André Fenton
André A. Fenton (born 1967) is a Guyanese-Canadian-American neuroscientist who is a Professor of Neural Science at New York University. He studies how brains store and experience memories. He has been co-host of the television show ''NOVA PBS, NOVA Wonders''. Early life and education Fenton was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He lived there until he was seven years old, when his mother was recruited to join IBM in Toronto. As a high school student, Fenton was interested in literature. Whilst he had originally planned to study English at university, he accidentally took a biology course, where he first came across neural communication. He eventually majored in biology at McGill University in Canada. His undergraduate dissertation considered the neurobiology of Cricket (insect), crickets. After graduating, Fenton joined the Institute of Physiology at the Czech Academy of Sciences. Here he worked in the research group of Jan Bures, where he specialised in the hippocampus. He created a ...
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Georgetown, Guyana
Georgetown is the capital and largest city of Guyana. It is situated in Demerara-Mahaica, region 4, on the Atlantic Ocean coast, at the mouth of the Demerara River. It is nicknamed the "Garden City of the Caribbean." It is the retail, administrative, and financial services centre of the country, and the city accounts for a large portion of Guyana's GDP. The city recorded a population of 118,363 in the 2012 census. All executive departments of Guyana's government are located in the city, including Parliament Building, Guyana's Legislative Building and the Court of Appeals, Guyana's highest judicial court. The State House (the official residence of the head of state), as well as the offices and residence of the head of government, are both located in the city. The CARICOM headquarters is also based in Georgetown. Georgetown is also known for its British colonial architecture, including the tall painted-timber St. George's Cathedral and the iconic Stabroek Market. Histor ...
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