Cecilia Lutwak-Mann

Cecilia Lutwak-Mann, c. 1955.[1]

Cecilia Lutwak-Mann (1900(?)-1987) was a Polish-British endocrinologist and physiologist.

Career

She was educated at the University of Lvov (now in the 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

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

  1. ↑ Davenport, Horace W. (1984-06-01). "The Early Days of Research on Carbonic Anhydrase". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 429 (1): 4–9. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1984.tb12310.x. ISSN 1749-6632.
  2. 1 2 Harrison, Robin (1993-12-09). "Watcher of the wriggling cells: Obituary: Thaddeus Mann". Manchester, UK: The Guardian.
  3. ↑ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000-01-01). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415920407.
  4. ↑ "Vassar Miscellany News". Vassar Newspaper Archive. 1963-04-10. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
  5. ↑ Davenport, Horace W. (1980-04-01). "Carbonic Anhydrase, or the Strange Case of the Disappearing Scientist". The Physiologist 23.
  6. ↑ "Obituary: Professor Thaddeus Mann". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
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