Portrait of Richard Axel
Date
2014
Sitter
Richard Axel (1946) , Molecular biologist
Creator
Debbie Rowe (British) , Photographer
Object type
Subject
Biology
> Cell and Molecular biology
Biology
> Neuroscience
Computer Science
> Artificial intelligence
Engineering & Technology
> Electrical engineering
Royal Society history & activity
> Events
> Admission Day
> Cell and Molecular biology
Biology
> Neuroscience
Computer Science
> Artificial intelligence
Engineering & Technology
> Electrical engineering
Royal Society history & activity
> Events
> Admission Day
Description
Half-length portrait of Richard Axel, arms by his sides, looking directly out at the camera. Against a grey background. He wears a white shirt, a black tie and a black suit jacket.
Professor Richard Axel (b.1946), American molecular biologist and neuroscientist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2014. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Linda Buck in 2004 for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system.
Professor Richard Axel (b.1946), American molecular biologist and neuroscientist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2014. He was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Linda Buck in 2004 for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system.
Object history
Taken at the Royal Society Admissions Day Ceremony, July 2014.
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