Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Scientist

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born 20 October 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German biologist. She won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, together with Eric Wieschaus and Edward B. Lewis, for their research on the genetic control of embryonic development. Today she lives in Bebenhausen, Germany.

Personal facts

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Birth dateOctober 20, 1942
Birth place
Germany , Magdeburg
Nationality
Germany
Residence
Germany
Education
University of Tübingen

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Scientist

awards
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
doctoral advisor
Heinz Schaller
Field of study
Genetics
Embryology

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External resources

  1. http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1995/nusslein-volhard-lecture.html
  2. http://www.cnv-stiftung.de
  3. http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/horwitz
  4. http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/departments/3-genetics/christiane-nusslein-volhard/?searchterm=nusslein-volhard
  5. http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/departments/3-genetics/christiane-nusslein-volhard/gradients-that-organize-embryo-development
  6. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/issues/2006/june/cnv.php?page=1