Outstanding Hungarian Scientists Exhibition in Washington, D.C.

Nobel Prize-winning research biologist Katalin Karikó attended the opening of an open-air exhibition entitled 'Martians', featuring outstanding figures in Hungarian science, in downtown Washington on Sunday.

The Hungarian-made installation on display in front of the Kossuth House, the Hungarian Cultural Center is also partly linked to the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States.

Many of the scientists featured in the interactive exhibition made their outstanding achievements in the United States or studied and researched there.

Katalin Karikó told MTI at the event that outstanding Hungarian scientific achievements were making contributions to American science even in the current period, adding that science was a common language for all those who practice it.

She will receive an award at the Hungarian American Coalition's Super Gala event held at the Library of Congress next to the Capitol to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence.

Balázs Gulyás, President of the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network, said the exhibition showcased 55 outstanding Hungarian scientists, including Nobel laureates, who have contributed in some way to the advancement of human knowledge.

Margó Kósa, head of the Hungarian Brand Cultural Association, which set up the exhibition, said in a statement that after the US capital, the Martians exhibition will tour the United States and is scheduled to travel to Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Daytona Beach and Chicago.