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Richard Axel, an Uncommon card
Richard Axel is an American molecular biologist and university professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Richard Axel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Richard Axel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also stepped down from the ______ Hughes Medical Institute.
Answer
Howard. He also stepped down from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. From the Richard Axel article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
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 ____.
Answer
2000s. 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. From the Richard Axel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carl Zeiss. Carl Zeiss 71 · Richard Axel 64 · Colorfulness 60 · Antarah ibn Shaddad 57 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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.
- In February 2026, Axel resigned as co-director of Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, calling his past association with Jeffrey Epstein "a serious error in judgment" and apologizing for compromising trust.
- He also stepped down from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Richard Axel article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Richard Axel
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Richard Axel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Royal Society uploader, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
