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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1947 - Nobel Prize for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen
  • 1946 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
  • 1940 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Carl F. Cori is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic background anchors them in a notable institution recognized for biomedical research and related fields.

The scientific work of Carl F. Cori has been acknowledged through several prestigious awards. They received the Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen. This significant achievement highlights a contribution to the understanding of biochemical pathways related to glycogen metabolism.

In addition to the Nobel Prize, Carl F. Cori was honored with the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1946. They were elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1940, reflecting a recognition by peer scientists. Earlier in their career, in 1933, they became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), marking an established role within the scientific community.

The available data does not list specific research papers, co-authors, publication venues, subfields, or topics of study associated with Carl F. Cori. However, the awards and affiliations suggest a research focus within fields related to biochemical processes and catalysis.

Overall, Carl F. Cori's profile outlines a career associated with biochemical research, particularly concerning glycogen catalytic pathways, with recognition by leading scientific organizations and institutions.

Best Publications

  • Purification of the hyperglycemic-glycogenolytic factor from insulin and from gastric mucosa.

    E W Sutherland;C F Cori

  • Glucose-6-phosphatase of the liver in glycogen storage disease.

    Gerty T. Cori;Carl F. Cori

  • Crystalline d-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from rabbit muscle.

    Gerty T. Cori;Milton W. Slein;Carl F. Cori

  • A comparative study of hexokinase from yeast and animal tissues.

    Milton W. Slein;Gerty T. Cori;Carl F. Cori

  • THE FATE OF SUGAR IN THE ANIMAL BODY I. THE RATE OF ABSORPTION OF HEXOSES AND PENTOSES FROM THE INTESTINAL TRACT

    Carl F. Cori

  • CRYSTALLINE MUSCLE PHOSPHORYLASE: III. KINETICS

    Carl F. Cori;Gerty T. Cori;Arda Alden Green

  • ISOLATION OF HEXOKINASE FROM BAKER'S YEAST.

    Louis Berger;Milton W. Slein;Sidney P. Colowick;Carl F. Cori

  • CRYSTALLINE MUSCLE PHOSPHORYLASE

    Arda Alden Green;Gerty T. Cori;Carl F. Cori

  • Studies of tissue permeability. V. The penetration and phosphorylation of 2-deoxyglucose in the rat diaphragm.

    David M. Kipnis;Carl F. Cori

  • THE EFFECT OF CONTRACTION AND OF EPINEPHRINE ON THE PHOSPHORYLASE ACTIVITY OF FROG SARTORIUS MUSCLE

    William H. Danforth;Ernst Helmreich;Carl F. Cori

  • MAMMALIAN CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM

    Carl F. Cori

  • GLYCOGEN FORMATION IN THE LIVER FROM d- AND l-LACTIC ACID

    Carl F. Cori;Gerty T. Cori

  • THE ROLE OF ADENYLIC ACID IN THE ACTIVATION OF PHOSPHORYLASE.

    Ernst Helmreich;Carl F. Cori

  • Effect of hyperglycemic-glycogenolytic factor and epinephrine on liver phosphorylase.

    Earl W. Sutherland;Carl F. Cori

  • THE CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM OF TUMORS II. CHANGES IN THE SUGAR, LACTIC ACID, AND CO2-COMBINING POWER OF BLOOD PASSING THROUGH A TUMOR

    Carl F. Cori;Gerty T. Cori

  • The interaction of muscle phosphorylase with p-chloromercuribenzoate. I. Inhibition of activity and effect on the molecular weight.

    N.B. Madsen;Carl F. Cori

  • THE ENZYMATIC CONVERSION OF PHOSPHORYLASE a TO b

    Gerty T. Cori;Carl F. Cori

  • Studies of tissue permeability. III. The effect of insulin on pentose uptake by the diaphragm.

    D. M. Kipnis;Carl F. Cori

  • THE KINETICS OF THE ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF GLYCOGEN FROM GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE

    Gerty T. Cori;Carl F. Cori

  • Studies of Tissue Permeability: VIII. THE EFFECT OF ANAEROBIOSIS ON GLUCOSE UPTAKE IN FROG SARTORIUS MUSCLE

    Pinar Özand;H.T. Narahara;Carl F. Cori

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerty T. Cori
Gerty T. Cori Washington University in St. Louis
Ernst J.M. Helmreich
Ernst J.M. Helmreich University of Würzburg
Earl W. Sutherland
Earl W. Sutherland Vanderbilt University
Robert P. Erickson
Robert P. Erickson University of Arizona
Robert K. Crane
Robert K. Crane Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jorgina Satrústegui
Jorgina Satrústegui Spanish National Research Council

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