In systemic searches for embryonic lethal mutants of Drosophila melanogaster we have identified 15 loci which when mutated alter the segmental patter…

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Everyone thinks I must have been an ace in school. But I didn't work hard, I was lazy. I liked to be lazy. I thought laziness stimulated your imagina…

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

Not everybody is talented for doing research. I think many women prefer to look for an easier job after their dissertations because it is very demand…

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

I know labs where women refuse to make a coffee for others because they don't want to be seen doing seemingly female things. I think this is stupid. …

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

I think women are just as gifted when it comes to science as men are. But I think their wishes and desires are different and this is also shaped by t…

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

The pressure on kids is high to get good grades. In my time, no one cared about it. My father looked at them but he didn't really make much fuss abou…

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

It is very important for me to be taken seriously for my science and not for my looks or other personal accomplishments.

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

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

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

I was raised with this idea of hard work and keeping doors open. To be able to choose what you want to do in the future. That was what we tried to te…

- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard