2004 Laureate Prize Winner
Eric Kandel
Science
Eric Kandel received the 2000 Nobel Prize in physiology for his groundbreaking work on how new experiences are incorporated into the mind as learning and memory at the cellular level, by studying the nervous system of the sea slug Aplysia. He is Senior Investigator, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Senior Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The Medallion
The Creativity Laureate Prize medallion, after Jean Baptiste Nini’s 1777 pot metal and terracotta medallions, now cast in silver using old lost wax techniques at the British Royal Mint. The award includes a silver medallion, which replicates Nini’s 1777 “Benjamin Franklin in Fur Cap,“ and a cash award.
Baird Auditorium
Baird Auditorium, the Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.