Biochemist
Katalin Karikó
Her work on modified messenger RNA, pursued for decades with little funding, made the mRNA vaccines possible and won the 2023 Nobel Prize. Born in Szolnok, Hungary.
Katalin "Kati" Karikó is a Hungarian and American biochemist who specializes in ribonucleic acid (RNA)-mediated mechanisms, particularly in vitro-transcribed messenger RNA (mRNA) for protein replacement therapy. Karikó laid the scientific groundwork for mRNA vaccines, overcoming major obstacles and skepticism in the scientific community. Karikó received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 for her work, along with American immunologist Drew Weissman.
- Born
- 1955-01-17, Szolnok, HungaryA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1955-01-17, Szolnok, Hungary · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Budapestthe zone used then
Europe/BudapestThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 26°33′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 13°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 10°43′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 9°59′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 1°37′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 24°41′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 19°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 25°37′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 28°11′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 26°14′ | Retrograde |
Katalin Karikó is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Katalin Karikó was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.