Rosalind Wulzen

Rosalind Wulzen (b. 1882 or 1886 ) was an American physiologist, known for her discovery of the "Anti-Stiffness Factor," or "Wulzen Factor."

Early life and education Rosalind Wulzen was born in Oakland, California.

Wulzen attended the University of California, Berkeley, Her master's thesis was entitled, "On the mechanism of cytolysis in paramecium," and her doctoral thesis was entitled, "The pituitary gland in its relationship to the early period of growth in birds." Wulzen was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Physiology at Berkeley. Then, while completing her doctoral degree, Wulzen was an Assistant Professor of Biology at Mills College from 1909-1914, teaching courses on Elementary Biology, Biology Laboratory, Bacteriology, Human Anatomy, Physiology, Physiology Laboratory, Advanced Physiology, and Microscopical Techniques. Wulzen was an academic advisor to two students within the Departments of Zoology and Chemistry: Mary Lorene Wickert (M.S. 1944) and Virginia Lee Wiemar (M.S. 1947). She was Professor Emeritus from 1947 to 1980.

Publications

"Nutritional Value for Planarian Worms of Vitamin Depleted Mammalian Tissues," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (January 1936) "A Dietary Factor which Imparts to Certain Mammalian Tissues a Quality Necessary for the Correct Nutrition of Planarian Worms," Physiological Zoology (October 1935) "Variations in the Growth-Promoting Power of Kidney for Planarian Worms," Physiological Zoology (April 1932) "Unbalance in Planarian Nutrition," Physiological Zoology (April 1931) "The Growth-Promoting Power of Egg for Planarian Worms," Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (December 1929) "The Opposite Effects of Liver and Pancreas Upon the Growth of Planarian Worms," Cancer Research (March 1928) "The Nutrition of Planarian Worms," Science (April 1927) "Some Chemotropic and Feeding Reactions of Planaria Maculata," The Biological Bulletin (1917) "The Pituitary Gland. Its Effect on Growth and Fission of Planarian Worms," Journal of Biological Chemistry (July 1916) "The Morphology and Histology of a Certain Structure Connected with the Pars Intermedia of the Pituitary Body of the Ox," The Anatomical Record (Vol 8, No. 8, August 1914) "The Anterior Lobe of the Pituitary Body in its Relationship to the Early Growth Period of Birds," American Journal of Physiology (May 1914)

Honors Wulzen received an honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Oregon in 1943.