Linda Buck

Biography

Linda Buck shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system. She identified approximately 1,000 different olfactory receptor genes, revealing how humans can detect and distinguish about 10,000 different odors. Her work opened entirely new areas of neuroscience research.

琳达·巴克因发现气味受体和嗅觉系统的组织方式而分享了2004年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。她鉴定了约1000个不同的嗅觉受体基因，揭示了人类如何检测和区分约10000种不同的气味。她的工作开辟了全新的神经科学研究领域。

Key Achievements

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2004)

  诺贝尔生理学或医学奖（2004年）

• Identified ~1,000 olfactory receptor genes

  鉴定了约1000个嗅觉受体基因

• Revealed how humans detect 10,000 different odors

  揭示了人类如何检测10000种不同气味

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Linda B. Buck — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_B._Buck
2. Nobel Prize: Linda B. Buck — https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2004/buck/