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11 quotes by Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Born (1942-10-20) 20 October 1942 (age 72) Magdeburg, Germany Residence Germany Nationality German Fields genetics, embryology Institutions European Molecular Biology Laboratory, MPI for Developmental Biology Alma mater University of Tübingen Doctoral advisor Heinz Schaller Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1995), Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1991) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz...
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I am often asked why there is discrimination against women in science. And I have given it some thought. With prejudicial attitudes, you can't... →

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At the time I finished high school, I was determined to study biology, deeply convinced to eventually be a researcher.

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Humans are something very different from animals, and the numbers required to get cloning to work in animals are completely prohibitory with humans.

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I immediately loved working with flies. They fascinated me and followed me around in my dreams.

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I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect.

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I think there are profound differences between women and men. In intelligence and creativity, there is no difference, but in what one loves, what one... →

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In mathematics and science, there is no difference in the intelligence of men and women. The difference in genes between men and women is simply the... →

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I had a happy childhood, with many stimulations and support from my parents who, in postwar times, when it was difficult to buy things, made... →

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People think if you have deciphered the genome of humans that you can change everything. But you cannot change everything, because you do not know... →

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I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas, and in these topics I... →

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In German science, we have a special problem. We lose talented women at the time they get pregnant. Some of it occurs because they are encouraged -... →

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