2004
Richard Axel – Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Richard Axel, born July 2, 1946, New York, NY, USA Address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, Hammer Health Sciences Center, 701 West 168th Street, Room 1014, New York, NY 10032, USA Academic Education and Appointments 1967 A.B. Columbia University, New York, NY 1970 M.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 1978…
moreRichard Axel – Banquet speech
Banquet speech
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen. Émile Zola asked in an address to students, “Did science promise happiness? No, I don’t think so,” he replied. “It promised truth and the question is whether truth will ever make us happy.” Last month, science afforded me enormous happiness.…
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