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 Living people Scientists from Bratislava Australian neuroscientists Academic staff of the University of Adelaide Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-scientist-stub