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Born
Prague, Czech Republic -
Pimary school
She received her primary education at home before entering a Lyceum Academy for girls in 1906; she graduated in 1912 -
Charles University
Gerty Cori Got her doctorate in 1920. -
Carl Cori
Carl and Gerty married the same year she graduated from Charles University. Carl was her classmate. The couple moved to Buffalo, New York in the United States in 1922 and began researching the metabolic mechanisms. As a woman, Gerty Cori was employed on much less favorable terms than her husband. Later that same year they came american citizens. -
Cori Cycle
¨Gerty and Carl Cori took an interest in how the body utilizes energy. In 1929, they described what is known as the Cori cycle; a part of metabolism. Lactic acid forms when we use our muscles, which is then converted into glycogen in the liver. Glycogen, in turn, is converted into glucose, which is absorbed by muscle cells. The pair continued to investigate how glycogen is broken down into glucose, in 1938-1939.¨ - Noble Prize.org -
Noble Prize
Gerty cori; Jewish Czech - American biochemist who became 3rd in 1947 and 1st american Woman in biochem. -
Washington University.
The couple moved to Washington University in St. Louis in 1931 after both were offered positions there. Gerty Cori first became a professor of biochemistry in 1947. -
Gerty Cori Death
Cause of death: Died of kidney Failure at age 60 -
Carl Cori Death
Dead of natural causes
