Talk:Linda B. Buck

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Her Mother was A homemaker and her father was a Electrical engineer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 141.152.180.91 (talk • contribs).

Someone needs to dig up more information about the Nature paper that was retracted.130.182.27.230 (talk) 02:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

There was an article in "The Scientist" in March 2008 about it; apparently, Buck and her team could not duplicate her results. This is pretty serious, especially in light of her/ their Nobel being awarded at least in part for it.

Link to article in The Scientist: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/54406/

It should also be noted that physiobiologist Luca Turin (et al's) vibration theory of olfaction is gaining credibility and proponents (vs Buck et al's "Shape" theory.) This is not to say that shape plays no part in olfaction, but newer theories increasingly support olfaction turning on discerning molecular vibration via electron tunneling (ET), with molecular shape relevant mainly when ET fails to hit relevant electron bonds in otherwise similar molecules (such as enantiomers).

After reading and analyzing the Wikipedia content of the Nobel Prize co-winners in Physiology and Medicine in 2004, there seems to be a discrepancy in the information displayed on Linda B. Buck and Richard Axel’s pages. While Axel’s page is mostly comprised of links to his academic work and research, Buck’s page contains little information on her educational background. Both pages include the same description of their Nobel Prize work; however, inconsistencies in the length and detail of their respective biographies are problematic. These differences, although seemingly subtle, accentuate the current demographic representation in science and technology. As a student in a Women and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies cross-listed course, I have learned about the underrepresentation of minorities in the STEM field. Historically, this field has been dominated by white males, and women still face challenges pursuing careers in STEM. These obstacles that minorities face in science-driven fields lead to phenomena such as the STEM pipeline, in which minorities “leak” out of the STEM field in the process of achieving high-ranking positions. Cumulative disadvantage occurs as negative interactions associated with discrimination in a domain arise and lead to the underrepresentation of minorities in a particular field. Although these consequences are drastic, they begin with inequalities, such as differences in Wikipedia article content, which are reinforced over time and form stereotypes. In order to evade stereotyping and promote equal representation of minorities, issues such as providing equivalent information in Wikipedia articles and other databases of men and women in science should be addressed and corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.128.9.3 (talk) 19:28, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Proposed Edits
Proposing to reorganize this page because the sections do not seem to flow well. We want to combine the Early Life and Personal Life section on her page now, placing it as the first section titled Personal Life. Here we will talk about where she was born, her parents and their influence on her science career, and her marriage to Roger Brent. Then we will have an Education section, discussing where she received her undergraduate degree and Ph.D and the early research she was apart of while in school. Then we will have the Career and Research section. This will include the many locations she has worked, her research, and her involvement with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. After we will have an entire section dedicated to her Nobel Prize, the work she did to be awarded it and the actual Nobel Prize lecture itself. Lastly we will have an Awards and Honors section, covering everything from before her Nobel Prize to after. KMYKDYHPS333SS16 (talk) 01:45, 25 March 2016 (UTC)KMYKDHHPS333SS16

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