Carl Ferdinand Cori
Chemist, Academic
1896 – 1984
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Who was Carl Ferdinand Cori?
Carl Ferdinand Cori, ForMemRS was a Czech biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and resynthesized in the body, for use as a store and source of energy. In 2004 both were designated a National Historic Chemical Landmark in recognition of their work that elucidated carbohydrate metabolism.
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- Born
- Dec 5, 1896
Prague - Also known as
- 卡尔·斐迪南·科里
- Кори, Карл Фердинанд
- Spouses
- Gerty Cori
(1920 - )
- Gerty Cori
- Ethnicity
- Czech American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Austria
- Austria-Hungary
- Profession
- Education
- Charles University in Prague
- Employment
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Lived in
- Buffalo
- Prague
- Died
- Oct 20, 1984
Cambridge - Resting place
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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