Katalin Karikó

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biochemist human scientist university professor

Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist whose pioneering work on mRNA technology enabled the development of several COVID-19 vaccines and earned her a share of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biochemist → human → scientist → university professor →
awardReceived	Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences → Japan Prize → Körber European Science Prize → Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award → Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine → Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize → Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science →
countryOfBirth	Hungary →
countryOfCitizenship	Hungary → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1955-01-17 →
educatedAt	Szeged University (biochemistry) → University of Szeged →
employer	BioNTech → Szeged Biological Research Centre → University of Pennsylvania →
familyName	Karikó →
fieldOfWork	biochemistry → mRNA technology → molecular biology →
givenName	Katalin →
hasAcademicDegree	PhD in biochemistry →
hasChild	Susan Francia →
influenced	development of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine → development of Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine →
knownFor	enabling mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines → research on messenger RNA (mRNA) →
languagesSpoken	English → Hungarian →
memberOf	European Academy of Sciences and Arts → Hungarian Academy of Sciences → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine →
NobelPrizeYear	2023 →
notableWork	development of modified mRNA for therapeutic use → pioneering mRNA technology enabling COVID-19 vaccines →
placeOfBirth	Szolnok →
positionHeld	adjunct professor at University of Pennsylvania → professor at University of Szeged → senior vice president at BioNTech →
residence	Pennsylvania →
sexOrGender	female →
sharesAwardWith	Drew Weissman → other mRNA vaccine pioneers →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Scott Medal →	notableRecipient
Robert Langer →	notableStudent