Nobel Prize

Gerty Cori uncovered the process of cellular energy storage and release, answering one of the most fundamental questions about how the human body works. In so doing, she and her husband and lifelong research partner, Carl, transformed the study of biology, proving that the clarity of molecular chemistry could and should be applied to the opaque mechanisms of biology.

André Gide did not deliver a Nobel Lecture.

The Friends Service Council was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with the American Friends Service Committee, for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering. Full name: Friends Service CouncilFounded: 1647, London, United KingdomDate awarded: 30 October 1947 “Children of the Light” The Friends Service Council, a British/Irish…

The American Friends Service Committee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with the Friends Service Council, for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate efforts to relieve human suffering. Full name: American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)Founded: 1917, Washington, D.C., USADate awarded: 30 October 1947 God’s goodness shown through brotherly love The American…

Bernardo Houssay’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1947 (in Spanish) Altezas Reales; Excelencias; Señoras y Señores: Mi más rendida gratitud porque Suecia honra hoy generosamente en mi persona a los que en la lejana América Latina están consagrados con fiel y abnegada devoción al cultivo de la investigación científica. Aunque alejados…

Carl Cori’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1947 Your Royal Highnesses, your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. May I express my deep gratitude for the signal honor conferred upon me by the award of the Nobel Prize. To have thus been singled out among so many worthy scientists must evoke a feeling…

Nobel Lecture December 11, 1947 Polysaccharide Phosphorylase Pdf 241 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1947 Polysaccharide Phosphorylase Pdf 241 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1947 The Role of the Hypophysis in Carbohydrate Metabolism and in Diabetes The nutritive substances used in greatest quantities by mammals are carbohydrates. – These are ingested with the food or produced by the liver, and after being converted into glucose they are utilized by all the cells of the organism,…

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