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Dr. Vale is also William K. Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Anesthesia and Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco. He received a B.A. degree in biology and chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Ph.D. degree in neuroscience from Stanford University. His postdoctoral studies at the NIH Marine Biological Laboratory were on microtubule-based motors. Dr. Vale's honors include the Pfizer Award in enzyme chemistry, the Young Investigator Award from the Biophysical Society, and election to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Ron Vale studies the molecular motors that power the movement of membranes, mRNAs, and chromosomes inside of cells as well as the role of the cytoskeleton in cell division and cell shape.
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