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My Take
Ronald Vale genuinely awes me. The Hollywood-born biochemist devoted himself to motor proteins, kinesin and dynein, the tiny molecular machines that haul cargo through our cells. In other words, he helped reveal the courier service that keeps life moving. The roster of honors, Lasker, Shaw, the Gairdner International, is essentially a who's who of Nobel antechambers. What draws me to him is the patience required to chase truth in a world far too small to see. There is nothing flashy about this work, yet it pushed human knowledge forward in a real way. I have a soft spot for quiet giants, and Vale is unmistakably one of them.
Overview
Ronald David Vale ForMemRS (born 1959) is an American biochemist and cell biologist. He is a member of the Whitehead Institute and professor of biology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research is focused on motor proteins, particularly kinesin and dynein.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ronald Vale
- Name (Japanese)
- ロナルド・ベール
- Reading
- ろなるど・べーる
- Born
- January 11, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Hollywood, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- biochemist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of California, Santa Barbara
Awards & achievements
- 2012 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- 1993 Michael and Kate Bárány Award
- 1991 Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
- 2013 Massry Prize
- 2009 Keith R. Porter Lecture
- 2017 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine
- 2019 Canada Gairdner International Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.