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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.
- News & Impact
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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 biology and neurobiochemistry of a transgenic mouse insertional mutant exhibiting circling behavior
RATTY Anil Kumar (SINGAPORE)
- Roswell Park Memorial Institute - Buffalo - USA
GROSS Kenneth W. (Host supervisor)
Elucidation of the molecular basis of Emery-Dreifuss dystrophy
REINER Orly (ISRAEL)
Institute for Molecular Genetics - Baylor College of Medecine - Houston - USA
CASKEY C. Thomas (Host supervisor)
Pathophysiology of dopaminergic neurotransmission in Schizophrenia
REITH Jakob (DENMARK)
- Montreal Neurological Institute - Montreal - CANADA
GJEDDE Albert (Host supervisor)
The mouse HOX5 genes: a key system to understand vertebrate limb morphogenesis
RENUCCI Armand (FRANCE)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Heidelberg - GERMANY
DUBOULE Denis (Host supervisor)
The role of spinal mechanisms in abnormal discharges of motor units in Parkinson's and motoneurone disease
ROMAIGUERE Patricia (FRANCE)
Dept. of Physiology - Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School - London - UK
ELLAWAY Peter Harry (Host supervisor)
Molecular studies of stretch-activated ion channels and mechano-growth coupling
SADOSHIMA Junichi (JAPAN)
Molecular Medicine Unit - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
IZUMO Seigo (Host supervisor)
Homeogene products and the transcriptional regulation of developmental target genes
SADOUL Rémy (FRANCE)
Dept. of Experimental Medicine - McGill Cancer Center - Montreal - CANADA
FEATHERSTONE Mark Stephen (Host supervisor)
Role of CEA family members in the development of malignancy in human colonic epithelium
SADOUL-SCHELLENBERGER Karin (GERMANY)
- McGill Cancer Center - Montréal - CANADA
STANNERS Clifford P. (Host supervisor)
Molecular analysis of the flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana
SAKAI Hajime (GERMANY)
Division of Biology - California Institute of Technology - Pasadena - USA
MEYEROWITZ Elliot (Host supervisor)
Functional analysis of gene regulation by microinjection of purified transcription factors
SCHONTHAL Axel (GERMANY)
Theodore Gildred Cancer Facility - University of California - San Diego - USA
FERAMISCO James R. (Host supervisor)
Molecular dissection and manipulation of an enzyme that recognizes transfer RNA
SHIBA Kiyotaka (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biology - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge - USA
SCHIMMEL Paul (Host supervisor)
Molecular biology of glucose transporters
SHIBASAKI Yoshikazu (JAPAN)
Dept. of Cellular & Molecular Physiology - Harvard Medical School - Boston - USA
BIRNBAUM Morris (Host supervisor)
Giant linear plasmids in treptomyces
SHIFFMAN Dov (ISRAEL)
Dept. of Genetics - Stanford University School of Medicine - Stanford - USA
COHEN Stanley (Host supervisor)
The role of the dorsal gene in the establishment of dorso-ventral polarity during Drosophila embryogenesis
STEIN David S. (USA)
Department 3 (Genetics) - Max Planck Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie - Tubingen - GERMANY
NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD Christiane (Host supervisor)
Structural and functional analysis of the gene encoding the murine octanucleotide binding Factor-2
STERRER Sylvia (AUSTRIA)
Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology - MPI for Biophysical Chemistry - Göttingen - GERMANY
GRUSS Peter (Host supervisor)
Studies on cis- and trans-acting elements that regulate expression of the Drosophila engrailed gene
TABATA Tetsuya (JAPAN)
Dept. of Biochemistry - University of California - San Francisco - USA
KORNBERG Thomas B. (Host supervisor)
Role of the proto-oncogene c-kit in the neural crest cell differentiation
TAKAHASHI Yoshiko (JAPAN)
Institute of Neuroscience - University of Oregon - Eugene - USA
WESTON James A. (Host supervisor)
Biochemical properties of somatostatin receptors
THEVENIAU Magali Andrée (FRANCE)
Dept. of Pharmacology - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - USA
REISINE Terry D. (Host supervisor)
The role of higher order sub-nuclear structures in the regulation of globin gene expression
THORBURN Andrew M. (UK)
Departments of Medicine & Pharmacology - UC San Diego Cancer Center - La Jolla - USA
EMERSON Beverly M. (Host supervisor)
Structural and functional analysis of DNA binding and dimerization domains of GCN4 protein in yeast
TZAMARIAS Dimitris (GREECE)
Dept. of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology - Harvard Medical School - BOSTON - USA