Julius Axelrod
Photo gallery
Julius Axelrod receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 1970.
Source: National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science Photographer unknown Courtesy of Julius Axelrod
Medicine laureates Julius Axelrod, Sir Bernard Katz and Ulf Von Euler, receiving their cheques for the prize amount from Nils Ståhle (far left), Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, during their visit to the foundation during Nobel Week in Stockholm, 11 December 1970.
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Julius Axelrod in his laboratory (March 1973).
Source: National Institutes of Health Photographer unknown
Julius Axelrod measuring chemicals in the lab (ca 1973).
Source: National Institutes of Health Photographer unknown
Julius Axelrod checking a student's work on the chemistry of catecholamine reactions in nerve cells (March 1973).
Source: National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science Photographer unknown
Members of the laboratory staff at Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Welfare [now Roosevelt] Island, New York City. On the back of the photograph is written, "Julius Axelrod, Betty Lang (later Mrs. E. Y. Berger), Shirley Udenfriend, Betty Roe, Evelyn Ford, Madeleine? (from Algeria)". Photo taken 1947 or 1948.
Source: National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science Photographer unknown Courtesy of Julius Axelrod
Julius Axelrod at Bar Mitzvah. (Photo taken ca May 1925.)
Source: National Library of Medicine, Profiles in Science Photo: Randell's Studio Courtesy of Julius Axelrod
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.