Philly scientist behind COVID vaccine tech was demoted by UPenn
As a few other commenters have mentioned, this is a story about how Karikó was sidelined early in her career. The Penn demotion occurred in 1991. She eventually left in 2013 when, despite publishing groundbreaking research in the mid 00s, she was never returned to a tenure-track position.Nonetheless an impressive story of conviction and perseverance. Penn has decades-old egg on its face, rather than months-old fresh egg.