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Where is Katalin Karikó?

Nobel Prize or not Nobel Prize?

Can you recognise Katalin Karikó's awards?

Let’s solve the puzzle of the famous Nobel Prize!

Word search

Let's play with the prizes a bit more!

Where is Katalin Karikó?

Here you can see some photos of Katalin Karikó from different periods of her life.

Can you find the Nobel Prize-winning researcher on them?

Click on the head of the person you think might be Katalin Karikó!

If you find it hard to recognise her on photos from her youth, visit the exhibition about Katalin Karikó in the SZTE Klebelsberg Library Gallery and Media Library and browse through her childhood and university photos.

Nobel Prize or not Nobel Prize?

In 2023, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Katalin Karikó and her research colleague Drew Weissman for their discoveries on nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID19.

Can you recognise which one is the Nobel Prize out of the many prizes awarded to Katalin Karikó?

You can also see an authentic copy of it at the Katalin Karikó exhibition in the Klebelsberg Kuno Library of the University of Szeged.

Can you recognise Katalin Karikó's awards?

Katalin Karikó’s work has been honoured with countless awards and medals from all over the world. We have highlighted some of them in no particular order of importance.

Drag the name of the award to its image and click the „Check” button when you think you’re done.
At the end, we’ll also give you a little information about the selected awards.

The „i” icon on the images will give you a little help, but feel free to use your smartphone.

If you find the game a little difficult even with using Google, visit the Katalin Karikó exhibition in the SZTE Klebelsberg Library Gallery and Media Library and check out the list of awards and honours we've complied.

Let’s solve the puzzle of the famous Nobel Prize!

Although we saw a little bit of the Nobel Prize in the previous exercise, that was just the back of it. Now let’s look at the front!

Word search

Find all the words related to Katalin Karikó!

Highlight the words on the board! Words can be found horizontally, vertically, crosswise or backwards.

If you find the game a bit difficult, click on the icon on the right for the easier version. There you should find the same words, but we’ve listed them at the bottom of the game to help you.

Find all the scientific terms related to Katalin Karikó’s research!

Highlight the words on the board! Words can be found horizontally, vertically, crosswise or backwards.

If you find the game a bit difficult, click on the icon on the right for the easier version. There you should find the same words, but we’ve listed them at the bottom of the game to help you.

Let's play with the prizes a bit more!

Here you can find a little memory game with the prizes won by Katalin Karikó.

The difficulty is that the pairs are made up of two photos taken from different angles of the same prize.

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