Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1995.

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard after receiving her Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1995.

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Chemistry laureate F. Sherwood Rowland, medicine laureates Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus and literature laureate Seamus Heaney on stage at the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1995.

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus and literature laureate Seamus Heaney on stage at the award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 10 December 1995.

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All 1995 Nobel Prize laureates on stage for the Nobel Prize award ceremony. From left: physics laureates Martin L. Perl and Frederick Reines; chemistry laureates Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland; medicine laureates Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus; literature laureate Seamus Heaney and laureate in economic sciences Robert E. Lucas Jr.

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1995.

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From left: Physics laureate Martin L. Perl, medicine laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1995.

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From left: Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, physics laureate Martin L. Perl, medicine laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1995.

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard delivering her speech of thanks at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 1995.

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Physics laureate Martin L. Perl and medicine laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1995.

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 1995.

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus photographed beside a portrait of Alfred Nobel, December 1995.

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1995 Nobel Prize laureates assembled during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden, December 1995. Back row: Chemistry laureate Paul J. Crutzen, economic sciences laureate Robert E. Lucas Jr, medicine laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, chemistry laureate Mario J. Molina and medicine laureate Edward B. Lewis. Front row: medicine laureate Eric F. Wieschaus, physics laureates Frederick Reines and Martin L. Perl and chemistry laureate F. Sherwood Rowland.

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2021 chemistry laureate Benjamin List with his aunt Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (awarded the medicine prize in 1995). Photo taken in December 2021.

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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard in discussions at Nobel Prize Series India, February 2018.

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Physics laureate Steven Chu, medicine laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and medicine laureate Craig C. Mello discussing 'The Genetic Revolution and its Impact on Society' at Nobel Week Dialogue, December 2012.

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