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Sébastien Jacquemont is a geneticist at the CHU Sainte-Justine and a professor at the Department of Pediatrics at the Université de Montréal, holding a Canada Research Chair in genetics of neurodevelopmental disorders and neuropsychiatric diseases. He moved to Montreal in September 2014 to join the Faculty of Medicine and the research center at CHU Sainte-Justine. An internationally recognized specialist in neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and Fragile X syndrome, Jacquemont has published several scientific articles in prestigious journals, including Nature, regarding chromosomal aberrations associated with these conditions. In 2010, he found, alongside French colleagues, that the copy number of a region on chromosome 16 correlates with body mass index, specifically linking obesity, autism, and DNA deletion fragments. His team discovered in 2011 that a loss in the 16p11.2 region is associated with a 70% risk of obesity, developmental delays, and increased brain growth, while a duplication of the same fragment is linked to low weight, schizophrenia, and brain size deficits. Jacquemont’s research integrates genetic data, neuroimaging, biomarkers, and clinical information to investigate how specific loci and genes lead to clinical symptoms and impairments in cognition and behavior.
Université de Montréal • Montréal, Canada
Professeur titulaire au Département de pédiatrie et titulaire d'une Chaire de recherche du Canada en génétique des troubles neurodéveloppementaux et des maladies neuropsychiatriques.
CHU Sainte-Justine • Montréal, Canada
Conducting research and clinical practice in genetics related to neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology - Research intensive with options in Neuropharmacology and Pharmacogenomics.