Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard#
| Membership Number: | 322 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2014 Groupleader of Research Group "Colour Pattern Formation" at the Max Planck Institute of Developmental Biology, Tübingen
- 2005-2012 Director of the Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratory, Tübingen
- 1985-2014 Director at the Max-Planck-Institute of Developmental Biology, Tübingen
- 1981-1984 FML of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Tübingen
- 1978-1981 Group leader at the EMBL, Heidelberg
- 1973 PhD in Genetics, University of Tübingen
- 1969 Diploma in Biochemistry, University of Tübingen
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular and genetic analysis of development
- Establishment of cell polarity in Drosophila
- Growth and cell migration in the zebrafish
Honours and Awards
- Albert Lasker Medical Research Award, New York
- The Prix Louis Jeantet de Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
- The Ernst Schering Prize, Berlin
- The Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology (1995)
- Foreign member of the Royal Society, London, UK
- Member of the National Academy, Wash. US
- Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), the Leopoldina, Halle
- Member of the Berlin/Brandenburg Academy, Berlin
