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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
German biologist (1995 Nobel Prize).
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German biologist (1995 Nobel Prize).
Christiane (Janni) Nüsslein-Volhard (German pronunciation: [kʁɪsˈti̯anə ˈnʏslaɪ̯n ˈfɔlˌhaʁt] ; born 20 October 1942) is a German developmental biologist and a 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate. She is the only woman from Germany to have received a Nobel Prize in the sciences. Nüsslein-Volhard earned her PhD in 1974 from the University of Tübingen, where she studied protein-DNA interaction. 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.
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Achievements and distinctions
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German biologist (1995 Nobel Prize).
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Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
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Carus medal
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Otto Bayer Award
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Ernst Schering Prize
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Otto Warburg Medal
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Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
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Deutscher Stifterpreis
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Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
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Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize
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Rosenstiel Award
Career and education
Employers and institutions
University of Tübingen · European Molecular Biology Laboratory · Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen · Biozentrum University of Basel · University of Freiburg · University of Duisburg-Essen
Memberships
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Academia Europaea · National Academy of Sciences · Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities · North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts · Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities · French Academy of Sciences · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony · European Molecular Biology Organization · Royal Society of London
Education
University of Tübingen · Goethe University Frankfurt
Academic qualifications
Doctor of Science
Fields of work
biology · biochemistry · genetic research · developmental biology · embryology
Places of work
Tübingen
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