Jonathan Sebat is professor of psychiatry and cellular and molecular medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and chief of the Beyster Center for Molecular Genomics of Neuropsychiatric Diseases. He investigates the molecular basis of neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.
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University of California, San Diego
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