The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004
Awarded on: 2004-10-04
"for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"
Affiliations:
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Seattle, WA, USA
Linda B. Buck
Born: 1947-01-29 in Seattle, WA, USA
Gender: female
Field: American biologist
Biography
Linda Brown Buck 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.