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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.
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Born 29 January 1947 · Q200136
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Published “Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines” in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles — cited 9,688 times.
Awarded honorary doctor of Harvard University (2015).
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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2015).
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Buck was awarded an honorary doctorate by Harvard University and elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS)
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Published “IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP” in Radiocarbon — cited 9,542 times.
Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2004).
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (2003).
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Awarded Perl-UNC Prize (2002).
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Awarded Rosenstiel Award (1996).
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Buck met Roger Brent, also a biologist
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On how the inputs from different odor receptors are organized in the nose
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With Richard Axel, Linda Buck discovered hundreds of genes code for the odorant sensors located in the olfactory neurons of our noses
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Joined the laboratory of Richard Axel, also at Columbia in the Institute of Cancer Research
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Under the direction of Professor Ellen Vitetta at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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Buck began postdoctoral research at Columbia University under Benvenuto Pernis (1980–1982)
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From the University of Washington, Seattle
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Born 1947-01-29.
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Buck was born in Seattle, Washington on January 29, 1947.
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