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In her lecture, the scientist explores how colour patterns develop in animals and what role they play in communication, mate selection and evolution. She focuses on a fish called the zebrafish, whose characteristic striped pattern serves as a model for the development and evolution of animal colour patterns.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, jointly with Edward B. Lewis and Eric F. Wieschaus. She was honoured for her research into the genetic control of early embryonic development. To date, she is the only German – and the only woman from the German-speaking world – to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
BioTechMed-Graz Nobel Lecture 2026 with Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Time: Friday, 13 November 2026, 5.00 pm
Venue: University of Graz, Alumni Lecture Theatre, HS 62.01
Lecture: “Animal Beauty: Function and Evolution of Biological Aesthetics”
