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by inglor_cz 1618 days ago
Katalin Karikó, one of the most important scientists in the mRNA field, was demoted by University of Pennsylvania in the late 1990s because her research was considered impractical and a waste of time. While not a total shunning, it is anyway quite a demeaning experience.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna-coronavirus-vaccine-pfi...

A generation later, she is considered a good candidate for the Nobel Prize.

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Not just impractical, but was fatal. She was demoted until she figured how to make it not fatal.