Science on Tap: Dr. Gerty T. Cori, Dr. Carl F. Cori, and the Emergence of their Marital Scientific Research Collaboration, 1922–1931
Tickets are not required for this event. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
National Mechanics
22 South 3rd Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19106
Photo Credit: Gerty T. Cori and Carl F. Cori, 1949. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Monday, September 11 from 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at National Mechanics (22 South 3rd Street Philadelphia, PA, 19106)
Science on Tap: Dr. Gerty T. Cori, Dr. Carl F. Cori, and the Emergence of their Marital Scientific Research Collaboration, 1922–1931
Gina Surita's talk will examine the gendered dynamics of the joint research program that developed between Prague-born, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Dr. Gerty T. Cori and her husband Dr. Carl F. Cori during their first ten years in the United States. Despite coming up against gender discrimination, demands for clinically-related laboratory work, and institutional objections to their research partnership, the Coris co-authored numerous papers on carbohydrate (sugar) metabolism throughout the 1920s, work which culminated in their characterization of one of the earliest metabolic cycles to be biochemically described, a cycle of how sugar flows through the animal body which was eventually termed the “Cori Cycle.”
About the Speaker
Gina Surita is a historian of the modern biomedical sciences. She completed her PhD in History of Science at Princeton University in 2022.
About Science on Tap
Science on Tap is a monthly "gathering" in Philadelphia that features public discussion on engaging science topics, but we’re also more than that. Made up of a consortium of six Philadelphia institutions, we care about bringing science out of the labs and the hallowed halls of academia and sharing it with the public.