Katalin Kariko
@kkariko
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I am a scientist, working on the therapeutic use of in vitro transcribed mRNA.
Joined December 2010
Nobel Prize winner Katalin Karikó was 'demoted 4 times' at her old job. How she persisted: 'You have to focus on what's next'
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Oh my god! I was in the French TV tonight!.
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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.
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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 🤗
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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
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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.
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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. 👏👏👏➡️
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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
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Nobel Prize winner Katalin Karikó raised a two-time Olympic gold medalist: Here's her No. 1 piece of parenting advice
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Today, I was awarded the Széchenyi Prize by the Hungarian Government in recognition of my scientific contribution to fight the corona virus pandemic.
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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
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Katalin Karikó Has Thoughts on How to Support Shunned Scholars Like Her
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I’m thrilled, humbled and deeply honored to learn that I am the 2022 Solvay Prize awardee 😍🥰.
The #SolvayPrize is awarded to Professor @kkariko for her pioneering #research in #mRNA technology used in #vaccines. It is radically shaping the future of #medicine and could help fight other diseases like cancer, infection from influenza, malaria or HIV.
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Our journey started 39 years ago, on July 31, 1985 when we arrived to the US from Hungary. This Polaroid photo was taken a month later, as we celebrated purchasing this Ford Pinto.
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🤸♀️Today, I received an honorary doctor degree from Princeton University, just five days after getting one from Harvard. Unbelievable! 💫🌻
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The New York Post published this interview with me Yesterday.
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Professor Holden Thorp editor-in chief of Science magazine picked a good week to post the review of my memoir in #ScienceMagazine
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I gave my 2021 Professor Hawking Fellowship lecture in the @CambridgeUnion where Stephen Hawking, Winston Churchill and many other prominent people gave talks. I’m thrilled, humbled & honored.
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I will never forget the reception we received at our arrival to Oviedo, the cheering residents, the bagpipe band. I couldn't hold back my tears 😍😂.
@KKariko, Premio Princesa de Asturias de Investigación Científica y Técnica 2021,a su llegada a Oviedo. #PremiosPrincesadeAsturias
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50 years ago, on February 7, 1973, I won my first science medal at an open biology exam in my high school, Kisújszállás, Hungary. The second award I received was the Rosenstiel award in February 2021.
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Yesterday I received the Helmholtz Medal from the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in the magnificent Berlin Konzerthaus.
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While receiving the vaccine I reflected on my long journey by remembering my colleagues @barnathanes and @drdavidlanger who were so enthusiastic about the mRNA therapeutic use in my early days at Penn. Thank you!
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The first step: 55 years ago, on February 11, 1969, as an elementary school student, I won a 2-city biology competition #Research #ResearchScience #Researchers #Postdoc #PhD #PhDLife #WomeninSTEM #WomenInScienceDay
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Last night in Los Angeles @francesarnold Nobel prize in chemistry ’18 presented the Golden Plate Award of the Academy of Achiever to Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp Nobel prize in medicine ’21, Andrea Ghez Nobel prize in physics ’20 and me.
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I came across this certificate🥇 from March 26, 1968, when I was 7th grader and competed the local 🔬 science fair 😍
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The Financial Time selected me as one of the 25 most influential women in 2023 🌻.#ftwomen2023.
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. and the portrait was taken by Platon, the famous, super-talented British photographer.
The new issue of @WiredUK hits newsstands and subscribers' doormats this week and features a cover story on the long term impact of mRNA vaccines and the work of pioneers in this field, including @kkariko.
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My book Breaking Trough was published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha 河出書房新社 in Japanese.
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In recognition of our scientific excellence, Larry Jameson gives the prestigious Dean's Distinguished Award to me and Drew Weissman @WeissmanLab first time during his tenure as Dean of Perelman School of Medicine. Thanks. @PennMedicine #medical #education.
Congratulations to @kkariko (@PennNSG), co-recipient of the special Dean's Distinguished Award with @WeissmanLab! Learn more about Dr. Karikó & her work here➡️ #PSOMAOE
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I am deeply honored that Pope Frances appointed me to be Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Last year, I gave a lecture in the Vatican on emerging biotechnologies. It was exciting to meet Pope Frances on a private audience with my family, he blessed my grandchildren.
