Laureate

Linda B. Buck

Born 1947 · United States · Female

Awards

  1. 2003

    Canada Gairdner International Award

    Biology

    For their discovery of the olfactory receptors and the clarification of how these receptors transfer olfactory signals to the brain.

  2. 2004

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

    Biology

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