A professor of Columbia University and a professor at the University of Alberta were awarded 1999 Wolf prizes in medicine and chemistry, respectively. Eric Kandel won the Wolf Prize in Medicine for his research into the brain mechanisms by which learning occurs and memory is stored, while Raymond Lemieux was honored for his contributions to the study of sugar-like molecules. The Wolf prizes were established in 1975 by Ricardo Wolf, a German-born diplomat who served as Cuban ambassador to Israel. The prizes are awarded annually in Jerusalem in seven fields.
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