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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
A putative topoisomerase-helicase complex
BENNETT Richard J. (UK)
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
WANG James C. (Host supervisor)
Genetic dissection of programmed cell death in Drosophila
BERGMANN Andreas (GERMANY)
Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences - Massachusetts Inst. of Technology - Cambridge - USA
STELLER Hermann (Host supervisor)
Interplay of gibberellins and light in controlling floral induction
BLÁZQUEZ Miguel Ángel (SPAIN)
Plant Biology Lab. - The Salk Inst. for Biological Studies - San Diego - USA
WEIGEL Detlef (Host supervisor)
Structure and function of the light sensing complex SRI/HtrI of Halobacterium salinarium
BOLHUIS Henk (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Membrane Biochemistry - Max-Planck-Institute - Martinsried - GERMANY
OESTERHELT Dieter (Host supervisor)
Functional and anatomical organization of the human amygdala
BONDA Eva (GREECE)
Dept. of Psychiatry - University of California - Davis - USA
AMARAL David G. (Host supervisor)
Control of translation initiation in yeast mitochondria
BONNEFOY Nathalie (FRANCE)
Section of Genetics and Development - Cornell University - Ithaca - USA
FOX Thomas D. (Host supervisor)
Characterization of water channels in the human eye
BORGNIA Mario (ARGENTINA)
The Dept. of Biological Chemistry - The Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA
AGRE Peter C. (Host supervisor)
Cyclic nucleotide gated channels in cerebellar slices
BRADLEY Jonathan (USA)
Lab. of Neurobiology - Ecole Normale Supérieure - Paris - FRANCE
ASCHER Philippe (Host supervisor)
The ubiquitin-mediated proteolytic system and activation of transcription
BREITSCHOPF Kristin (GERMANY)
Dept. of Biochemistry - Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology - Haifa - ISRAEL
CIECHANOVER Aaron J. (Host supervisor)
Identification of factors downstream of a transcription factor specifying mesoderm
BRICKMAN Joshua (USA)
Lab. of Mammalian Development - National Institute for Medical Research - London - UK
BEDDINGTON Rosa S. (Host supervisor)
Identification of novel genes involved in early murine mes-/metencephalon development
BRIEGEL Karoline (GERMANY)
Developmental Genetics Program - New York University - New York - USA
JOYNER Alexandra (Host supervisor)
Sonic hedgehog signalling and motor neuron development
BRISCOE James (UK)
Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics - Columbia University - New York - USA
JESSELL Thomas (Host supervisor)
Rhodopsin kinase and desensitization in visual transduction
BRUEL Christophe (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
KHORANA Har Gobind (Host supervisor)
The role of proteins containing death domains in apoptosis
BURNS Kimberly A. (CANADA)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of Lausanne - Lausanne - SWITZERLAND
TSCHOPP Jurg (Host supervisor)
Identification of genes involved in mouse central nervous system development using gene trap approaches
CECCONI Francesco (ITALY)
- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry - Göttingen - GERMANY
GRUSS Peter (Host supervisor)
Signaling mechanisms controling growth cone guidance in the Drosophila visual system
CHOUARD Tanguy (FRANCE)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Los Angeles - USA
ZIPURSKY S. Lawrence (Host supervisor)
Role of amphiphysin family in endocytosis
CREMONA Ottavio (ITALY)
Dept. of Cell Biology - Yale University - New Haven - USA
DE CAMILLI Pietro (Host supervisor)
Identification of components of the TGFß related dpp signaling pathway in Drosophila
DAHMANN Christian (GERMANY)
Dept. of Zoology - University of Zürich - Zurich - SWITZERLAND
BASLER Konrad (Host supervisor)
Investigation of transient interactions in proteins using NMR and mutagenesis
DAMBERGER Fred (USA)
Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics - Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology - Zürich - SWITZERLAND
WÜTHRICH Kurt (Host supervisor)
Control of gene expression in anaerobiosis in response to nitrate disponibility in Escherichia coli
DELGADO Asuncion (SPAIN)
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics - University of California - Los Angeles - USA