| Who is it? | Researcher |
| Birth Day | October 20, 1942 |
| Birth Place | Magdeburg, German |
| Age | 81 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Residence | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen (PhD) |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1995) Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1993) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1991) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1986) |
| Fields | Genetics Embryology |
| Institutions | European Molecular Biology Laboratory MPI for Developmental Biology |
| 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 |
| Website | www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/research/emeriti/research-group-colour-pattern-formation.html |
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, a renowned German researcher, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in 2024. With an exceptional career spanning several decades, Nüsslein-Volhard has made remarkable contributions in the field of genetics and developmental biology. She is widely known for her pioneering work on the genetic control of embryonic development, which earned her the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995. Nüsslein-Volhard's invaluable research has significantly impacted the scientific community and continues to inspire generations of researchers worldwide.
The experiments that earned Nüsslein-Volhard and Wieschaus their Nobel prize aimed to identify genes involved in the development of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) embryos. At this point (the late 1970s and early 1980s) little was known about the genetic and molecular mechanisms by which multicellular organisms develop from single cells to morphologically complex forms during embryogenesis.
Nüsslein-Volhard was educated at the University of Tübingen where she earned a PhD in 1974 for research into Protein–DNA interactions and the binding of RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli.
Since 1985 Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard has been Director of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen and also leads its Genetics Department. In 1986, she received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research. Since 2001 she has been member of the Nationaler Ethikrat (National Ethics Council of Germany) for the ethical assessment of new developments in the life sciences and their influence on the individual and society. Her primer for the lay-reader, Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development, was published in April 2006.
In 2004 Nüsslein-Volhard started the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation (Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Stiftung). It is meant to aid 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.
Christiane Nüsslein-Vollhard has been awarded honorary degrees by the following Universities: Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Rockefeller, Utrecht, University College London, Oxford (June 2005), Sheffield, St Andrews (June 2011), Freiburg, Munich and Bath.
