By: Matilde Cañelles López, Instituto de Filosofía del CSIC
When: January, 23rd at 12PM
Where: Salón de Actos, ICMM
Katalin Karikó won, together with Drew Weismann, the 2023 Nobel Prize, for her crucial contribution to the development of an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19. The vaccine, developed in record time, was of great importance to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, saving countless lives and preventing sequelae from the illness all around the Globe. In this talk, I will explore the personal and professional circumstances that led this amazing Hungarian woman to unexpectedly become the center of the world during the worst sanitary emergency that most of us has witnessed. I will focus on her education in an Eastern European country, her character, and the flaws of the scientific environment that almost led her to abandon her pursue of an mRNA vaccine.
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