Talk:Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

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Big science[edit]

I do not feel that the Nüsslein-Volhard/Wieschaus screen was 'big science' i.e. involving a large number of people not a small group, and extremely expensive. Obviously it was very influential, and in its ambition to find and classify all the embryonic lethal genes it was indeed a significant change towards a more systematic approach to biology. However I understand that the screen were essentially undertaken by four people (Nüsslein-Volhard, Wieschaus, Gerd Jürgens and Hildegard Kluding [1], and was not massively costly, so was not a big science project as commonly understood. Surely big science did not reach basic molecular biology until the physical map construction/genome sequencing projects? Celefin (talk) 11:44, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Rated start class for the following reasons:

No photograph
Lacks information on education and career before 1985
Lacks references
Some information on research interests, but could be expanded
Lacks appropriate subheadings and reordering might be helpful
External link present which could be used to expand article

Espresso Addict 14:34, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 14:34, 25 September 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 11:40, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Awards and honors[edit]

I've added some citations to this section but I haven't yet found verified sources for all of the listed prizes so I haven't removed the Maintenance Template. I'll keep coming back until I can get this properly referenced (or someone else does). Feel free to join in and check what I've done, thanks! - Lozmatron (talk) 15:17, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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