# Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

_German biologist (1995 Nobel Prize)_

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> 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.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 20 October 1942 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77174#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Magdeburg ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77174#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Germany ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77174#P27))
- **Occupation:** biologist; biochemist; geneticist; psychologist; university teacher; physiologist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77174#P106))
- **Education:** University of Tübingen; Goethe University Frankfurt ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77174#P69))
- **Awards:** Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg; Carus medal; Otto Bayer Award; Ernst Schering Prize; Otto Warburg Medal; Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize; Deutscher Stifterpreis; Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize; Rosenstiel Award; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77174#P166))

## Questions

**When was Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard born?**  
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard was born on 20 October 1942 in Magdeburg.

**Where did Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard study?**  
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard was educated at University of Tübingen, Goethe University Frankfurt.

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