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Author: paul carson (Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:35 am)
Title: Dr. Nüsslein-Volhard
If a list were made of the great biologists of the past 100 years, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard would certainly be on it.
In the 1980's, she and Eric F. Wieschaus solved one of the central mysteries of life: how the genes in a fertilized egg direct the formation of an embryo. For their discovery, Dr. Nüsslein-Volhard, Dr. Wieschaus and Edward B. Lewis received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Nüsslein-Volhard was just the 10th woman to win a Nobel Prize in one of the sciences.
Now 63, she directs the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany. In her off-hours, she works to improve the status of women in science. With her own money and a $100,000 award from Unesco-L'Oréal's Women in Science Program, she has organized the Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Foundation, which offers grants to young female scientists for baby sitters and household help. Christiane’s lates book is "Coming to Life: How Genes Drive Development" Kales Press book.
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