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Dr. Buck, who received a Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2004 for her discoveries on the workings of the olfactory system, is Associate Director of the Basic Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. She also is an affiliate professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Washington.
Dr. Buck is the author of numerous scientific publications and the recipient of many honors and awards for her research. Prior to her current positions, Dr. Buck was a professor of neurobiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Buck holds BS degrees in psychology and microbiology from the University of Washington, and she received her PhD in immunology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. | 