Before he was Dr. Andre Fenton, noted neurobiologist, he was just Andre, my friend from high school and valedictorian of our graduating class. I took the photo above while attending “Millennipalooza”, a New Year’s Eve party he hosted on December 31, 1999. He somehow managed to get his hands on Zamek Roztez, a.k.a. Roztez Chateau, a stately manor located about an hour’s drive outside Prague. It was one helluva New Year’s Eve gathering, with about 60 or so of us each pitching in for a vacation that featured a 24-hour buffet, a bar that made mojitos on demand, a New Year’s Eve ball with dinner, dancing and fireworks at midnight. Andre has always been a master at throwing a party.
(I should post photos from “Millennipalooza”. It was a great party.)
He’s also a noted neuroscience guy, and as a recent article in Nature states, he’s figured out how to wipe out a single, specific memory from lab rats.
Here’s an interesting side-effect of the story appearing in Nature: despite the fact that the technique has been tested only on rats (who can’t be interviewed to determine if the procedure has some subtle side effects), he’s said that a number of people have tried to get him to erase memories of certain (presumably painful) events in their lives.
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