The drive to want to know is innate in people. You cannot influence this. I think in contrast it is harmful if you push kids too far in a particular direction. — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share Image
I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect. — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
Humans are something very different from animals, and the numbers required to get cloning to work in animals are completely prohibitory with humans. — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
Successful women are not liked. I think the biggest danger for women in science is colleagues who are not as good as you are. — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
In German science, we have a special problem. We lose talented women at the time they get pregnant. Some of it occurs because they… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. This animal has been extremely cooperative… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
In my age group I don't know a single woman who is as successful as I am. I am the total exception. You can… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
I had a very intense relationship with my father, who was always extremely interested in what we kids were doing. I actually think the… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
At the time I finished high school, I was determined to study biology, deeply convinced to eventually be a researcher. — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
In mathematics and science, there is no difference in the intelligence of men and women. The difference in genes between men and women is… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
I think women who are pretty certainly have an advantage in any field, in any profession. When a girl is born people still say:… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
I think there is too much attention on mentoring. If people want to be scientists, they will figure out how to do it. They… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
If woman wants to have kids and work a little less she has a big disadvantage compared to a male colleague who has a… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
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… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas, and in… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share
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 Copy Share
