Katalin Karikó

Katalin Karikó

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023

University of Szeged

“for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”

Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist. She discovered nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines. She shared the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for these discoveries.

Field
Medicine · Molecular Medicine
Lifespan
1955–