The Wellcome Trust, a global charity committed to realising the full potential of biomedical research to improve health, has announced the appointment of 18 new Senior Investigator Award holders. Among the recipients, Oscar Marín has received an Award to work on the General principles underlying the assembly of cortical inhibitory circuits. Oscar Marín will start working on this project upon his arrival to King’s College London as the new Director of the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology.
Investigator Awards build on the strategic goal of supporting the brightest researchers with the best ideas. In particular, Senior Investigator Awards support exceptional, world-class researchers, who hold an established academic position and have a compelling vision for their research. The awards provide support that is flexible and at a level and length appropriate to enable exceptional researchers to address the most important questions about health and disease.
For more information:
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funded-projects/Awards-made/WTVM054834.htm