channel domain structure, function and interaction
YOSHIKAWA Fumio (JAPAN)
Department of Physiology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
JAN Lily Yeh (Host supervisor)
The biosynthesis of the lipophosphoglycan glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor in Leishmania donovani
ZUFFEREY Rachel (SWITZERLAND)
Department of Molecular Microbiology - Washington University - St. Louis - USA
BEVERLEY Stephen M. (Host supervisor)
Role of serine proteases and their inhibitors on synapse plasticity in the living mice
AKAABOUNE Mohammed (MOROCCO)
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology - Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis - USA
LICHTMAN Jeff W. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of the cell cycle under osmotic stress by HOG1
ALBERTYN Jacobus (SOUTH AFRICA)
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Rice University - Houston - USA
GUSTIN Michael C. (Host supervisor)
Structure determination and metal binding study of the hairpin ribozyme by NMR
ALLAIN Frederic (FRANCE)
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
FEIGON Juli (Host supervisor)
Cellular genetics of Ca2+-dependent and Ca2+-independent signalling in Arabidopsis guard cells
ALLEN Gethyn (UK)
Department of Biology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
SCHROEDER Julian (Host supervisor)
Analyzing the involvement of proteins in vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter release
ASHERY Uri (ISRAEL)
Department of Membrane Biophysics - Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry - Göttingen - GERMANY
NEHER Erwin (Host supervisor)
Mechanism of involvement of the NMDA receptor in neuronal development and synaptogenesis
AUERBACH Jonathan (ISRAEL)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology - NINDS / NIH - Bethesda - USA
MCKAY Ronald D. (Host supervisor)
Modulation of long-term depression by synaptic inhibition in cerebellar Purkinje cells
BARBARA Jean Gaël (FRANCE)
Department of Physiology - New York Medical College - Valhalla - USA
ROSS William (Host supervisor)
Isolation and characterization of the human crm1 homolog, a potential repressor of c-jun and AP-1 activity
BAUD Véronique (FRANCE)
Department of Pharmacology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
KARIN Michael (Host supervisor)
Structural analysis of an RNA helicase: eIF4A
BELLSOLELL Luis (SPAIN)
Laboratories of Molecular Biophysics - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
BURLEY Stephen K. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of the p62 complex - a component of the nuclear pore complex
BEN-EFRAIM Iris (ISRAEL)
Department of Cell Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
GERACE Larry (Host supervisor)
Modulators of meiotic chromosome structure
BLAT Yuval (ISRAEL)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
KLECKNER Nancy (Host supervisor)
The molecular basis of circadian rhythms
BLAU M. Justin (UK)
Laboratory of Genetics - Rockefeller University - New York - USA
YOUNG Michael W. (Host supervisor)
Identification of a novel ligand for integrin alpha8ß1 required for kidney morphogenesis
BRANDENBERGER Ralph (SWITZERLAND)
Department of Physiology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
REICHARDT Louis F. (Host supervisor)
Control of target genes by the floral regulator LEAFY
BUSCH Maximilian (AUSTRIA)
Plant Biology Laboratories - The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - San Diego - USA
WEIGEL Detlef (Host supervisor)
Effects of anesthetics on brain energy metabolism and synaptic transmission
CADAS Hugues (FRANCE)
Institute of Physiology - University of Lausanne - Lausanne - SWITZERLAND
MAGISTRETTI Pierre (Host supervisor)
New methods to introduce genes in neuronal precursors of the adult brain
CAILLE Isabelle (FRANCE)
Neurogenesis Laboratory - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
ALVAREZ-BUYLLA Arturo (Host supervisor)
Regulation of alternative splicing in human immunodeficiency virus type 1
CAPUTI Massimo (ITALY)
Department of Biology - University of California - Santa Cruz - USA
ZAHLER Alan M. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of factors that modulate 3' splice site selection
CARTEGNI Luca (ITALY)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA