Hungarian Nobel Prize-winning professor at the University of Szeged, Katalin Karikó, is pleased to accept the position of advisor to Health Minister Zsolt Hegedűs. That was announced by the university’s public relations office on Tuesday. The statement cited the biochemist as saying that "if the request is for my knowledge and experience, rather than my […]
Katalin Karikó, the first Hungarian woman to win a Nobel Prize, will be awarded an honorary doctorate in Oxford in June and at two American universities in May, the Public Relations Office of the University of Szeged (SZTE) informed MTI on Monday. According to the announcement, Katalin Karikó, a professor at SZTE, will be among […]
Nobel Prize-winning research biologist Katalin Karikó attended the opening of an open-air exhibition entitled 'The 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 […]
Hungarian Nobel Laurate Katalin Karikó has been selected Forbes magazine as one of the top 250 innovators who "best embody the creative spirit." She is on place 169 on the list prepared to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. According to Forbes, those on the list "aren't just inventors; they're […]
The JATE Awards, founded by Katalin Karikó, were presented for the first time at a gala evening held at the University of Szeged on Saturday evening. Literary historian Mihály Ilia, chemistry professor Ágota Tóth, and physician and doctoral student Márton Simon Czikkely received the awards. Katalin Karikó, a former student of József Attila University (JATE), […]
The winner of last year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology, Hungarian mRNA researcher Katalin Karikó has donated a copy of her Nobel Prize and the prize money to her former alma mater, the University of Szeged (SZTE). In a lecture this Tuesday, during which she reported on the events of last December's Nobel Week in Stockholm, […]
American businessman, investor and philanthropist Bill Gates – in his capacity as Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – has listed the most important events of 2023 in a Facebook post, and mentioned Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó's Nobel Prize in the first place. “There’s no question these are challenging times, but I remain […]
The two Hungarian scientists awarded the Nobel Prize this year, Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz, received their prizes at a ceremony at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the Swedish capital, Stockholm this Sunday as December 10 is the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the founder of the prize. Hungarian-American biochemist Katalin […]
At the gala evening in the US capital, the Hungarian Nobel laureate was joined by fellow researcher Drew Weismann in receiving one of the most prestigious awards of the US innovation and patent profession, the Hall of Fame. In addition to them, some 10 other scientists and inventors have been recognized. The US-based Hungarian biochemist, […]
Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Karikó overcame numerous professional setbacks before shooting to stardom as one of the inventors of the mRNA technology used in two COVID-19 vaccines. The scientist talked to Diplomacy&Trade back in 2021 about her love for science, the outcome of the pandemic and the curing power of her invention. The name Katalin Karikó […]
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 will be awarded to Hungarian-American biochemist Katalin Karikó and American physician-scientist Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, accoring to the announcement of the Nobel Assembly at the Swedish Karolinska Institute. The discoveries by […]
The high-tech holographic device purchased by the Biomechanics Laboratory of the University of Debrecen (DE) from the donation of Katalin Karikó enables more precise surgical interventions, the institution informed the state news agency MTI. According to the press release, the research biologist, the patentee of the synthetic mRNA-based vaccine technology, donated part of the money […]
Széchenyi Prize-winning Hungarian research biologist and research professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Katalin Karikó, received the Semmelweis Budapest Award in the Hungarian capital on Thursday. "Katalin Karikó's discovery has saved the lives of millions of people, and thanks to her, we can now live in a safer world, because we have a weapon against […]
