CHRISTIANE NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD

1995 Nobel Laureate in Medicine

for discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development.

• Born: October 20, 1942
• Place of birth: Magdeburg, Germany
• Nationality: Germany
• Residence: Germany
• Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie (MPI for Developmental Biology), Tübingen
  • Address:
    Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie
    Abt. Genetick
    Spemannstr. 35
    72076 Tübingen, Germany
• E-mail: christiane.nuesslein-volhard@tuebingen.mpg.de
• Education:
  • Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, 1964
  • Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany, Biochemistry, 1968
  • University of Tübingen, Germany, PhD Biology 1973

• Prize co-recipient: Edward B. Lewis
• Prize co-recipient: Eric F. Wieschaus
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