In Search of Memory: A Documentary Film about Eric Kandel
by Petra Seeger
To be screened at the Academy with Kandel and Seeger on Feb. 2
News Release 1/15/09
WHAT: Film Screening: In Search of Memory
WHO: Emilio Bizzi, Institite Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eric Kandel, University Professor and Director, Kaveli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia Unviersity; Senior Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Petra Seeger, Writer, Producer, and Director, In Search of Memory
WHEN: Monday, February 2, 2009, 7-9pm
WHERE: American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, Mass.
In Search of Memory is a documentary biopic chronicling the life and career of neuroscientist Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Beginning with his childhood in Vienna before and after the Nazi takeover, the film explores Kandel’s own memories and uses them to illustrate the scientific discoveries that elucidated how memories are stored in the brain.
This program is by invitation only. Members of the media are invited to attend by contacting Paul Karoff at 617 576-5043 or pkaroff@amacad.org
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