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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 physiological pharmacodynamics of postsynaptic glutamate receptors
UTESHEV Vladimir (RUSSIA)
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics - University of Vermont - Burlington - USA
PATLAK Joseph (Host supervisor)
Cloning and characterization of weak localiser
VAN EEDEN Fredericus (NETHERLANDS)
Wellcome/CRC Institute - University of Cambridge - Cambridge - UK
ST JOHNSTON Daniel (Host supervisor)
Vascular morphogenesis: positional cloning of the VMCM2 gene
VIKKULA Miikka (FINLAND)
Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry - ICP - Brussels - BELGIUM
VAN SCHAFTINGEN Emile (Host supervisor)
Study of the Numb phosphotyrosine binding (PTB) domain by nuclear magnetic resonance
VINCENT Sébastien (SWITZERLAND)
Department of Medical Genetics - University of Toronto - Toronto - CANADA
KAY Lewis (Host supervisor)
PAWSON Anthony James (Host supervisor)
Dorsal-ventral gene expression in the early development of Xenopus
WESSELY Oliver (AUSTRIA)
Department of Biological Chemistry - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
DE ROBERTIS Edward M. (Host supervisor)
Biochemical, kinetic and structural characterization of nitrite reductase from ps. aeruginosa
WILSON Emma K. (UK)
Department of Biochemical Science and Molecular Biology - University of Rome "La Sapienza" - Rome - ITALY
BRUNORI Maurizio (Host supervisor)
Unilateral neglect and memory after parietal damage
WOJCIULIK Ewa (CANADA)
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience - University College London - London - UK
DRIVER Jonathon (Host supervisor)
Calcium clearance mechanisms at mammalian presynaptic terminals
WU Ling-Gang (CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Department of Cell Physiology - Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research - Heidelberg - GERMANY
SAKMANN Bert (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanism that controls neuronal pathway recognition
YOSHIKAWA Shingo (JAPAN)
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory - The Salk Institute - La Jolla - USA
THOMAS John B. (Host supervisor)
Direct monitoring of T cell receptor-MHC/peptide recognition on living cells
ZAL Tomasz (POLAND)
Department of Immunology - The Scripps Research Institute - La Jolla - USA
GASCOIGNE Nicholas (Host supervisor)
The in vivo measurement of intracellular signal transduction pathway activity using novel GFP reporter systems
ZEIDLER Martin (UK)
Department of Genetics - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
PERRIMON Norbert (Host supervisor)
Analysis of synaptic rewiring and differentiation of class-D neurons in C. elegans
ZHEN Mei (CANADA)
Department of Biology - University of California - Santa Cruz - USA
JIN Yishi (Host supervisor)
K+ channels in insects: new targets, new blockers and rapid screens
ZILBERBERG Noam (ISRAEL)
Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
GOLDSTEIN Steve A. N. (Host supervisor)
Structural analysis of membrane-bound retrovirus Gag proteins
ZUBER Guy (FRANCE)
Department of Molecular Microbiology - Vollum Institute - Portland - USA
BARKLIS Eric (Host supervisor)
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