Nomina di Membro Ordinario della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita.Il Santo Padre ha nominato Membro Ordinario della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita la Professoressa @kkariko, Docente presso l’Università di Szeged (Ungheria). Congratulations! By @PagliaAbp, staff, Academics.
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Here is the result of my experiment with the hyacinth bulbs in water culture - 2 weeks after placing them to the window
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I received the MBR Knowledge Award together with Drew Weissman @WeissmanLab and fame Chinese virologist Zhang Yongzhen who published the genome of SARS CoV-2 in January 2020. We also participated the @MBRUniversity White Coat Ceremony
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We have to inspire the new generation of scientists and can't start early enough. I will visit a kinder garden next time 🌻.
Madam,We greatly admire your groundbreaking achievement in discovering the Covid vaccine, which has made a significant impact worldwide. On a related note, our 3-year-old child recently participated in their Pre school science day, portraying you, Katalin, as their role model.
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I am thrilled to be the second Hungarian receiving the Genius Award, after Ernő Rubik, creator of the Rubik's Cube was honored with it in 2014.
LSC is proud to honor biochemist @kkariko as one of this year’s three recipients of the Genius Awards, which will be presented at the 30th Anniversary #GeniusGala on May 22, 2023!. Learn more on the LSC blog:
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Progress report: my hyacinths after one week at the window sill
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To get flowering hyacinth in your windowsill in January, time to act. I just placed the bulbs into different containers filled with tap water. Covered them with brown bags, placed into a cold room and will uncover them in January. Bulbs shouldn't touch the water.
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On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I fondly recall the summer of '68, when I was camping with my fellow county biology competition winners. We were in 7th grade at the time and many of us went on to become biologists, chemists, and physicians.
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A Millenárison, a ma induló Budapesti Nemzetközi Könyvfesztiválon kapható a könyvem. A Helikon Kiadó 57-es számú standján vasárnapig 20% kedvezménnyel lehet megvásárolni.
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For me the greatest honor was that Prof. Jan Vilcek himself called me up. We shared our memories about the old days of interferon research.
The 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Biotechnology is awarded to @kkariko. The award recognizes the Hungarian-born biochemist for her research discoveries that led to the development of #mRNA vaccines for #COVID19. #ScienceTwitter #WomeninSTEM.
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What an honor to meet today a fellow Hungarian, Charles Simonyi @charlessimonyi software architect who built the first versions of Microsoft excel and Microsoft word.
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Oh my. ! What an honor to be in the company of all those well accomplished women. Good to be over 50🙂.
MMC Receipt congratulates all the winners of @forbes 50 over 50 women for breaking the barriers of what can be achieved despite one's age!. #Forbes #50over50women #forbes50over50 #50over50 #MMCReceipt #MMCReceiptApp #software
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In Princeton, we celebrated Shelby White at the Institute of Advanced Study where I run into CEO of Global Space Ventures @LaetitiaGdC wearing a dress dedicated to women scientists. How cool is that?
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9/21-10/21の間、東京の慶應義塾大学信濃町キャンパス（東京都新宿区信濃町35）にて、これまでの私の人生の歩みを紹介する企画展が開催されています。入場は無料、是非ご来場ください！
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I received a very warm welcome ♥️at my alma mater @Uni_Szeged.
The management of the University of Szeged welcomed its research professor Dr. Katalin Karikó, who donated her Nobel Prize to her Alma Mater, at a gala dinner with the presence of the events main patron, Dr. Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary ✨🥂🍽️🎶🌟.
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Happening now! Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members get 25% off preorders between Sep 6-8. Premium Members get an additional 10% off physical books. Preorder your copy of BREAKING THROUGH now! Use code PREORDER25 at checkout. .#BNPreorder @BNBuzz
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Today in Paris, I was one of the 16 new foreign members of the French Academy of Sciences who celebrated our induction.
