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Richard Axel

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Nobel laureate molecular biologist who attended Epstein's birthday party in Paris in 2010 and maintained contact until three months before Epstein's 2019 arrest

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Entities connected to Richard Axel through shared intermediaries, but not directly linked.

Person Peter Mandelson

Connected via: Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records), Former Israeli Prime Minister, Jeffrey Epstein

Location Nigeria

Connected via: Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records), Former Israeli Prime Minister, Jeffrey Epstein

Document 2024 Unsealed Documents - Batch 1 (January 3)

Connected via: Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records), Former Israeli Prime Minister, Jeffrey Epstein

Location New York

Connected via: Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records), Former Israeli Prime Minister, Jeffrey Epstein

Person Vladimir Putin

Connected via: Epstein documents (20,000-plus released records), Former Israeli Prime Minister, Jeffrey Epstein

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📖 Wikipedia - Discovery (ABC News)
“Axel maintained continued contact with Epstein until three months prior to his 2019 arrest. The Guardian reports that he attended a birthday party in Paris for Epstein in 2010, two years after his conviction for sex offenses in 2008.”
Accessed: 2026-02-22
📰 Google News 3 references
“University Professor and Nobel laureate Richard Axel, CC '67, to step down as Zuckerman Institute co-director following Epstein ties”
“Nobel winner Axel quits Columbia U. brain institute over friendship with predator”
“Nobel winner Richard Axel resigns from Columbia over Epstein files”
Accessed: 2026-02-27
📖 Wikipedia - Deep Research (A)
“The released Epstein files revealed some of their correspondence from at least 2010 until shortly before Epstein's death. Axel and his wife were invited to Epstein's island multiple times.”
Accessed: 2026-03-02
📰 newyorktelegraph.com
“Richard Axel, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist and professor announced that he was resigning as a co-director of a flagship neuroscience institute at Columbia University because of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, as per the New York Times”
Accessed: 2026-03-06
📖 Wikipedia
“Furthermore, in 2016, Epstein attempted to secure admission to Columbia University in New York...by enlisting the help of Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Richard Axel, to exert pressure on an endeavor that ultimately failed.”
Accessed: 2026-03-09
Added: 2026-02-22 · Updated: 2026-05-07
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