Prof. Dan Peer Elected Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors counts over 1850 Fellows in 260 different institutions around the world
Prof. Dan Peer Vice President of R&D at Tel Aviv University was elected as a Fellow of the United States National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The appointment to the rank of NAI Fellow is the highest recognition given by the Academy, awarded to innovators whose inventions have had a decisive impact on quality of life, economic development, and social welfare.
The National Academy of Inventors counts over 1850 Fellows in 260 different institutions around the world. The National Academy of Inventors was established in 2010 to recognize and encourage inventions that are covered by US patents.
Prof. Peer is a trailblazing scientist and a pioneer in the use of RNA molecules as molecular drugs. His research focuses on developing RNA-based molecular drugs for a wide range of diseases, including inflammatory bowel diseases, blood, brain and ovarian cancers, and rare genetic diseases. Prof. Peer also investigates the use of RNA molecules as vaccines for infectious diseases and develops nanometric drug carriers that can target specific cells selectively. Among his landmark achievements: Prof. Peer and his lab were first in the world to demonstrate systemic delivery of mRNA molecules in animals, as well as use of short RNA to silence genes in immune cells. Recently, his lab was the first in the world to demonstrate an mRNA vaccine against bacteria. In addition, his lab was the first to show systemic, cell specific efficient gene in cancer.
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