Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Born	20 October 1942; Magdeburg, Germany
Alma mater	Goethe University Frankfurt; University of Tübingen (PhD)
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1995); Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1993); Mendel Medal (1992); Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1992); Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1991); Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1986); Rosenstiel Award (1989);
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics; Embryology;
Institutions	European Molecular Biology Laboratory; MPI for Developmental Biology;
Thesis	Zur spezifischen Protein-Nukleinsäure-Wechselwirkung : die Bindung von RNS-Polymerase aus Escherichia coli an die Replikative-Form-DNS des Bakteriophagen fd und die Charakterisierung der Bindungsstellen (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Heinz Schaller
Website	www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/research/emeriti/research-group-colour-pattern-formation.html

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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