BioNTech's Kariko to be awarded honorary doctorate by University of Szeged

Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Kariko, whose decades of work with mRNA technology was instrumental in the development of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Szeged, the institution said on Tuesday. Kariko graduated from the University of Szeged with a degree in biology in 1978 and was the recipient of a state scholarship for three academic years, the university said in a statement. She completed her PhD studies at the Szeged Biological Research Centre between 1978 and 1982, before continuing her career as a biochemist in the United States.