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Ronald D. Vale, Ph.D.

Ronald D. Vale

Dr. Vale is also Professor 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 Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, 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 and chromosomes inside of cells as well as the role of the cytoskeleton in cell division and cell shape.

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HHMI INVESTIGATOR
1995– Present
University of California, San Francisco

Education
bullet icon B.A., biology and chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara
bullet icon Ph.D., neuroscience, Stanford University
Member
bullet icon National Academy of Sciences
bullet icon American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Awards
bullet icon Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
bullet icon Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, American Chemical Society
bullet icon Young Investigator Award, Biophysical Society
bullet icon R.R. Bensley Award, American Association of Anatomists
bullet icon Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences

Research Abstract
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Microtubule-Based Motility

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The Vale Lab
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