Katalin Karikó: “I dreamt about doing research, not getting an award.” 

Student meets medicine laureate Katalin Karikó

Join Emanuelle Tavares, a biomedical student at the University of Skövde as she talks to 2023 medicine laureate Katalin Karikó, whose work led to the development of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. She explains how despite being terminated from her position and considered ‘unsuccessful’ she always tied success to what she was learning in the lab – and describes how it feels to see your work having a real impact on people’s lives.

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MLA style: Katalin Karikó: “I dreamt about doing research, not getting an award.” . NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Fri. 5 Dec 2025. <https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/students-meet-nobel-prize-laureate/katalin-kariko-i-dreamt-about-doing-research-not-getting-an-award/>