Global Laureate · Cell biology

Ronald Vale

Selected awards

Career recognition

  1. 2019

    Canada Gairdner International Award

    For identifying kinesin, a molecular motor that transports material along tracks inside cells.

    Gairdner Foundation

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  2. 2017

    Shaw Prize · Life Science and Medicine

    For discoveries about the motor proteins that power movement within cells.

    Shaw Prize Foundation

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  3. 2012

    Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award · Basic medical research

    For discoveries about molecular motors, the proteins that transport cargo within cells.

    Lasker Foundation

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  1. HHMI Janelia Research CampusWhitehead Institute

    Announced Nov 2025

    Cell biologist Ronald Vale joined Whitehead Institute and the MIT biology faculty in December 2025 after serving as a senior group leader at HHMI Janelia.

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