Abstract:

Eric Richard Kandel arrived in Vienna on November 7, 1929. With the motivation of Sigmund Freud; he had interest in psychoanalysis, loss of consciousness, learning and memory biology, and after completing his literature and history studies at Harvard University, he started the New York University Medical Faculty in 1952. His aim is to understand the mechanism of perception, movement, emotion, thought, memories and mind. That's why he worked the nervous system in the laboratory of Harry Grundfest, professor of neurology at Columbia University. Kandel studied how our memories are stored by nerve cells. He discovered that in the Aplysia California's learning mechanism, chemical signals changed the structure of synapses. He continued his experiments to explain that short-lived and long-lived memories were caused by different signals. In 2000, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine "for his discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system". His studies have solved not only physiological questions, but have also been the basis for many subsequent multidisciplinary workshops. For this reason, we aimed to introduce the precious scientist who leads the future researches. Kandel is still a professor at Columbia University. He is continuing his research at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is among the founders of the Neurobiology and Behavior Center. He is a member of France, Austria, Greece, Germany, the National Academies of Sciences and the US National Academy of Sciences. Kandel has received an honorary degree above 20. Kandel is interested in art as well as science, and his books are published.

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