“Ten years ago I was kicked out and forced to retire.”

Our new medicine laureate Katalin Karikó (@kkariko) told us how much it means to be awarded the Nobel Prize after a scientific career that has been full of challenges.

Ten years ago, Karikó was still doing all her… pic.twitter.com/Eufy0fJG0u

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 2, 2023

They chose to fund susan weiss instead

— Dorkmo (@dorkmo) October 3, 2023

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, Penn’s historic mRNA vaccine research team, win 2023 @NobelPrize in Medicine https://t.co/ztt9x0Iumu #nobelprize

— Penn (@Penn) October 2, 2023

1995: Dr. Katalin Kariko asks can we use the body's own cells to manufacture a vaccine?

Grants rejected. Demoted from her tenure-track job at U Penn.

Monday: the mRNA vaccine born from her work showed 90% effectiveness in preventing covid infections.#dailyloonshot 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Ld9ACnyGKs

— Safi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall) November 11, 2020

Katalin Karikó, whose research emabled the RNA vaccine, and who has received 100 awards since just 2020, was not granted tenure by U Penn. https://t.co/lM1O0nbyUc

— IndiaExplained (@IndiaExplained) June 5, 2023

U Penn demoted Katalin Karikó in ‘95, forced her to leave in 2013… yet here they are in 2023… pic.twitter.com/PsFomsIu40

— allytude (@allytude) October 3, 2023