Dr Jozef Gécz is a senior researcher at The

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studying the various mutations of a small part of the

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that lead to

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. Gécz was elected Fellow of the

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(FAHMS) in 2015 and SA Scientist of the Year for 2019.

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* https://www.sagenomics.org/jozef-gecz * http://genome-2018.p.asnevents.com.au/speaker/239202 1962 births Scientists from Bratislava Australian neuroscientists Living people Academic staff of the University of Adelaide Place of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science {{Australia-scientist-stub