Lipid Science Prize awarded to inventors of m-RNA and lipid nanoparticle technologies
Dr. Katalin Karikó (University of Pennsylvania, BioNTech) and Dr. Pieter Cullis (University of British Columbia) were awarded the 2021 and 2022 Lipid Science Prize on April 4 by the independent research foundation Camurus Lipid Research Foundation at a symposium and prize ceremony in Lund, Sweden.
The prize of 500,000 SEK each was awarded in recognition of their significant contributions and breakthrough innovations in areas of m-RNA stabilization, development, and lipid nanoparticle delivery, which has resulted in m-RNA based covid-19 vaccines used by hundreds of millions of people around the world.