Helmholtz Young Investigators Group granted to Dr. Simon Musall

29 October 2020. Dr. Simon Musall will establish a Helmholtz Young Investigators Group at IBI-3 in January 2021. With his project "State-dependent modulation of cortical circuits during decision-making" he prevailed against strong competition. Dr. Musall received his doctorate at the UZH Zurich after his studies in Tübingen and then worked as a postdoc at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York.

Helmholtz Young Investigators Groups will be funded with a total amount of 1.5 million € over a period of 5 years. In total, only 10 young researchers from the large number of applicants from all Helmholtz centers will be considered.