Richard Axel

Nobel Lecture

Scents and Sensibility: A Molecular Logic of Olfactory Perception

Richard Axel held his Nobel Lecture December 8, 2004, at Sal Adam, Berzeliuslaboratoriet, Karolinska Institutet.

Lecture Slides
Pdf 7.19 MB

Read the Nobel Lecture
Pdf 1.38 MB

Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2004

From Les Prix Nobel. The Nobel Prizes 2004, Editor Tore Frängsmyr, [Nobel Foundation], Stockholm, 2005

To cite this section
MLA style: Richard Axel – Nobel Lecture. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2024. Sat. 14 Dec 2024. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/axel/lecture/>

Back to top Back To Top Takes users back to the top of the page

Nobel Prizes and laureates

Nobel Prizes 2024

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.

Illustration

Explore prizes and laureates

Look for popular awards and laureates in different fields, and discover the history of the Nobel Prize.