College of Szeged
Nobel Prize-winning biochemist Katalin Karikó has been appointed professor on the College of Szeged (SZTE).
Because the college additional introduced, Katalin Karikó has been working as a analysis professor at SZTE since 2021. Beforehand, she labored on the College of Pennsylvania for twenty-four years, was co-founder of RNARx in 2006 and CEO till 2013, and was vice chairman of the German firm BioNTech for 9 years.
Karikó obtained her PhD in biochemistry from the College of Szeged in 1982. As a researcher, she has centered on RNA-based mechanisms for 4 a long time. The last word purpose of her work is the event and therapeutic utility of in vitro modified mRNA. A patent filed collectively together with her colleague Drew Weissman on a modification of the uridine nucleotide in mRNA has been utilized in mRNA vaccines in opposition to SARS-CoV-2.
The Hungarian’s achievements as a researcher, her scientific virtues and her human angle have been acknowledged with greater than 100 scientific and social awards, together with the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Drugs, which she shares together with her fellow researcher. She has obtained honorary doctorates from 18 universities, together with her alma mater, SZTE. She is a member of 10 academies, together with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA).
President Tamás Sulyok has now appointed analysis professor Katalin Karikó as college professor of the SZTE Interdisciplinary Heart of Excellence for Analysis, Growth and Innovation, on the unanimous initiative of the SZTE Senate and on the advice of the Minister of Tradition and Innovation. Katalin Karikó will proceed her work as a professor on the SZTE College of Science and Informatics.
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