Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard(1942)
MedicineChristiane (Janni) Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and a 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate. She is the only woman from Germany to have received a Nobel Prize in the sciences.
2
Major Awards
219
Publications
49,422
Citations
111
h-index
179
i10-index
225.7
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Goethe University Frankfurt
University of Tübingen
Doctoral Advisors
Ruth LehmannHeinz Schaller
Career Timeline
European Molecular Biology Laboratory?–present
University of Freiburg?–present
University of Duisburg-Essen?–present
Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen?–present
University of Tübingen?–present
Biozentrum University of Basel?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)American Academy of Arts and SciencesRussian Academy of SciencesPontifical Academy of Sciences
Top Publications
The Toll gene in Drosophila pattern formation
Trends in Genetics202246 citations
<i>kcnj13</i>
regulates pigment cell shapes in zebrafish and has diverged by cis-regulatory evolution between
<i>Danio</i>
species
Development20235 citations
Cis-regulatory evolution of the potassium channel gene
<i>kcnj13</i>
during pigment pattern diversification in
<i>Danio</i>
fish
20221 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Katalin Karikó
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience (2024)
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
Harald zur Hausen
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2008)
Erwin Neher
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1991)
Bert Sakmann
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1991)
Gerd Faltings
Abel Prize (2026)
Shimon Sakaguchi
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
Mary E. Brunkow
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2025)
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