Ronald Vale
Ronald David Vale (* 1959 in Hollywood , California ) is an American cell biologist at the University of California, San Francisco .
Life
Vale earned a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1980 and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1985. in neuroscience . As a postdoctoral fellow , he worked in the National Institutes of Health's neurobiological laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole , Massachusetts . Since 1986 he has been Professor of Cell Biology at the University of California, San Francisco , initially as Assistant Professor, since 1992 as associate professor , since 1994 as full professor, since 1998 additionally for anesthesia . Since 1995 Vale has also been doing research for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Since 2004 he has been a full professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Starting in 2020, Vale is set to become the new director of the HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, and one of the HHMI's vice presidents.
Act
Vale discovered the first protein in the large family of kinesins . Through the innovative application of methods from biochemistry , mutagenesis and structural biology, he was able to make a significant contribution to the understanding of the intracellular motors that move organelles and produce the movements necessary for crucial cell functions such as cell development and cell division .
Awards (selection)
- 1991 Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
- 2001 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 2002 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2009 Keith R. Porter Lecture
- 2012 President of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
- 2012 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
- 2012 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- 2013 Massry Prize
- 2017 Shaw Prize in Life Sciences and Medicine
- 2019 Canada Gairdner International Award
Web links
- Ronald Vale in the Vale Lab at the University of California, San Francisco (ucsf.edu); accessed on January 31, 2012
- Ronald D. Vale, Ph.D. and Research Abstract at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (hhmi.org); accessed on January 31, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter V. (PDF; 234 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
- ^ Autobiography of Ronald D Vale. In: shawprize.org. Shaw Prize Foundation, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Ron Vale Named Next Executive Director of Janelia Research Campus and HHMI Vice President. In: hhmi.org. February 20, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (PDF, 20 kB) at divbiolchem.org; accessed on January 31, 2012
- ↑ Keith R. Porter Lecture at ascb.org; accessed on January 31, 2012
- ↑ ASCB Presidents at ascb.org; accessed on February 12, 2016
- ↑ Eleventh Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded to Dr. Michael Sheetz, Dr. James Spudich, and Dr. Ronald Vale. In: wiley.com. Wiley Foundation, January 31, 2012, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ^ The Lasker Foundation - 2012 Awards. In: laskerfoundation.org. Retrieved February 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Canada Gairdner International Award 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vale, Ronald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vale, Ronald D .; Vale, Ron; Vale, Ronald David (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cell biologist at the University of California, San Francisco |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hollywood , California |