Cecilia Lutwak-Mann
Cecilia Lutwak-Mann | |
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 Cecilia Lutwak-Mann in about 1955.[1] | |
| Born | About 1900 |
| Died | 1987 |
| Education | University of Lviv (M.D.) |
| Known for | Discovery of the role of progesterone in the placenta |
| Spouse | Thaddeus Mann |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Endocrinology, physiology |
| Institutions | Agricultural Research Council of Great Britain |
Cecilia Lutwak-Mann (1900(?)-1987) was a Polish-British endocrinologist and physiologist.
Career
[edit]She was educated at the University of Lviv (now in Ukraine), where she obtained a doctorate of medicine.[2] She studied the menstrual cycle, cellular respiration, and embryology,[3] and served as chief scientific officer of the Agricultural Research Council of Great Britain.[4]
Lutwak-Mann was known for discovering that the hormone progesterone acts on the placenta to control carbonic anhydrase synthesis.[5] She also co-authored the then-reference text on male reproductive function and semen ("Male Reproductive Function and Semen: Themes and Trends in Physiology, Biochemistry and Investigative Andrology", 1981) with Thaddeus Mann.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Lutwak-Mann married Thaddeus Mann in 1934, after they met in medical school. She was Jewish, and moved to Britain in 1935 to continue her research at Cambridge. She died in 1987.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Davenport, Horace W. (1 June 1984). "The Early Days of Research on Carbonic Anhydrase" (PDF). Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 429 (1): 4–9. Bibcode:1984NYASA.429....4D. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1984.tb12310.x. hdl:2027.42/73862. ISSN 1749-6632. PMID 6430175.
- ^ a b Harrison, Robin (9 December 1993). "Watcher of the wriggling cells: Obituary: Thaddeus Mann". The Guardian. Manchester, UK.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (1 January 2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415920407.
- ^ "Vassar Miscellany News". Vassar Newspaper Archive. 10 April 1963. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ Davenport, Horace W. (1 April 1980). "Carbonic Anhydrase, or the Strange Case of the Disappearing Scientist". The Physiologist. 23 (2): 11–15. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.596.3521. PMID 6770392.
- ^ "Obituary: Professor Thaddeus Mann". The Independent. 9 December 1993. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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| National | |
| People | |
- 1987 deaths
- Polish women scientists
- Women physiologists
- Women endocrinologists
- British endocrinologists
- Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom
- British physiologists
- 20th-century Polish scientists
- 20th-century British scientists
- 20th-century British women scientists
- University of Lviv alumni
- 20th-century Polish women