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77 years old
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Cancer
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Richard Axel
Richard Axel is an American molecular biologist and undergraduate professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University and a research fellow at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her olfactory work earned her and Linda Buck, a former postdoctoral fellow in her group, the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
BornJuly 2, 1946, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
CitizenshipUnited States
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsColumbia University
Alma materStuyvesant High School, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Notable studentsLinda Buck, David J. Anderson, Catherine Dulac, David Julius, Richard Scheller
Notable awardsRichard Lounsbery Award (1989), Gairdner Foundation International Award (2003), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2004), ForMemRS (2014)
SpouseCornelia Bargmann

About Richard Axel

Biologist Richard Axel was born on July 2, 1946 in New York, United States (He's 77 years old now).

For his work on the olfactory system, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004. Among his accomplishments is the finding of over a thousand olfactory receptor genes in mammalian genomes.

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Richard Axel before becoming famous

Richard Axel was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1946 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dog (狗).

At Stuyvesant High School, he was a basketball player.

Achievement of Richard Axel

For his contributions to the study of genetics, he was awarded the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Double Helix Medal in 2007.

Richard Axel's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Before marrying physicist Cornelia Bargmann, he was married to social worker Ann Axel.

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He and his colleague Physiologist Linda Buck shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004.

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Latest information about Richard Axel updated on March 10 2023.