Linda B. Buck

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004

“for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system”

Linda B. Buck is an American biologist. She was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with Richard Axel) for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system. She was affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.