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Meet a PennMedicine Researcher
Katalin Karikó, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, is the co-recipient of the 2023 Dean's Distinguished Award, along with Dr. Drew Weissman. The Dean's Distinguished Award recognizes an exceptional individual or collaborative team whose relentless pursuit of scientific excellence has resulted in a paradigm-shifting discovery that has indelibly transformed the global landscape of health care and scientific understanding. Nobel Prize Laureates Drs. Weissman and Karikó have pioneered research that has rewritten the annals of medical science and history. Their unwavering dedication to mRNA-based therapies has not only saved countless lives during the COVID-19 pandemic but has also unveiled a new frontier in medicine, offering hope for treating a wide spectrum of diseases, from cancer to genetic disorders. More about Dr. Karikó
Featured Publications
- MAPT H2 haplotype and risk of Pick's disease in the Pick's disease International Consortium: a genetic association study. Valentino RR, Scotton WJ, Roemer SF, Lashley T, Heckman MG, Shoai M, Martinez-Carrasco A, ... The Lancet. Neurology. 2024 May;23(5):487-499
- Author Correction: Cancer-associated fibroblast-derived acetate promotes pancreatic cancer development by altering polyamine metabolism via the ACSS2-SP1-SAT1 axis. Murthy D, Attri KS, Shukla SK, Thakur R, Chaika NV, He C, Wang D, ... Nature cell biology. 2024 Apr 19
- Hepatocytes coordinate immune evasion in cancer via release of serum amyloid A proteins. Stone ML, Lee J, Lee JW, Coho H, Tariveranmoshabad M, Wattenberg MM, Choi H, ... Nature immunology. 2024 Apr 19
- Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disorder. Nievergelt CM, Maihofer AX, Atkinson EG, Chen CY, Choi KW, Coleman JRI, Daskalakis NP, ... Nature genetics. 2024 Apr 18
- Integrative common and rare variant analyses provide insights into the genetic architecture of liver cirrhosis. Ghouse J, Sveinbjörnsson G, Vujkovic M, Seidelin AS, Gellert-Kristensen H, Ahlberg G, Tragante V, ... Nature genetics. 2024 Apr 17
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