The Nobel prize is the highest honor a scientist can receive. The award is made for work that has had a large impact, changing fundamentally our understanding of a biological process. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is honored to have three Nobel laureates on its faculty, including our current director and president.

	Linda Buck Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine (2004) "for her discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system"
	Lee Hartwell Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine (2001) "for his discoveries on regulation of the cell cycle"
	E. Donnall Thomas Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine (1990) "for his pioneering work on bone marrow transplantation"

	Linda Buck, Ph.D.
	Lee Hartwell, Ph.D.
	E. Donnall Thomas, M.D.