Ronald Vale

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.

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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)

Origin

Hollywood, California, United States

Occupation

biochemist / university teacher

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

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

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Vale
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542242

Tags

• California
• biochemist
• university teacher

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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