Science Face to Face
A series of one on one interviews between Science Friday® radio host Ira Flatow and renowned scientists from across the United States. This series of conversations will take a more personal look at the life of accomplished scientists. These events will be free and held on college campuses in the New York area so that students who are exploring the idea of a career, or life, in science can be face-to-face with the scientists shaping and exploring the modern world, and so that young people have the opportunity to ask the questions they care about.
On October 21, 2009 join Ira Flatow in a discussion with neurobiologist and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Eric Kandel.
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Event Details:
Wednesday, October 21 @ 7:30 PM ET
The New School, New York
Wollman Hall - 65 West 11th Street, Fifth Floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission is free, but space is limited. RSVP's recommended*.
RSVP by email: [email protected]
*RSVP's only necessary for auditorium attendance, not webcast viewing.
Science Friday Initiative:
Founded in 2003, The Science Friday Initiative is the partnering non-profit organization of the award winning NPR radio show Science Friday® hosted by Ira Flatow. The mission of the Science Friday Initiative is to engage and create scientific discussion among adolescents and young adults.
Ira Flatow:
Ira Flatow is host and executive producer of NPR's Science Friday® radio program. He anchors the news/talk show each Friday, bringing radio and Internet listeners worldwide a lively, informative discussion on all things science. Flatow is also founder and president of the Science Friday Initiative. Flatow is the author of several books, the most recent of which, Present at the Future, includes some of his Science Friday® interviews with well-known scientists, including Oliver Sacks, Jane Goodall, and the late Carl Sagan.
Eric R. Kandel, M.D.:
Eric R. Kandel, M.D., a University Professor at Columbia, is a graduate of Harvard College and N.Y.U. School of Medicine. Kandel trained in Neurobiology at the NIH and in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is an editor of Principles of Neural Science, the standard textbook in the field. He recently has written a book on the brain for the general public entitled In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind. Eric Kandel's research has been concerned with the molecular mechanisms of memory storage in Aplysia, a sea slug, and mice. More recently, he has studied animal models in mice of memory disorders and mental illness. Kandel has received eighteen honorary degrees, and is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He has been recognized with the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2000.
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