1995

Curriculum Vitae

Born October 20th, 1942, Magdeburg, Germany   Address: Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Abt. Genetick, Spemannstr. 35, 72076 Tübingen, Germany   Academic Education 1962-1964 Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, (Biology, Physics, Chemistry) 1964-1968 Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany, Diploma in Biochemistry 1973 PhD (Dr rer nat) in Biology (Genetics), University of Tübingen   Appointments and Professional Activities 1969-1974 Max-Planck-Institut für Virusforschung,…

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Banquet speech

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard delivering her speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1995. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1995 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is not easy to express how I feel at this time, which is truly a high…

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Poetry

Mossbawn For Mary Heaney I. Sunlight There was a sunlit absence. The helmeted pump in the yard heated its iron, water honeyed in the slung bucket and the sun stood like a griddle cooling against the wall of each long afternoon. So, her hands scuffled over the bakeboard, the reddening stove sent its plaque of…

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Banquet speech

Seamus Heaney’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 1995 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Today’s ceremonies and tonight’s banquet have been mighty and memorable events. Nobody who has shared in them will ever forget them, but for the laureates these celebrations have had a unique importance. Each of us has participated…

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