Honored with Corvin chain and commemorative coin – 2024-06-21 13:00:43

Nobel Prize winners Karikó and Krausz

Written by Rainer Ackermann

President Tamás Sulyok awarded the Corvin Chain to Nobel Prize winners Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz on Tuesday. On the identical day, the Nationwide Financial institution issued a commemorative coin for the 2 excellent researchers.

The President offered the second highest state award, which is given particularly to scientists and cultural employees, at a ceremony within the Sándor Palace. With their analysis, Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz have helped science obtain vital breakthroughs and opened doorways for the acquisition of data. Humanity can construct on these stones, stated Tamás Sulyok.

The group picture reveals the presidential couple with the 2 newly honored Nobel Prize winners and the opposite wearers of the Corvin Chain. Photograph: Sándor-Palais/ Gyula Bartos

Thanks for human virtues

After many setbacks, the exhausting work of a long time lastly paid off, as each researchers reached heights reserved for only some. “This fills all Hungarians with huge pleasure.” He praised the down-to-earthness and naturalness that Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz maintained even within the highlight and within the face of media hype. “We thanks for these human virtues, this modesty, not solely to your scientific successes, as a result of this makes you function fashions for all of us,” stated the President.

In her acceptance speech, Katalin Karikó promised to make use of all her information to help the development of Hungarian universities. Ferenc Krausz emphasised the excellent function of his lecturers initially of his analysis profession.

Restricted version commemorative cash

Additionally on Tuesday, the 2 Nobel Prize winners have been friends of the President of the Hungarian Central Financial institution, György Matolcsy. He offered Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz with commemorative cash issued by the Hungarian Nationwide Financial institution (MNB) to duly honor the 2 researchers. The MNB President recalled that since 1901, it had by no means occurred that two Hungarians have been awarded the Nobel Prize in a single 12 months. Katalin Karikó was additionally the primary Hungarian lady to obtain this excessive scientific recognition.

Since 2012, the MNB has minted a proud sequence of commemorative cash that includes the portraits of the nation’s many Nobel Prize winners. These particular cash with a restricted version (of 6,000 items every) can be found in a silver alloy model with a face worth of seven,500 forints or as a non-ferrous steel coin with a face worth of three,000 forints.