Katalin Karikó - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2023
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Katalin Karikó

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2023
for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
Together with: Drew Weissman
Citizenship
HungaryHungaryUnited StatesUnited States
Languages
English, Hungarian
date of birth
1/17/1955
place of birth
Szolnok
Age
71 years
occupation
  • consultant
    • start time: May 2026
  • university teacher
  • researcher
  • inventor
  • biochemist
  • neuroscientist
field of work
  • messenger RNA
  • biochemistry
educated at
  • Móricz Zsigmond Gimnázium és Közgazdasági Szakközépiskola
  • University of Szeged
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: biochemistry
    • start time: 1978
    • end time: 1982
  • University of Szeged
    • academic degree: Master of Science
    • academic major: biology
    • start time: 1973
    • end time: 1978
employer
  • Temple University
  • BioNTech
    • start time: 2013
  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  • University of Pennsylvania
    • start time: 1987
  • Biological Research Centre
    • start time: 1978
member of
  • Academia Europaea
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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