2007
October 2007
Tuesday 2 October 2007
Tue 2 Oct. 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, 10128. 212-415-5500. 92nd Street Y - [email][events]
The Kohn Lecture: James D. Watson in Conversation with Eric Kandel James D. Watson changed the course of history with his discovery of DNA, "the secret of life." Watson was the director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York from 1963 to 1993 and is now its chancellor. He is the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, and, with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
He is also the author of numerous books, including Avoid Boring People and Other Lessons from a Life in Science. Eric Kandel received the National Medal of Science in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in 2000 for his work on the molecular biology of memory storage. He is University Professor at Columbia University and a senior investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is the author of In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind.
Dr. Kandel will talk with Dr. Watson about his groundbreaking discoveries, the scope of his career and his recent book.
A book-signing will follow the program.
Date & Time: Tue, Oct 2, 2007, 8:00pm
Location: Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street Directions
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall Seating Chart
Code: T-LC5CM07-01
Price: $26.00 All Sections