California State University, Northridge

PRESS RELEASE

January 13, 1997

Contact: Christina Marin or
Carmen Ramos Chandler
(818) 677-2130
cmarin@exec.csun.edu

Nobel Laureate Crick Will Talk About How We See

Nobel Laureate Francis H.C. Crick will give a lecture on human sight on Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997 at 2:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at California State University, Northridge. The lecture, titled "How Do We See?", will include Dr. Crick's theories and research on the systems responsible for human sight.

Dr. Crick (along with Drs. J. Watson and M. Wilkins) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for their discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, generally considered the most important discovery of all time in the life sciences.

In recent years Dr. Crick has turned his attention to neurobiology, particularly the visual systems of mammals. He has also written on the neural basis of attention, REM sleep, consciousness, and visual awareness.

As a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Crick holds lectures all over the United States. He is currently a Distinguished Research Professor at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and an adjunct professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Crick's lecture is sponsored by the National Science Foundation Institutionalizing Student Biology Research Projects program. There is no admission fee. For more information contact the CSUN biology department at (818) 677-3356.

California State University, Northridge is located at 18111 Nordhoff Street. The Performing Arts Center is in the University Student Union on the east side of the campus.