RICHARD AXEL

2004 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system

• Born: July 2, 1946
• Place of birth: New York, NY USA
• Nationality: U. S. Citizen
• Residence: U.S.A.
• Affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Address:
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    Columbia University
    Hammer Health Sciences Center
    701 West 168th Street
    Room 1014
    New York, NY 10032, USA
• E-mail: ra27@columbia.edu
• Education:
  • Columbia University, A.B. 1967
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, M.D. 1970

• Books by Richard Axel
• Books on the Olfactory System

• Prize co-recipient: Linda B. Buck
• PubMedline search results for this laureate
• Official award announcement and background
• Curriculum Vita
• Home page at Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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• Gairdner International Medical Science Award (submitted by Anonymous)
• their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system (submitted by Hop Dlp)
• Richard Axel Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Axel, Richard - Short Biography (submitted by Lukas)

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