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Nobel Laureate to Address Washington Audience

(March 29, 2004, Washington, D.C.) Join Eric Kandel of Columbia University's Center for Neurobiology and Behavior and the Howard Hughes Medican Institute as he discusses “The Long and Short of Long-Term Memory” at the Carnegie Institution, Thursday, April 1, 2004, at 6:45 p.m. Eric Kandel's research on how our brains store long-term and short-term memories led to his sharing the Nobel Prize in 2000. His work has helped delineate the brain's molecular mechanisms for these two types of memories.

This is a free lecture.

“The Long and Short of Long-Term Memory” with Eric Kandel
Thursday, April 1, 2004. 6:45 p.m.
Free admission
Carnegie Institution, 1530 P St., NW (corner of 16th and P streets)
Washington, DC 20005
www.carnegieinstitution.org

The Carnegie Institution has been a leading force in basic scientific research since 1902. It is a private, nonprofit organization with six research departments in the U.S.: Plant Biology, Global Ecology, Embryology, the Geophysical Laboratory, the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, and The Observatories.