Gerty Cori

Biography

Gerty Cori shared the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with her husband Carl Cori for their discovery of the catalytic conversion of glycogen, known as the Cori cycle. She was the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science and only the third woman in history to receive a Nobel in any scientific field. Despite her extraordinary abilities, she faced persistent gender discrimination — universities refused to offer her a faculty position for years because she was a married woman. She continued groundbreaking research on carbohydrate metabolism until her death from myelofibrosis in 1957.

格蒂·科里与丈夫卡尔·科里因发现糖原的催化转化过程（即科里循环）而分享了1947年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。她是第一位获得诺贝尔科学奖的美国女性，也是历史上第三位获得诺贝尔科学奖的女性。尽管她能力出众，却长期面临性别歧视——多所大学多年来拒绝给她教职，因为她是已婚女性。她继续进行开创性的碳水化合物代谢研究，直到1957年因骨髓纤维化去世。

Key Achievements

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1947) for the Cori cycle

  因发现科里循环获诺贝尔生理学或医学奖（1947年）

• First American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science

  第一位获得诺贝尔科学奖的美国女性

• Third woman in history to receive a scientific Nobel Prize

  历史上第三位获得诺贝尔科学奖的女性

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Gerty Cori — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerty_Cori
2. Nobel Prize: Gerty Theresa Cori — https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1947/cori-gt/