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Other Awards A-B (362) A (285) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (84) G-H (389) G (254) Garvan-Olin Medal (3) M-N (333) N (205) National Women's Hall of Fame (7) Q-Z (398) W (157) Women in Technology Hall of Fame (6) Women in Technology International (4) complete name: Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz nobel prize: medicine award year: 1947 together with: Carl Ferdinand Cori together with: Bernardo Houssay prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 was divided, one half jointly to Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen" and the other half to Bernardo Alberto Houssay "for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Gerty Therese Radnitz given name: Gerty family name: Cori occupation: physician occupation: psychologist occupation: chemist occupation: physiologist occupation: biochemist field of work: biochemistry work location: Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO, 63130-4899, United States of America description: Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz was a Czech-American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Cori was born in Prague (then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now the Czech Republic). Gerty was not a nickname, but rather she was named after an Austrian warship. Growing up at a time when women were marginalized in science and allowed few educational opportunities, she gained admittance to medical school, where she met her future husband Carl Ferdinand Cori; upon their graduation in 1920, they married. Because of deteriorating conditions in Europe, the couple emigrated to the United States in 1922. Gerty Cori continued her early interest in medical research, collaborating in the laboratory with Carl. She published research findings coauthored with her husband, as well as publishing singly. Unlike her husband, she had difficulty securing research positions, and the ones she obtained provided meager pay. Her husband insisted on continuing their collaboration, though he was discouraged from doing so by the institutions that employed him. With her husband Carl and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, Gerty Cori received the Nobel Prize in 1947 for the discovery of the mechanism by which glycogen—a derivative of glucose—is broken down in muscle tissue into lactic acid and then resynthesized in the body and stored as a source of energy (known as the Cori cycle). They also identified the important catalyzing compound, the Cori ester. In 2004, both Gerty and Carl Cori were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work in clarifying carbohydrate metabolism. In 1957, Gerty Cori died after a ten-year struggle with myelosclerosis. She remained active in the research laboratory until the end. She received recognition for her achievements through multiple awards and honors. The Cori crater on the Moon and the Cori crater on Venus are named after her. image copyright: Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. image citation: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1947/summary/> date birth: 1896 date death: 1957 usual name: Gerty Cori
