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Linda B. Buck
Linda Brown Buck (born January 29, 1947) is an American biologist best known for her work on the olfactory system. She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors. She is currently on the faculty of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
Categories
1947 births20th-century American biologists20th-century American women biologists21st-century American women scientistsAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican neuroscientistsAmerican women neuroscientists
Quick Facts
Born
Linda Brown Buck (1947-01-29) January 29, 1947 (age 79)[3]Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Awards
Takasago Award (1992)
Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award (1996)
Perl-UNC Prize (2002)
Gairdner Foundation International Award (2003)[1]
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2004)
Fields
Rhinologist
Spouse
Roger Brent
Institutions
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington, Seattle
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Columbia University
Harvard University[2]
Known for
Olfactory receptors