Two Nobel Laureates shared the stage when James D. Watson discussed the genome, his education and much more with Eric Kandel on October 2, 2007 at the 92nd Street Y. Watson changed the course of history with his discovery of DNA, "the secret of life." He is the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, and, with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962. Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, is a professor at Columbia University.

In the following 6-minute excerpt, Watson talks about his initial interest in genetics as a university student. The full conversation will be broadcast on the weekly From New York’s 92nd Street Y program this Saturday at 7, 8 and 9AM ET on the SIRIUS STARS Channel. Not a subscriber? Not a problem. Go to www.sirius.com/freetrial for a 3 day free trial.

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[Lectures & Conversations: Science & Discovery]