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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
Investigation of the granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor [G-CSF] with its receptor at the molecular level
MITTARD Virginie (FRANCE)
Department of Biochemistry - University of Oxford - Oxford - UK
CAMPBELL Iain D. (Host supervisor)
Study of a mechanosensory ion channel directly involved in neurodegeneration
MOLINA-PACHON Antonio (SPAIN)
Department of Biological Sciences - Columbia University - New York - USA
CHALFIE Martin (Host supervisor)
Establishing neuronal cell lines that propagate prions in culture
MOORE Richard C. (UK)
Department of Neurology - University of California - San Francisco - USA
PRUSINER Stanley B. (Host supervisor)
Transgenic expression of rhodopsin and substance K receptor in taste receptor cells
MORIYAMA Kosei (JAPAN)
Department of Physiology and Biophysics - Mount Sinai School of Medicine - New York - USA
MARGOLSKEE Robert (Host supervisor)
Integration of spatial and motivational information in rat accumbens neurons
MULDER Antonius (NETHERLANDS)
Lab. de Physiologie de la Perception et de l'Action - CNRS - Collège de France - Paris - FRANCE
WIENER Sidney I. (Host supervisor)
Role of inositolphosphoceramides in sorting and transport of GPI anchored proteins in yeast
MUNIZ Manuel (SPAIN)
Department of Biochemistry - University of Basel - Basel - SWITZERLAND
RIEZMAN Howard (Host supervisor)
Identification of the neuroanatomical substrates mediating fear
NADER Karim (CANADA)
Center for Neural Science - New York University - New York - USA
LEDOUX Joseph E. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of ascidian development by expression cloning
NAKATANI Yuki (JAPAN)
Neuroscience Research Institute - University of California - Santa Barbara - USA
SMITH William C. (Host supervisor)
Genetic and molecular analyses of APETALA1 in Arabidopsis
NG Hein (HONG KONG, CHINA)
Department of Biology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
YANOFSKY Martin F. (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: the role of connexins in glial cell homeostasis
NICHOLSON Simone M. (CANADA)
Neurovirology and Regeneration of the Nervous System - Institut Pasteur - Paris - FRANCE
BRUZZONE Roberto (Host supervisor)
Stability and effect on gene expression of intronic expanded GAA repeats in transgenic mouse model
OHSHIMA Keiichi (JAPAN)
Centre de Recherche Louis-Charles Simard - Université de Montréal - Montréal - CANADA
PANDOLFO Massimo (Host supervisor)
Regulation of p27Kipl by CDK and MAP kinases
OLIVIER Jean Paul (CANADA)
Division of Basic Sciences - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Seattle - USA
ROBERTS James M. (Host supervisor)
The role of B7-CD28-CTLA4-mediated costimulation in (auto)immunity
OOSTERWEGEL Mariëtte (NETHERLANDS)
Department of Pathology - Brigham's and Women's Hospital - Boston - USA
SHARPE Arlene H. (Host supervisor)
Study of NURF interactions with transcription factors and nucleosomes
OSSIPOW Vincent (SWITZERLAND)
National Cancer Institute - National Institutes of Health - Bethesda - USA
WU Carl (Host supervisor)
Generation of a soluble ligand-binding domain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for X-ray crystallography
PAAS Yoav (ISRAEL)
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory - Pasteur Institute - Paris - FRANCE
CHANGEUX Jean-Pierre (Host supervisor)
Free energy surfaces for protein folding by theory and experiment
PACI Emanuele (ITALY)
New Chemistry Laboratory - University of Oxford - Oxford - UK
DOBSON Christopher (Host supervisor)
Free energy determinants of molecular recognition and binding
POLTICELLI Fabio (ITALY)
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics - Columbia University - New York - USA
HONIG Barry (Host supervisor)
Involvement of CREB in the control of synaptic plasticity at hippocampal excitatory synapses
PONCER Jean Christophe (FRANCE)
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
MALINOW Roberto (Host supervisor)
Astrocytic involvement in hippocampal circuitry
PORTER James (USA)
Laboratory of Neurobiology - ESPCI - Paris - FRANCE
ROSSIER Jean (Host supervisor)
Identification and characterization of molecular signalling requirements for follicular localisation of B cells
REIF Karin (GERMANY)
Department of Microbiology and Immunology - University of California - San Francisco - USA