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Dr.

Linda Brown Buck

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Neurobiologist; Research institution staff member
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Neurosciences
Elected
2008
Member and Associate Director of Basic Sciences; Investigator. Provided a molecular understanding of the sense of smell. Discovered the odorant receptor family, which detects odors in the nose, uncovered the combinatorial use of odorant receptors in odor coding, and defined how odorant receptor signals are organized in the brain to generate diverse odor perceptions.
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