Linda B. Buck

Linda Buck
Buck in 2015
Born
Linda Brown Buck

(1947-01-29) January 29, 1947 (age 77)[4]
Alma mater
Known forOlfactory receptors
SpouseRoger Brent
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsRhinologist
InstitutionsFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of Washington, Seattle
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Columbia University
Harvard University[3]
ThesisThe Expression of IgD and Lyb-2 by Murine B Lymphocytes (1980)
Doctoral advisorEllen Vitetta
Websitewww.hhmi.org/scientists/linda-b-buck

Linda Brown Buck (born January 29, 1947) is an American biologist best known for her work on the olfactory system.[4] She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Richard Axel, for their work on olfactory receptors.[5][6][7][8] She is currently on the faculty of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.[9]

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  2. ^ "Dr Linda Buck ForMemRS, Foreign Member". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  3. ^ "Facts & Figures". Harvard Medical School. Harvard College. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Buck, Linda B.". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Press Release: The 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  6. ^ Buck, L.; Axel, R. (1991). "A novel multigene family may encode odorant receptors: a molecular basis for odor recognition". Cell. 65 (1): 175–87. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90418-X. PMID 1840504.
  7. ^ "Secrets of smell land Nobel Prize". BBC News. 4 October 2004. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Linda B. Buck – Curriculum Vitae, Interview". 2013-01-12. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  9. ^ "Linda Buck Lab". Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Retrieved 2015-11-11.

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