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Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (b. 1942) is the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. She was co-awarded the prize for research on the genetic control of embryonic development. She is also associated with the discovery of Toll genes.

She has been awarded the highest honour in research in her native country of Germany. The foundation that bears her name was founded in 2004 with the purpose of helping female scientists focus on their work by providing them with proper childcare.

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