Headshot of Mortiz Helmstaedter.

Moritz Helmstaedter

Director, Department of Connectomics
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

Moritz Helmstaedter is director of the connectomics department at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, Germany.

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