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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
Study of a nuclear pore complex protein which interacts with ran
DELPHIN Christian (FRANCE)
- The Scripps Research Inst. - La Jolla - USA
GERACE Larry (Host supervisor)
Molecular and cellular control of forebrain development
DIETRICH Susanne (GERMANY)
Div. of Anatomy and Cell Biology - Guy's Hospital - London - UK
LUMSDEN Andrew G. (Host supervisor)
Control of the metaphase to anaphase transition
DONOVAN Joseph (UK)
- Cold Spring Harbor Lab. - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
FUTCHER A. Bruce (Host supervisor)
What stops precursor cell proliferation?
DURAND Beatrice (FRANCE)
MRC Lab. for Molecular Cell Biology - University College London - London - UK
RAFF Martin (Host supervisor)
Characterization of the role of Pax-6 during Drosophila eye development
EDELMANN Lambert (GERMANY)
Dept. of Cell Biology - University of Basel - Basel - SWITZERLAND
GEHRING Walter (Host supervisor)
Molecular dynamics of preprotein translocation across biological membranes
EICHLER Jerry (CANADA)
Dept. of Biochemistry - Dartmouth Medical School - Hanover - USA
WICKNER William (Host supervisor)
Molecular genetics of the developing cerebral cortex
EKSIOGLU Yaman (TURKEY)
Beth Israel Hospital - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
WALSH Christopher A. (Host supervisor)
Protein-protein interactions during neurotransmitter release
EL FAR Oussama (FRANCE)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung - Frankfurt - GERMANY
BETZ Heinrich (Host supervisor)
Transkingdom gene transfer from Agrobacterium to plant cells
ESCUDERO Jesus (SPAIN)
Inst. of Molecular Plant Sciences - Leiden University - Leiden - NETHERLANDS
HOOYKAAS Paul (Host supervisor)
Origins of the slow folding of proteins containing only ß-sheet
EYLES Stephen James (UK)
Dept. of Chemistry - University of Massachusetts - Amherst - USA
GIERASCH Lila (Host supervisor)
Use of the two-hybrid system to identify genes involved in peroxisome biogenesis
FABER Klaas (NETHERLANDS)
Dept. of Biology - University of California San Diego - La Jolla - USA
SUBRAMANI Suresh (Host supervisor)
Identification of proteins that interact with huntingtin
FABER Pieter Wiebren (NETHERLANDS)
Molecular Neurogenetics Unit - Massachusetts General Hospital East - Charlestown - USA
MACDONALD Marcy E. (Host supervisor)
Reconstitution and analysis of a rab-dependence of SNARE complex assembly
FIEDLER Klaus (GERMANY)
Rockefeller Research Lab. - Sloan-Kettering Inst. - New York - USA
ROTHMAN James (Host supervisor)
Structure of the cysteine-rich domain of macrophage scavenger receptor type I
FLETCHER Christopher Mark (UK)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
WAGNER Gerhard (Host supervisor)
Functions of BTK gene signaling pathway
FLUCKIGER Anne-Catherine (FRANCE)
Howard Hughes Medical Inst. - University of California - Los Angeles - USA
WITTE Owen N. (Host supervisor)
Identification of cis- and trans-acting factors involved in mRNA transport
FORTES Purificacion (SPAIN)
- European Molecular Biology Lab. - Heidelberg - GERMANY
MATTAJ Iain (Host supervisor)
Screening for mutations affecting the polarity of nuclei in the Drosophila blastoderm embryo
FRANCIS-LANG Helen L. (UK)
Dept. of Biology - University of California - Santa Cruz - USA
SULLIVAN William T. (Host supervisor)
Computer simulation of protein folding
FUKUNISHI Yoshifumi (JAPAN)
Dept. of Chemistry - Rutgers State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick - USA
LEVY Ronald M. (Host supervisor)
Cofactors for Drosophila homeotic gene products
FUSE Naoyuki (JAPAN)
Dept. of Molecular Biology and Genetics - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore - USA
BEACHY Philip (Host supervisor)
"In vivo" role of the adhesion molecule integrin VLA-4 in haematopoiesis
GARCIA ARROYO Alicia (SPAIN)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA