Outstanding Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê researchers receive inaugural Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards
2 June 2011
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![Matteo Carandini Matteo Carandini](/news/sites/news/files/styles/large_image/public/MatteoCarandini_2.jpg?itok=C2dXa6Br)
Congratulations to Matteo Carandini (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Ophthalmology ), Dimitri Kullmann (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Neurology) and Christiana Ruhrberg (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Institute of Ophthalmology), Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê neuroscientists to be the first recipients of Wellcome Trust's Investigator Awards.
The awards, totalling £56 million, are specifically to fund exceptional researchers addressing the most important questions about health and disease, and were presented to 27 investigators from the UK and Brazil.
![Dimitri Kullmann Dimitri Kullmann](/news/sites/news/files/styles/medium_image/public/Dimitri_Kullmann.jpg?itok=RfPgkB2K)
![Christiana Ruhrberg Christiana Ruhrberg](/news/sites/news/files/styles/medium_image/public/Christiana_Ruhrberg.jpg?itok=dos3Clbd)
Images (left to right): Matteo Carandini, Dimitri Kullmann, Christiana Ruhrberg
(scroll to the bottom of the article for a complete list of recipients)