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Özlem Türeci
Özlem Türeci is a German physician, scientist and entrepreneur. In 2008, she co-founded the biotechnology company BioNTech, which in 2020 developed the first messenger RNA-based vaccine approved for use against COVID-19. Türeci has served as BioNTech's chief medical officer since 2018. Since 2021, she has been Professor of Personalized Immunotherapy at the Helmholtz Institute for Translational Onc…
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business · German physician and scientist (born 1967) · researcher · entrepreneur · physician · immunologist · academic · university teacher · Privatdozent · board member · also Özlem Türeci, Ozlem Tureci, Ö. Türeci, Ö Türeci, Türeci, Türeci Ö
Born 6 March 1967 · Q92379963
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that’s very difficult to predict in innovative development. But we expect that within only a couple of years, we will also have our vaccines (against) cancer at a place where we can offer them to people.
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2026· 2 entries
“that’s very difficult to predict in innovative development. But we expect that within only a couple of years, we will also have our vaccines (against) cancer at a place where we can offer them to people.”
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2024· 1 entry
Sports Mole: Ozlem Tureci
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2023· 1 entry
Published “Personalized RNA neoantigen vaccines stimulate T cells in pancreatic cancer” in Nature — cited 1,317 times.
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2022· 5 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp (2022).
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Awarded Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2022).
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Awarded University Teacher of the Year (2022).
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Awarded Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2022).
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Awarded Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (2022).
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2021· 9 entries
Anadolu Ajansi: Scientists Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci receive Princess of Asturias Award
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CNBC: BioNTech co-founder Ozlem Tureci on how Covid vaccine will help future drug developments
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Awarded Axel Springer Award (2021).
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Awarded honorary doctor of University of Cologne in Cologne City Hall (2021).
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Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2021).
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Awarded William B. Coley Award (2021).
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Published “Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine through 6 Months” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 1,358 times.
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2020· 6 entries
Awarded Catalonia International Prize (2020).
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Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (2020).
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Published “Phase I/II study of COVID-19 RNA vaccine BNT162b1 in adults” in Nature — cited 1,350 times.
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Published “Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 14,104 times.
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Published “COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b1 elicits human antibody and TH1 T cell responses” in Nature — cited 1,790 times.
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Published “Safety and Immunogenicity of Two RNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 2,390 times.
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2017· 1 entry
Published “Personalized RNA mutanome vaccines mobilize poly-specific therapeutic immunity against cancer” in Nature — cited 2,276 times.
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2016· 2 entries
The company was sold to Astellas Pharma for $1
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Published “Systemic RNA delivery to dendritic cells exploits antiviral defence for cancer immunotherapy” in Nature — cited 1,644 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Mutant MHC class II epitopes drive therapeutic immune responses to cancer” in Nature — cited 1,164 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “mRNA-based therapeutics — developing a new class of drugs” in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery — cited 2,313 times.
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2008· 3 entries
Türeci, her husband, and Christoph Huber founded the Mainz-based biotechnology company BioNTech, choosing a name derived from Biopharmaceutical New Technologies
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Co-founded the biotechnology company BioNTech, which in 2020 developed the first messenger RNA-based vaccine approved for use against COVID-19
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Career landmark: chief medical officer (2008).
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2002· 1 entry
Completed her habilitation qualification at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz in the field of molecular medicine
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2001· 2 entries
With the foundation of TRON, short for "translational oncology
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Türeci and her future husband founded the company Ganymed Pharmaceuticals
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1967· 2 entries
Born 1967-03-06.
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Türeci is the daughter of Turkish immigrants
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