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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Katalin Karikó canonical 6

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instanceOf biochemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
awardReceived Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences ⓘ
Japan Prize ⓘ
Körber European Science Prize ⓘ
Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award ⓘ
surface form: 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 University of Szeged ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
NobelPrizeCategory Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Robert Langer → notableStudent → Katalin Karikó ⓘ
John Scott Medal → notableRecipient → Katalin Karikó ⓘ
Robert Koch Prize → notableLaureate → Katalin Karikó ⓘ
Drew Weissman → coAuthorWith → Katalin Karikó ⓘ
Katalin → notableBearer → Katalin Karikó ⓘ
Karikó → name → Katalin Karikó ⓘ
subject surface form: Katalin Karikó