Funding international science research
Six Harvard researchers have been awarded collaborative research grants from the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), given for projects ranging from understanding neuronal language networks through primate evolution to predicting death in C. elegans. The Harvard recipients include David Nelson, Arthur K. Solomon Professor of Biophysics and professor of physics and applied physics; Andrew Murray, Herschel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics and director of the FAS Center for Systems Biology; Aravinthan Samuel, professor of physics; Jeff Lichtman, Jeremy R. Knowles Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Santiago Ramón y Cajal Professor of Arts and Sciences; Florian Engert, professor of molecular and cellular biology; and Pier Pandolfi, George C. Reisman Professor of Medicine and director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Cancer Center. Each research team receives an average of $1 million over a three-year period. This year, awardees’ laboratories are located in 17 different countries, including 51 laboratories in Europe,...