Timeline:
August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957
Place of study:
University College, London, United Kingdom Karl-Ferdinands-Universität, Prague
State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases, New York.
Famous for:
- Investigating carbohydrate metabolism.
- Discovery of the mechanism by which glycogen 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).
- Discovery of an intermediate compound in frog muscles that enabled the breakdown of glycogen, called glucose 1-phosphate, now known as the Cori ester.
Awards:
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1947)
Garvan–Olin Medal (1948)
St. Louis Award (1948)
Sugar Research Prize (1950)
Borden Award (1951)
Fun fact:
The crater Cori on the Moon is named after her, as is the Cori crater on Venus!