The 2022 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Materials and Production
• Achievement:
  For pioneering research contributing to the development of mRNA vaccines
• Lecture:
  Nucleoside Modified mRNA-LNP Therapeutics

Award and Honor

2018	The Norman L. Letvin Duke CHAVI-ID Scholar Award
2018	Celebration of Innovation Deal of the Year Award, Penn Center for Innovation
2019	Inducted into the Association of American Physicians (AAP)
2021	2021 Wilkins Visiting Professor at the Department of Medicine's Evans Research Days, Boston University School of Medicine 2021
2021	2021 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, Princess of Asturias Foundation
2021	Inaugural, President's Distinguished Speaker, Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty, University of Pennsylvania
2021	50th Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Medical Science, Brandeis University
2021	William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic Immunology, Cancer Research Institute.
2021	2021 Brandeis University Alumni Achievement Award, Brandeis University
2021	2021 Alexandra Jane Noble (AJN) Awards, Science Impact Award
2021	Epiphany Award, Science Impact Award. Alexandra Jane Noble for the Novim Group
2021	The 2021 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, Albany Medical Center
2021	2021 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
2021	2021 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, Lasker Foundation
2021	CHAV-ID distinguished scientist, Duke University
2021	2021 Advocacy Award, Research!America
2021	Inventor of the Year, International Property Owners Education Foundation
2021	Francis C. Wood Department of Medicine Award for Research, University of Pennsylvania
2022	Prince Mahidol Award, Bangkok, Thailand
2022	Franklin Institute award, Philadelphia, PA
2022	The John Scott Medal and Premium, The City of Philadelphia

Education

1981	Brandeis University, B.A.; M.S. in Biochemistry/Enzymology
1987	Boston University, M.D.; Ph.D. in Immunology/Microbiology

Professional History

1997-2006	Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2002-2006	Co-Director, Penn Center for AIDS Research, Immunology Core
2006-2013	Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2007-2016	Attending Physician, Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC)
2013-2021	Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2017-	Director of Vaccine Research, Infectious Diseases Division
2021-	Roberts Family Professor of Vaccine Research
2021-	Director Penn Institute for RNA Innovation

Key Publications

• Karikó, Katalin; Buckstein, Michael; Ni, Houping; Weissman, Drew "Suppression of RNA recognition by Toll-like receptors: the impact of nucleoside modification and the evolutionary origin of RNA". Immunity. 23(2), 165-175 (2005).
• Karikó, Katalin; Muramatsu, Hiromi; Welsh, Frank A.; Ludwig, János; Kato, Hiroki; Akira, Shizuo; Weissman, Drew (November 2008). "Incorporation of pseudouridine into mRNA yields superior nonimmunogenic vector with increased translational capacity and biological stability". Molecular Therapy, 16(11): 1833-1840.
• Kariko, Katalin; Muramatsu, Hiromi; Keller, Jason M.; Weissman, Drew “Increased Erythropoiesis in Mice Injected With Submicrogram Quantities of Pseudouridine-containing mRNA Encoding Erythropoietin”, Molecular Therapy, 20(5), 948-953(2012)