The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995
Awarded on: 1995-10-09
"for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development"
Affiliations:
- Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie – Tübingen, Germany
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Born: 1942-10-20 in Magdeburg, Germany
Gender: female
Field: German developmental biologist and 1995 Nobel Prize winner (born 1942)
Biography
Christiane (Janni) Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist. She was awarded 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. She had previously received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991.