Marthe Louise Vogt was a German scientist recognized as one of the leading neuroscientists of the twentieth century.
15 Facts About Marthe Vogt
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Marthe Vogt is mainly remembered for her important contributions to the understanding of the role of neurotransmitters in the brain, especially epinephrine.
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Marthe Vogt studied medicine and chemistry at Berlin University, earning her degree as Doctor of Medicine with research on the microscopial anatomy of the human brain.
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Marthe Vogt's work focused on the central nervous system and the effects of various drugs on the brain.
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Marthe Vogt joined the British Pharmacological Society and began work with Sir Henry Dale at the National Institute for Medical Research, London.
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Marthe Vogt coauthored a paper with Dale and Wilhelm Feldberg: 'Release of Acetylcholine at Voluntary Motor Nerve Endings' in 1936.
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Marthe Vogt was awarded the Alfred Yarrow Research Fellowship of Girton College the next year.
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Marthe Vogt was brought before a tribunal which ruled for her immediate internment.
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Marthe Vogt remained at Cambridge for five years, working on topics in hypertension and adrenal gland function.
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In 1947, Marthe Vogt became a lecturer and later reader in pharmacology at Edinburgh University, where she continued work on transmitter substances, publishing research on serotonin and reserpine.
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In 1948, Marthe Vogt published a seminal work with William Feldberg: "Acetylcholine synthesis in different regions of the central nervous system".
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Marthe Vogt was a visiting professor at Columbia University, New York in 1949.
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Marthe Vogt was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Marthe Vogt later relocated to La Jolla, California in 1988 to live with her sister, noted cancer biologist Marguerite Vogt.
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Marthe Vogt died the day after her 100th birthday in 2003.