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struggle4progress

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14. ... Kariko left a prophetic message on the last day at her former job ... As her boss

Thu Oct 5, 2023, 08:59 AM

Oct 2023

came to bid her farewell ... Kariko issued a prescient admonition for the future of the lab, “In the future, this lab will be a museum. Don’t touch it," she said.

She had her retaliation when she ran across her old boss in 2021, by which time Kariko's studies had given her a household name in the medical community.

Kariko's former supervisor informed her that he was planning to give a lecture on her ... The focus of the presentation, he claimed, would be on Kariko's contribution to one of the greatest "scientific and humanitarian achievements" of our time, and how he missed it and let Kariko walk away.

“If you know about 10 years ago, I was here in October because I was kicked out from UPenn, was forced to retire,” she said ...

https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/trends/story/this-is-so-inspiring-netizens-on-nobel-prize-winner-katalin-karikos-words-while-leaving-her-job-at-upenn-400506-2023-10-03

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by a bunch of men WhiteTara Oct 2023 #16

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As a Penn grad DFW Oct 2023 #9

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... In 1995, UPenn gave her an ultimatum: abandon her research or face a demotion struggle4progress Oct 2023 #13

... Kariko left a prophetic message on the last day at her former job ... As her boss struggle4progress Oct 2023 #14

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Kudos to the Nobel prize winners MissB Oct 2023 #17

Here in Philadelphia RobinA Oct 2023 #18

She had another connection to Philadelphia. NNadir Oct 2023 #19

Peer review is to blame because it favors what is fashionable at the moment andym Oct 2023 #20

She has a Penn webpage listing her as Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery and struggle4progress Oct 2023 #21