Who was a former postdoctoral scientist in Axel's group?
Rosalind Franklin
Linda Buck
Marie Curie
Barbara McClintock
Answer
Linda Buck, a former postdoctoral scientist in Axel's group, shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004 for her groundbreaking research on the olfactory system. Her work identified the genes responsible for encoding odorant receptors, providing a fundamental understanding of how we perceive and process scents.
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