Dr. Koh-ichi Nagata, M.D., Ph.D. is the Vice President and Department Head of Molecular Neurobiology Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Human Service Center in Kasugai, Japan. He trained in Biochemistry at the Gifu University School of Medicine in Gifu, Japan. His research interests are the pathophysiological mechanism of neurodevelopmental disorders including autism, epilepsy and intellectual disability with a focus on gene abnormalities on brain development which lead to such clinical features.