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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
Molecular identification of dorsalizing factors present in Xenopus oocyte
YASUO Hitoyoshi (JAPAN)
Xenopus Molecular Embryology Group - Developmental Biology Institute - Marseille - FRANCE
LEMAIRE Patrick (Host supervisor)
Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of a Syp phosphatase SH2 domain: chemical shifts and dynamics
ZWAHLEN VINCENT Catherine (SWITZERLAND)
Biochemistry Research Div. - Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto - CANADA
FORMAN-KAY Julie (Host supervisor)
Molecular characterization of NA+-sensing and monovalent cation-sensing receptors
ABE Takaaki (JAPAN)
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
BROWN Edward M. (Host supervisor)
HEBERT Steven C. (Host supervisor)
Analysis on transcription-induced recombination mediated by simple repeat sequences
ABO Tatsuhiko (JAPAN)
- The Burnham Institute - La Jolla - USA
KOHWI Yoshinori (Host supervisor)
Role of acetylcholine in cognitive and attentional processes
ACQUAS Elio (ITALY)
Dept. of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Vancouver - CANADA
FIBIGER Hans C. (Host supervisor)
Modeling the coincidence detection mechanism in the auditory system of the barn owl
AGMON-SNIR Hagai (ISRAEL)
Mathematical Research Branch - NIDDK - Bethesda - USA
RINZEL John (Host supervisor)
Mitochondrial protein degradation
ARNASON Terra (CANADA)
Inst. für Physiologische Chemie - Universität München - München - GERMANY
LANGER Thomas (Host supervisor)
Regulation of mRNAs during early vertebrate development: The mechanism of poly(A) removal
ASTROM Jonas (SWEDEN)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of Madison-Wisconsin - Madison - USA
WICKENS Marvin P. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of MAP kinase pathways in Dictyostelium
AUBRY Laurence (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
FIRTEL Richard A. (Host supervisor)
Transplantation of genetically modified oligodendrocytes to repair disorders of myelin
BEN-HUR Tamir (ISRAEL)
Dpt. de Virologie - Institut Pasteur - Paris - FRANCE
DUBOIS-DALCQ Monique (Host supervisor)
The poly (A) tail and initiation of protein synthesis
BOECK Ronald Peter (SWITZERLAND)
Div. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
SACHS Alan B. (Host supervisor)
Analysis of the role of the homeobox gene goosecoid in embryonic morphogenesis
BOUWMEESTER Tewis (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
DE ROBERTIS Edward M. (Host supervisor)
Signal transduction pathways regulating late gene transcription factor GBF in Dictyostelium
BRISCOE Celia (UK)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - La Jolla - USA
FIRTEL Richard A. (Host supervisor)
Regulation of E2F transcriptional activation
CAMPANERO Miguel (SPAIN)
Div. of Tumor Virology - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Boston - USA
FLEMINGTON Erik K. (Host supervisor)
Molecular characterization of a DEAH-box protein involved in the release of mRNA
CHANFREAU Guillaume (FRANCE)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of California - San Francisco - USA
GUTHRIE Christine (Host supervisor)
Memory coding of the cerebral cortex and parahippocampal region in rats
CHO Yoon H. (KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH KOREA))
Dept. of Psychology - Boston University - Boston - USA
EICHENBAUM Howard B. (Host supervisor)
The transport of tobacco mosaic virus - movement-protein to and through plasmodesmata
COHEN Yuval (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Plant Biology - University of California - Berkeley - USA
ZAMBRYSKI Patricia C. (Host supervisor)
Investigation of the molecular mechanisms of alpha-helices associations in membrane proteins
COUNILLON Laurent (FRANCE)
Dept. of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry - Yale University - New Haven - USA
ENGELMAN Donald M. (Host supervisor)
Decoding calcium signals by multifunctional calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase
DE KONINCK Paul (CANADA)
Dept. of Neurobiology - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
SCHULMAN Howard (Host supervisor)
Structural and functional characterization of the small subunits of the mitochondrial receptor complex
DEKKER Peter J. T. (NETHERLANDS)
Biochemisches Institut - Universität Freiburg - Freiburg - GERMANY