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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
Optical detection of single exocytotic events
KILIC Gordan (CROATIA)
Department of Physiology - University of Colorado Medical School - Denver - USA
BETZ William J. (Host supervisor)
Genetic analysis of early pattern formation in zebrafish development
KISHIMOTO Yasuyuki (JAPAN)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie - Tübingen - GERMANY
SCHULTE-MERKER Stefan (Host supervisor)
Molecular approaches towards pattern formation in the mammalian olfactory system
KOENTGES Georgy (GERMANY)
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
DULAC Catherine (Host supervisor)
Molecular control of neurogenesis in Xenopus embryos
KOYANO-NAKAGAWA Naoko (JAPAN)
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory - The Salk Institute for Biological Studies - La Jolla - USA
KINTNER Christopher R. (Host supervisor)
Identification and functional characterization of actin-binding proteins in plants
KUNKEL Tim (GERMANY)
Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
CHUA Nam-Hai (Host supervisor)
Role of Ran-binding domains in RanBP1 and nucleoporins in nucleocytoplasmic transport
KÜNZLER Markus (SWITZERLAND)
Institut für Biochemie - Ruprecht-Karls-Universität - Heidelberg - GERMANY
HURT Ed (Host supervisor)
The role of neuropoietic cytokines in Alzheimer's disease lesions
LAHAV Ronit (ISRAEL)
Department of Biology - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena - USA
PATTERSON Paul H. (Host supervisor)
cdc15, an essential gene for cell cycle control, study of its cellular role(s) and its regulation
LE GOFF Xavier (FRANCE)
Cell Cycle Control Unit - ISREC - Epalinges - SWITZERLAND
SIMANIS Viesturs (Host supervisor)
Function of the CREB transcription factor in long-term memory
LEMBERGER Thomas (SWITZERLAND)
Department of Molecular Biology of the Cell - German Cancer Research Center - Heidelberg - GERMANY
SCHÜTZ Günther (Host supervisor)
Investigation of Rho family GTPases and Phosphoinositides roles in plant cell polarity: model of pollen tube growth
LEMICHEZ Emmanuel (FRANCE)
Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
CHUA Nam-Hai (Host supervisor)
Search for pharmacophores involved in the invasion process of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites into erythrocytes
LIOY Eduardo (BELGIUM)
Instituto de Immunologia - Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Santafé de Bogota - COLOMBIA
PATARROYO Manuel Elkin (Host supervisor)
SWI/SNF complex mechanism of action
LOGIE Colin (FRANCE)
Department of Molecular Medicine - University of Massachusetts Medical Center - Worcester - USA
PETERSON Craig L. (Host supervisor)
Crystallographic studies on killer cell inhibitory receptor
MAENAKA Katsumi (JAPAN)
Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics - University of Oxford - Oxford - UK
STUART David (Host supervisor)
Structural studies on the serotonin 5HT1c receptor
MANCIA Filippo (ITALY)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics - Columbia University - New York - USA
HENDRICKSON Wayne A. (Host supervisor)
Excitotoxicity: a model system in C. elegans and identification of genes involved in neuronal cell death
MANO Itzhak (ISRAEL)
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry - Rutgers University - Piscataway - USA
DRISCOLL Monica (Host supervisor)
Physical factors controlling visual sensitivity
MARCOS Susana (SPAIN)
Schepens Eye Research Institute - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
BURNS Stephen A. (Host supervisor)
Functional properties of visual cortical neurons
MARTINEZ Luis M. (SPAIN)
Laboratory of Neurobiology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
WIESEL Torsten N. (Host supervisor)
Functional study of the role of TBP and its associated factors in the activation of transcription
MENCIA Mario (SPAIN)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
STRUHL Kevin (Host supervisor)
Initiation of human genome replication
MENDEZ Juan (SPAIN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
STILLMAN Bruce W. (Host supervisor)
DNA readout by human uracil-DNA glycosylase
MER Georges (FRANCE)
Department of Molecular Biology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA