Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | |
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Born | Magdeburg, Germany | 20 October 1942
Alma mater | Goethe University Frankfurt University of Tübingen (PhD) |
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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[2] |
Website | www |
Christiane (Janni) Nüsslein-Volhard (German pronunciation:
Nüsslein-Volhard earned her PhD in 1974 from the
Early life and education
Nüsslein-Volhard was born in
After the
She received a diploma in biochemistry in 1969
Career
In 1975, Nüsslein-Volhard became a postdoctoral researcher in
In 1981, Nüsslein-Volhard moved to the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society in Tübingen. From 1984 until her retirement in 2014, she was the director of the
In 2001, she became a member of the Nationaler Ethikrat (National Ethics Council of Germany) for the
In 2004, she started the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation (Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Stiftung) which aids promising young female German scientists with children. The foundation's main focus is to facilitate childcare as a supplement to existing stipends and day care.[4]
Research
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During the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, little was known about the genetic and molecular mechanisms by which multicellular organisms
The subsequent study of these mutants and their interactions led to important new insights into early Drosophila development, especially the mechanisms that underlie the step-wise development of body segments.[11] These experiments are not only distinguished by their sheer scale (with the methods available at the time, they involved an enormous workload), but more importantly by their significance for organisms other than fruit flies.
Her findings led to important realizations about evolution – for example, that
Additionally, they greatly increased our understanding of the regulation of
Nüsslein-Volhard is associated with the discovery of
As of 2023[update], Nüsslein-Volhard has an h-index of 104 according to Scopus.[13]
Personal life
Nüsslein-Volhard married in the mid-1960s while studying at the Goethe University Frankfurt, but divorced soon afterward and did not have any children.[5] She lives in Bebenhausen, Germany.[14] She has said that she loves to sing, play the flute and do chamber music.[6] She published a cookbook in 2006.[15]
Awards and honors
- 1986: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation[16]
- 1986: Franz Vogt Award of the University of Giessen
- 1991: Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research[17]
- 1991: Keith R. Porter Lecture[18]
- 1992: Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize[19]
- 1992: Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine[1]
- 1992: Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University[20]
- 1992: Otto Warburg Medal of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology[21]
- 1992: Otto Bayer Award[22]
- 1993: Sir Hans Krebs Medal from the Federation of European Biochemical Societies[23]
- 1993: Ernst Schering Prize[24]
- 1994: Merit Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1995: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine[25]
- 1996: Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- 1997: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts[26]
- 2005: Grand Merit Cross with Star and Sash of the Federal Republic of Germany (Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband)[27]
- 2007: German Founder Award of the Federation of German Foundations
- 2009: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art[28]
- 2013–2021: Chancellor of the order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts[26]
- 2014: Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art[29]
- 2019: Schiller Prize of the City of Marbach[30]
- The asteroid 15811 Nüsslein-Volhard is named in her honour[31]
Honorary degrees
Nüsslein-Volhard has been awarded
- 1991: Honorary doctorate from the University of Utrecht[34]
- 1991: Honorary doctorate from Princeton University[35]
- 1993: Honorary doctorate from the University of Freiburg[36]
- 1993: Honorary doctorate from Harvard University[37]
- 2001: Honorary doctorate from Rockefeller University
- 2002: Honorary doctorate from University College London
- 2005: Honorary doctorate from University of Oxford
- 2007: Honorary doctorate from Weizmann Institute of Science
- 2008: Mercator Professorship, University of Duisburg-Essen
- 2011: Honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews
- 2012: Honorary doctorate from the University of Bath[33]
Memberships
- 1989: Founding member of the Academia Europaea[38]
- 1989: Corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences[39]
- 1990: Corresponding member of North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts
- London
- 1990: Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington[43]
- 1991: Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina[44]
- 1992: Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[45]
- 1995: Member of the American Philosophical Society[46]
- 2001–2006: Member of the National Ethics Council of the Federal Government (German Ethics Council)
- Member of the French Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Ingrid zu Solms Foundation
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization[47]
See also
Notes
- ^ Two German women, Herta Müller and Nelly Sachs, received the Nobel Prize in Literature
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- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995". www.nobelprize.org. 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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- ^ "Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard". tuebingen.mpg.de (in German). Tübingen: Max Planck Institut. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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External links
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture on 8 December 1995 The Identification of Genes Controlling Development in Flies and Fishes