Produced for the 2011 International Year of Chemistry, the video series Spellbound, tells the story of scientists whose childhood curiosity about everyday things helped them launch careers in the lab, win Nobel Prizes and make other achievements. Their early childhood experiences may encourage young people into careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

This episode features Peter Agre, M.D.:

• Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
• Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• 2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry