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Host: Marc Pelletier

Guest: Dr. Eric Kandel

Dr. Kandel is a Professor of Physiology and Psychiatry and the founding director of the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also a Senior Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Member of the National Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000 for his work on the biological mechanisms for memory. In this episode, he explains how the mind learns and stores memory, and also shares some of his most recent findings.

Some interesting links:

Upcoming lecture in NYC with James Watson
In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind

Our book of the week is The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. For your free audio book visit Audible.com/Biotech.
Thanks to Cachefly for providing the bandwidth for this netcast.

Also thanks to Philippe Pelletier and Will Hall for the great opening and closing themes AND Matthew McInerney for the cool FiB Desktops.