🌿Suivez avec nous la cérémonie en l'honneur de nos 16 nouveaux associés étrangers :."Developing #mRNA for therapy", par @kkariko, prof adjointe @Penn, vice-présidente senior @BioNTech_Group, élue dans la section #Biologie humaine et sciences #médicales. 👉
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I am deeply honored to be in the company of prior Grande Médaille awardees of the French Academy of Sciences, especially Prof. Varshavsky, who discovered the N-end rule and proposed a reason why all living creatures need to sleep
🏅DISTINCTION | La Grande Médaille, la récompense la plus prestigieuse de l’Académie des sciences, vient d’être décernée à la biochimiste Katalin Karikó pour ses recherches pionnières ayant permis la mise au point des #vaccins à #ARN messager. ➡️
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What a week it was 🎉 Honorary doctor degree from @BrandeisU, Genius Award at #GeniusGala of the Liberty Science Center @LibertySciCtr, Honorary doctor degree from @Harvard with @tomhanks
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Every October I put hyacinth bulbs into water culture and leave them in a cold and dark place. A week ago they were placed at window and soon all became green. One more week and they will start to bloom
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I just learned that I have a #MyTwitterAnniversary .Last December, after 10 years on Twitter I had 20 followers 😎😎.
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I am deeply honored to be the 2022 recipient of @GreengardPrize . Professor Paul Greengard paid tribute to his mother who lost her life while giving him life. By establishing this prize the legacy of Pearl Meister Greengard legacy lives on.
Rockefeller has just announced the 2022 recipient of the @GreengardPrize: @kkariko! Karikó discovered how to keep synthetic RNA from activating the innate immune system, paving the way for RNA vaccines including two for SARS-CoV-2. Congratulations!.
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Breaking Through: My Life in Science by Katalin Karikó review – real-life lessons in chemistry
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Here is the result of the "hyacinth bulbs in water culture" experiment I started in October
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First time in Italy, I'm in Milan. It is such a beautiful town, fantastic buildings old and modern, lovely people, lots of fashion. I got a very unique present, a real Valentino handbag 👜😍😎🥰.
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50 years ago in the summer of 1972 as a high school student participated in a program organized by @Uni_Szeged for underprivileged children of blue collar workers. I am very grateful for that.
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I'm honored to receive @CDCFound's 2023 Fries Prize for Improving Health, which I share with this year's co-winner Dr. Anne Schuchat. I am unable to attend @PublicHealth's annual meeting but send my best to the public health community. Read more:
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'Redemption': How one scientist's unwavering belief in mRNA gave the world a Covid-19 vaccine
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@Maenna74 @Franck20270 @RMCInfo @StevePascolo It is known for more than 100+ years, that vaccination can disturb menstruation cycle. Here is a publication from 1913:
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These are the hyacinth bulbs that I started up in October. Now, I placed the containers at the windowsill and hope to have flowering Hyacinths in 3 weeks
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I used to assembly 10 µl transcription reaction, Pfizer does 16 liter per bag! This is how Pfizer makes its Covid-19 vaccine:.
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Happy new year! Today I placed the hyacinth bulb hydrocultures on the windowsill. The experiment started 3 months ago. I will post a progress report in 3 weeks.
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Thanks @EricTopol for inviting me to your podcast. It was fun talking to you.
If you're not familiar with @kkariko—and her life- changing discovery against all odds, recognized by the 2023 @NobelPrize, you'll be inspired by this conversation. The new Ground Truths podcast (link in profile).Now available @apple and @Spotify
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WIth fellow L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science 2022 awardees: @NietoAngela (Europe) and Hailan Hu (Asia) at the UNESCO headquarter in Paris
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I got a notification that today, June 29, 2023, I have already lived 25,000 days. 🎈💐🌻🎉🎊🎁🌹
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Today, Tamás Sulyok, President of Hungary presented me and Ferenc Krausz the beautiful Hungarian Corvin Chain. This is a great honor to belong to the group of the most outstanding Hungarian professionals, prior Corvin Chain recipients.
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It was a surprise, a big surprise 😍.
The mural is a collaboration between Színes Város and Brain Bar. A representative of Brain Bar told me that the painting was supposed to be a surprise but conceded that it is hard to keep a 5 storeys high Katalin Karikó a secret. The mural will be finished in early September.
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It was an incredible experience.
Standing ovation @theNASciences award ceremony from all of us with covid vaccinations. Thank you @kkariko @WeissmanLab - so incredibly well deserved!
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It will be such an excitement receiving the honor and this beautiful Grande Médaille from the French Academy of Sciences during the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science celebration in Paris, March 2022. I am thrilled and humbled 🥰.
