A SHOWER OF AWARDS RAINING DOWN ON KATALIN KARIKÓ

„I would like to stress that being a scientist is a joy!”

2 October 2023 (announcement / Stockholm) , 10 December 2023 (ceremony / Stocklholm) - together with Drew Weissman:
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 - The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet
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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó was celebrated with standing ovations and applause at the American Academy of Medicine meeting in Washington, D.C.

Awards, honours and membership in professional and scientific societies:

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENET OF SCIENCE (AAAS)

 

2020-current elected member - ACADEMIA EUROPAEA

Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher LEOPOLDINA, Germany

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1973 Jermy Gusztav Award - Móricz Zsigmond High School, Kisújszállás, Hungary

1974-78 Prize for Studies of the Hungarian People's Republic.

More information: https://u-szeged.hu/news-and-events/2021/katalin-kariko-an-alumna

 

1978-80 Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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2021 Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award (Rosenstiel Award for Outstanding Contribution to Medicine - Brandeis University

2021 Széchenyi Prize - Hungarian Government

2021 Semmelweis Prize - Hungarian Government

2021 Public Health Award - Research! America's Outstanding Achievement

2021 Wilhelm Exner Medal - Austrian Trade Association

2021 Bill Foege Global Health Award - MAP International

2021 Pioneer Award - Precision Medicine World Conference

2021 Doctor Honoris Causa - University of Szeged

2021 Reichstein Medal – Swiss Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Read more here: Katalin Karikó Received the Reichstein Medal: "Entering the Spacious Hallway of the Nobel Prize."

 

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7 September 2021 (announcement), 20 October 2022 (ceremony - New York / USA): Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Biotechnology - Vilcek Foundation

24 September 2021 (announcement), 29 September 2022 (ceremony - New York / USA) : 2021 Lasker - DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award - Lasker Foundation
(Awardees: Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman)

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Katalin Karikó and her colleague Drew Weissman Receive 2021 Lasker Award, America’s Top Biomedical Research Prize

December 8, 2021 (decision), January 11, 2022 (announcement), June 14, 2022 (ceremony): French Académie des sciences, foreign member

Katalin Karikó, professor of SZTE, received the “Oscars of Science” amid Hollywood stars' bustle

20 August 2023 (ceremony - Esztergom/Hungary): award of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary - President of the Republic of Hungary, Sándor Palace