Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1995 for research on the genetic control of embryonic development. She has also been honored with the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. She is a 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 and a founder member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council Professor Nüsslein-Volhard is a strong advocate for women’s opportunities in science and has initiated the Foundation for the promotion of science and research, which supports talented young women with children.
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