Nobel Prize winner Katalin Karikó was 'demoted 4 times' at her old job. How she persisted: 'You have to focus on what's next'
Katalin Kariko
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I am a scientist, working on the therapeutic use of in vitro transcribed mRNA.
Philadelphia
Joined December 2010
- Oh my god! I was in the French TV tonight!
00:00 - Today I started to work in my new office that used to be the Nobel Prize-winner Albert Szent-Györgyi's at the Department of Molecular and Analytical Chemistry @Uni_Szeged Hungary.
- Today, I got a fantastic welcome at my alma mater University of Szeged, Hungary 🎉🎊🎈🍾💫😍She was welcomed by Dr. László Rovó, Rector, Dr. Judit Fendler, Chancellor of the University of Szeged and Dr. László Botka, Mayor of Szeged 🌹 Hundreds of people, her colleagues and the students of the institution also welcomed her and cheered her upon her arrival 🤗
- My daughter was inducted to several different Hall of Fame organizations for athletes, but this is the first for me 🥇🎉🌻Help us congratulate Katalin Karikó on her induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame® for her work with modified mRNA technology for the COVID-19 vaccine! #NIHF2023
- Photo of the day: Rowing Mom Wins Nobel
- In Pfizer's Superbowl commercial I appear together with scientists including, Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Einstein, Marie Maynard Daly and Rosalind Franklin 💫🎉 It can't be better than that youtube.com/watch?v=fwvjim…
- It's an honor to be the first woman to receive this award!Congratulations to biochemist Katalin Karikó @kkariko @Penn @BioNTech_Group who laid the foundation for the development of #RNA #vaccines against the #coronavirus! She is being honoured for this by the Würzburg Societas Physico-Medica. 👏👏👏➡️go.uniwue.de/kariko
- My book, Breaking Through, is out today! Join me on a deeply personal journey as I share my triumphs, failures, and discoveries that have revolutionized the field of mRNA. @CrownPublishing
- Nobel Prize winner Katalin Karikó raised a two-time Olympic gold medalist: Here's her No. 1 piece of parenting advice
- Today, I was awarded the Széchenyi Prize by the Hungarian Government in recognition of my scientific contribution to fight the corona virus pandemic.
- Unbelievable: I received a literature prize for my book Breaking Through: My life in Science. It became a bestseller in the non-fiction category. I hope it will inspire the new generation of scientists to live happy and productive life😍Standing ovation for #Hungarian @NobelPrize winner @kkariko as she receives the prestigious Libri Literary Prize in Budapest for her brilliant memoir “Breaking Through: My Life in Science”. 👏 This year, based on their 2023 bestseller lists, Libri awarded prizes in 12 categories
00:00 - Katalin Karikó Has Thoughts on How to Support Shunned Scholars Like Her











