Linda Buck

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American scientist Nobel laureate biologist human

Linda Buck is an American biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for her groundbreaking work on the molecular mechanisms of smell.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Linda B. Buck	2
Linda Buck canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3830271 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Linda Buck
Context triple: [National Academy of Sciences Award in the Neurosciences, notableRecipient, Linda Buck]

A. Richard Axel
Richard Axel is an American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular biology of the sense of smell.
B. Jeffrey C. Hall
Jeffrey C. Hall is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
C. Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms, for which he received major scientific honors including the Lasker Award and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
D. Thomas Südhof
Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
E. Richard Tsien
Richard Tsien is a prominent American neuroscientist and biophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Linda Buck
Target entity description: Linda Buck is an American biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for her groundbreaking work on the molecular mechanisms of smell.

A. Richard Axel
Richard Axel is an American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular biology of the sense of smell.
B. Jeffrey C. Hall
Jeffrey C. Hall is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms.
C. Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash is an American geneticist and chronobiologist renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms, for which he received major scientific honors including the Lasker Award and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
D. Thomas Südhof
Thomas Südhof is a German-American neuroscientist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission.
E. Richard Tsien
Richard Tsien is a prominent American neuroscientist and biophysicist renowned for his pioneering work on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American scientist ⓘ Nobel laureate ⓘ biologist ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Rosenstiel Award ⓘ
citizenshipStatus	natural-born U.S. citizen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1947-01-29 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Gordon Tomkins ⓘ
doctoralStudent	Rachel Wilson ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ⓘ University of Washington ⓘ
employer	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ⓘ Howard Hughes Medical Institute headquarters ⓘ surface form: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
familyName	Buck ⓘ
fieldOfWork	biology ⓘ neurobiology ⓘ olfaction research ⓘ
givenName	Linda ⓘ
hasAcademicTitle	professor ⓘ
hasResearchFocus	chemosensory systems ⓘ neural coding of odors ⓘ odorant receptors ⓘ olfactory receptor genes ⓘ
influenced	molecular biology of G protein–coupled receptors ⓘ research in sensory neuroscience ⓘ
isA	woman Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
knownFor	discoveries concerning the olfactory system ⓘ research on molecular mechanisms of smell ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation	discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system ⓘ
notableAchievement	co-discovery of a large family of G protein–coupled receptors for odorants ⓘ elucidation of how odorant receptor inputs are organized in the olfactory bulb ⓘ
notableWork	1991 Cell paper describing a multigene family encoding odorant receptors ⓘ
occupation	researcher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
sharesNobelPrizeWith	Richard Axel ⓘ
workLocation	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Academy of Sciences Award in the Neurosciences → notableRecipient → Linda Buck ⓘ

Richard Axel → notableStudent → Linda Buck ⓘ

this entity surface form: Linda B. Buck

Richard Axel → sharesNobelPrizeWith → Linda Buck ⓘ