Richard Axel (born July 2,1946) is a molecular biologist whose work on the olfactory system won him and Linda B. Buck, a former post-doctoral scientist in his research group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004.
Richard Axel (born July 2,1946) is a molecular biologist is University Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University and Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His work on the olfactory system won him and Linda Buck, a former postdoctoral research scientist in his group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004.