Linda B. Buck

Curriculum Vitae

Linda B. Buck, born January 29, 1947, Seattle, WA, USA
Address: Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, A3-020, P.O. Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
 
Academic Education and Appointments
1975 B.S. Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle
1975 B.S. Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle
1980 Ph.D. Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
1980-84 Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University, New York
1984-91 Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York
1991-96 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
1994-97 Assistant Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1996-01 Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
1997-00 Associate Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2001- Full Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2001-02 Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston
2002- Full Member, Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
2003- Affiliate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
 
Selected Honours and Awards
1995 Distinguished Alumnus, Graduate School, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1992 The Takasago Award for Research in Olfaction
1996 The Unilever Science Award
1996 The R.H. Wright Award in Olfactory Research
1997 The Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research
1999 NIH Director’s Lecture, National Institute of Health
1999 Ulf von Euler Lecture, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2002 Fellow, the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2003 The Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize
2003 Member, the National Academy of Sciences
2003 Gairdner Foundation International Award

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet

 

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