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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.
- News & Impact
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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
Studies on the conformational transition of the Prion protein
ZULIANELLO Laurence (FRANCE)
Department of Neurology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
PRUSINER Stanley B. (Host supervisor)
Genetic dissection of pharyngeal pumping: what MEKs a worm eat?
ZWAAL Richard (NETHERLANDS)
Department of Molecular Biology and Oncology - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas - USA
AVERY Leon (Host supervisor)
Genetic dissection of memory in C. elegans
ALKEMA Mark (NETHERLANDS)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
HORVITZ H. Robert (Host supervisor)
Electrical and neurotrophic modulation of developing central synapses
BERNINGER Benedikt (GERMANY)
Dept. of Biological Sciences - Columbia University - New York - USA
POO Mu-Ming (Host supervisor)
T-DNA targeted by VirD2 fusion proteins
CROUZET Philippe (FRANCE)
- Friedrich-Miescher-Institute - Basel - SWITZERLAND
HOHN Barbara (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the G alpha-subunit domains which determine the specificity of G alpha-receptor interactions
FISHBURN Simone (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Cellular and Mol. Pharmacology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
BOURNE Henry R (Host supervisor)
Initiation mechanism of human chromosomal replication
IIZUKA Masayoshi (JAPAN)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
STILLMAN Bruce W. (Host supervisor)
Role of LIM homeobox genes in the development of central nervous system
KUDOH Tetsuhiro (JAPAN)
- Nat. Inst. of Child Health and Human Development - Bethesda - USA
DAWID Igor (Host supervisor)
Classification and alignment of protein domains on the basis of three-dimensional structures
MIZUGUCHI Kenji (JAPAN)
Lab. of Molecular Biology - University of London - London - UK
BLUNDELL Tom (Host supervisor)
RNA-directed DNA methylation (RDDM) and viroid pathogenicity
PELISSIER Thierry (FRANCE)
Viroid Research Department - Max-Planck-Institute - Martinsried - GERMANY
SÄNGER Heinz Ludwig (Host supervisor)
Crystallization and x-ray structure determination of the tyrosine kinase Lck
SICHERI Frank (CANADA)
Dept. of Molecular Biophysics - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
KURIYAN John (Host supervisor)
Transcriptional control of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors by growth inhibitory signals
ULLOA Luis (SPAIN)
Cell Biology and Genetic Program - Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - New York - USA
MASSAGUE Joan (Host supervisor)
The role of Bet3p in ER to Golgi transport
ABELIOVICH Hagai (ISRAEL)
Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine - University of California - La Jolla - USA
FERRO-NOVICK Susan (Host supervisor)
Development of gene therapy for autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
ALLAMAND Valérie (FRANCE)
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics - University of Iowa - Iowa City - USA
CAMPBELL Kevin (Host supervisor)
Control of neuronal activity by astrocytes in rat hippocampal slices and cell cultures
ARAQUE Alfonso (SPAIN)
Dept. of Zoology and Genetics - Iowa State University - Ames - USA
HAYDON Philip (Host supervisor)
LIM homeobox gene function in motor neuron development
ARBER Silvia (SWITZERLAND)
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics - Columbia University - New York - USA
JESSELL Thomas (Host supervisor)
Processing limitations in visual attention
ARNELL Karen (CANADA)
Applied Psychology Unit - Medical Research Council - Cambridge - UK
DUNCAN John (Host supervisor)
Prohibitin function in yeast and mammalian cell growth and senescence
AUSTRIACO Nicanor (PHILIPPINES)
Transformation Studies Lab. - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research - London - UK
JAT Parmjit Singh (Host supervisor)
Cellular mechanisms of network processing in the primary visual cortex
AZOUZ Rony (ISRAEL)
Center for Neuroscience - University of California - Davis - USA
GRAY Charles M. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism of receptor recycling in yeast
BABST Markus (SWITZERLAND)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute - University of California - La Jolla - USA