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united states icahn school of medicine at mount sinai microbiology virology member prize -lrb- 2006 -rrb- european virology award -lrb- eva -rrb- of the national academy of sciences robert koch peterpalesepicture.jpg peter palese
 peter palese university of vienna
peter palese

peter palese is a united states microbiologist and professor and chair of the department of microbiology at the icahn school of medicine at mount sinai in new york city , and an expert in the field of rna viruses .
palese built `` the first genetic maps for influenza a , b and c viruses , identified the function of several viral genes , ... defined the mechanism of neuraminidase inhibitors -lrb- which are now fda-approved antivirals -rrb- '' and `` pioneered the field of reverse genetics for negative-strand rna viruses '' .
furtherance of this technique has been used by palese and his colleagues in reconstructing and studying the pathogenicity of the extinct but deadly 1918 pandemic influenza virus .
reverse genetics also assist in the development of new flu vaccines .
palese is the author of multiple book chapters and more than 370 scientific publications .
he is on the editorial board for `` proceedings of the national academy of sciences '' .
he has been awarded multiple patents on viral vaccines and antivirals .