🔴En direct de la cérémonie de remise des #prixAcadSciences 2021, notre Secrétaire perpétuel, Pascale Cossart rend maintenant hommage à Katalin Karikó (@kkariko), lauréate de la Grande Médaille 2021 de l'Académie des sciences. ℹ️ 👉
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It is a beautiful day here in Tel-Aviv🌞 from where my childhood Jaffa oranges 🍊came from. I am the first time in Israel. Many "first time" for me in these days.
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It is such an honor being recognized as a great immigrant of the USA ❤️🇺🇸🇭🇺.
Today let's celebrate #GreatImmigrants for the ways in which they enrich our culture, strengthen our democracy, and improve our society through their lives, their work, and their examples. Together we are stronger.
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The 2022 L'ORÉAL-UNESCO awardees encourage women to be scientists at airports around the world, in Paris, London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Beijing, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston and Sao Paulo during this summer.
Landing in Paris to be greeted by @kkariko and then will get to hear her speak! #ISEV2022 in #Lyon!!!.@LabTirou
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Girl-power!.
Having some fun at the end of the 9th international #mrnahealthconference. See you next year at Boston!. @kkariko
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I am in Brussels. Last time I was here in 1977 as a 👩🎓student to see 🔭what's going on on the other side of the iron curtain. Who could predict🤔, that next time in town I will receive an honorary doctorate from ULB and the Solvay prize??? I am thrilled and overjoyed😍❤️.
What a great honor to host Professor @kkariko, recipient of the 2022 Science for the Future @SolvayGroup Prize at our #Belgian-#Hungarian #Science Club - an unforgettable lecture & a rockstar reception & a full house in our #Embassy’s Cultural Institute @Liszt_Inst_Bxl.🇭🇺🇧🇪🇺🇸 1/2
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I am deeply honored receiving the Pearl Meister Greengard Award at Rockefeller University. It was a wonderful celebration of women in science🌻🦋🐞.
Congrats to @kkariko, who was presented with the 2022 @GreengardPrize last week! Her discovery of how to keep synthetic RNA from activating the innate immune system paved the way for RNA vaccines, including two for COVID-19. #WomenInSTEM #WomeninScience
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I turned the table and took 📸pictures of the reporters at the press conference in Tokyo
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The children book "Never Give Up" about my life and the race for vaccines is released today❤️.
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It is amazing! Fauci, @EricTopol, Sun Hur, @ReiseSousaLab, @KizzyPhD, @MiriamMerad, @doctorsoumya, @FitzgeraldKate, Stefan Bauer gave their perspectives on our Immunity paper we published with Drew Weissman in 2005.
In 2005, @kkariko & @WeissmanLab published a paper in Immunity that proved fundamental to the development of mRNA #vaccines. We asked experts in pathogen sensing, vaccine dev, & public health for their view on the study & its implications #Voices #COVID19
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February 11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.I am one of the 12 female researchers who will be honored in Bilbao on posters made by school children and displayed in shop windows. Thank you 😍🔬🩺
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I am deeply honored, the French Academy of Sciences elected me to be Foreign Associate. Communiqué de presse : 16 nouveaux associés étrangers élus à l’Académie des sciences
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"I want to use my position [in EMBO] to inspire young scientists to be resilient in the face of failure, believe in their abilities, and to focus on the things they can make happen. ".
Trust your instincts - learn about newly elected EMBO Member Katalin Karikó @kkariko and her research.
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There are flowers e.g. orchids with dots on their petals, but the checkered lily (Fritillaria meleagris) is the only one I know that has checkered pattern. I found this one in Copenhagen last week.
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The Washington Post published this article about the development of the BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines.
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How Our Brutal Science System Almost Cost Us A Pioneer Of mRNA Vaccines via @commonhealth.
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February 11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science: I met biomedical student Emanuelle in Stockholm during the Nobel week in Stockholm. #Research #ResearchScience #Researchers #Postdoc #PhD #PhDLife #WomeninSTEM #WomenInScienceDay .
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It was great meeting geneticist @SumayaOb and other women scientists at the @MBRUniversity in Dubai #WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience.
Meeting @kkariko yesterday was truly inspiring. Her support for women in science touched me deeply. I’m reminded of the strength and passion women bring, even in the face of challenges ✨.
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