# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BRRfzSkgj5p
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461089-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3b808e372f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-03-05T22:34:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

#ScientistSpotlight: Gerty Cori, a #biochemist, was the first #woman to win the #NobelPrize in Physiology or #Medicine for her #discovery of the mechanism by which glycogen breaks down into lactic acid. The Cori craters on the #Moon and #Venus are named after her.
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#WomenInScience #WomensHistoryMonth #women #shepersisted #science #sciencegoals #nobel #firsts #history #womenshistory #sciencehistory

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## Tags

venus, history, sciencegoals, moon, woman, medicine, firsts, womenshistorymonth, womeninscience, shepersisted, nobel, scientistspotlight, science, women, discovery, sciencehistory, womenshistory, nobelprize, biochemist

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