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 really do much. You can point out when people discriminate and ask them not to. — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Copy Share Image
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 what the genes mean, and you have no methods for changing them, and you can't… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The three of us have worked on the development of the small and totally harmless fruit fly, Drosophila. This animal has been extremely cooperative in our hands - and has revealed to us some of its innermost secrets and tricks for developing from a single celled egg to a complex living being of great beauty and harmony. ... None of… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
