Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for her pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development in Drosophila.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate
biologist
developmental biologist
human
academicDegree PhD in biology
awardReceived Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Gairdner Foundation International Award
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1942-10-20
educatedAt Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt NERFINISHED
University of Tübingen NERFINISHED
employer Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
familyName Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard self-linksurface differs
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fieldOfWork developmental biology
genetics
foundationPurpose support for women scientists with children
founded Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation
givenName Christiane
hasResearchSubject Drosophila melanogaster
embryonic development
pattern formation
segmentation genes
knownFor genetic control of embryonic development in Drosophila
pattern formation in embryos
segmentation genes in Drosophila melanogaster
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
surface form: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
name Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard self-link
nationality German
NobelPrizeCategory Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
surface form: Physiology or Medicine
NobelPrizeSharedWith Eric F. Wieschaus
surface form: Edward B. Lewis

Eric F. Wieschaus
NobelPrizeYear 1995
notableConcept gap genes
maternal effect genes in development
pair-rule genes
segment polarity genes
notableWork genetic screens for embryonic lethal mutations in Drosophila
placeOfBirth Magdeburg NERFINISHED
positionHeld director at Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
sexOrGender female
workLocation Tübingen NERFINISHED

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University of Tübingen hasNotableAlumnus Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
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