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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
Identification of wingless signalling components in Drosophila
LOPES DA SILVA Sofia (NETHERLANDS)
Howard Hughes Medical Inst. - Stanford University - Stanford - USA
NUSSE Roel (Host supervisor)
The genetic mechanisms regulating the transition from embryogeny to postgermination in higher plants
LOTAN Tamar (ISRAEL)
Div. of Biological Sciences - University of California - Davis - USA
HARADA John J. (Host supervisor)
The role of synaptotagmin in calcium-dependent exocytosis
LUND Per-Eric (SWEDEN)
- MPI für Experimentelle Medizin - Göttingen - GERMANY
STÜHMER Walter (Host supervisor)
Analysis of DNA binding by RNA polymerase alpha subunit
LUQUE Ignacio (SPAIN)
Waksman Inst. - State University of New Jersey - Piscataway - USA
GELINAS Céline (Host supervisor)
Computer simulation of metallo-enzyme catalysed reactions
LYNE Paul D. (IRELAND)
Dept. of Chemistry - Harvard University - Cambridge - USA
KARPLUS Martin (Host supervisor)
Molecular identification of dorsalizing factors in Xenopus oocyte
MARIKAWA Yusuke (JAPAN)
Dept. of Zoology - University of Toronto - Toronto - CANADA
ELINSON Richard P. (Host supervisor)
The role of Pax3 in the induction of the myogenic bHLH genes in somitic cells
MAROTO Miguel (SPAIN)
Dept. of Biol. Chemistry and Mol. Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
LASSAR Andrew B. (Host supervisor)
E1A associated-p300 and CBP (creb binding protein): relationship between cell growth and differentiation control and cAMP-dependent transcription
MARTELLI Fabio (ITALY)
- Dana Farber Cancer Inst. - Boston - USA
LIVINGSTON David M. (Host supervisor)
Structure-function relationship of a cloned plant K+ channel studied by mutagenesis and electrophysiological approaches
MARTEN Irene (GERMANY)
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics - University of Iowa - Iowa City - USA
HOSHI Toshinori (Host supervisor)
Analysis of primary neuron differentiation in the embryonic zebrafish brain
MASAI Ichiro (JAPAN)
Developmental Biology Research Centre - King's College - London - UK
WILSON Stephen (Host supervisor)
Origin and role of oscillations in the brain during sleep and their relevance to memory storage and consolidation
MEHTA Mayank (INDIA)
Div. of Neural Systems, Memory and Aging - University of Arizona - Tucson - USA
MCNAUGHTON Bruce L. (Host supervisor)
Targeting alphavirus infection to specific cell types
MENDEZ Ernesto (MEXICO)
Dept. of Molecular Microbiology - Washington University School of Medicine - St. Louis - USA
RICE Charles M. (Host supervisor)
Biochemical analysis of XIST RNA function
MERMOUD Jacqueline (SWITZERLAND)
- Yale University School of Medicine - New Haven - USA
STEITZ Joan (Host supervisor)
Isolation of mutants in the reciprocal control of phytochrome A signal transduction pathway
MICHELET Baudouin (BELGIUM)
Lab. of Plant Molecular Biology - The Rockefeller University - New York - USA
CHUA Nam-Hai (Host supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of granule cell development
MILLEN Kathleen (CANADA)
- Rockefeller University - New York - USA
HATTEN Mary Elizabeth (Host supervisor)
Characterizing the function of Tra3 in the sex determination pathway of C. elegans
MILNE Catherine (CANADA)
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Cambridge - UK
HODGKIN Jonathan (Host supervisor)
Dynamic behaviour of pre mRNA splicing factors in the mammalian nucleus
MISTELI Thomas (SWITZERLAND)
- Cold Spring Harbor Lab. - Cold Spring Harbor - USA
SPECTOR David L (Host supervisor)
Analyses of 2nd messenger-mediated Ca2+ dynamics by an imaging of IP3 in single cells
MIYAWAKI Atsushi (JAPAN)
Howard Hughes Medical Inst. - University of California - La Jolla - USA
TSIEN Roger Y. (Host supervisor)
Studies on homologous recombination and development of retroviral vector toward gene therapy
MIYOSHI Hiroyuki (JAPAN)
Laboratory of Genetics - The Salk Institute - La Jolla - USA
VERMA Inder M. (Host supervisor)
Nature of speech from development and acquisition studies
MODY Maria (INDIA)
- ENST - Paris - FRANCE