Peter Sarnow is the Burt and Marion Avery Professor of Immunology in the Department of Microbiology and
Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. His laboratory has been studying the mechanism by which certain microRNA molecules regulate expression of cellular and viral mRNAs. Very recent research in the lab concentrates on the function of host- and virus-derived circular RNAs in viral pathogenesis. Sarnow's scientific service record spans education, research and industry. He has received numerous awards for his research, including from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a Faculty Research Award from the American Cancer Society, the Sidney Frank Research Prize, and Merit and Transformative Awards from the NIH. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Microbiology and the National Academy of Sciences.