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Ron Vale

Ron Vale

University of California, San Francisco & Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Lasker Award National Academy of Sciences Shaw Prize

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Ron Vale is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.  His lab combines cell biological and biophysical approaches to understand spatial organization, movement, and signaling within cells.  Vale is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a winner of the 2012 Lasker Award for basic medical research. Vale is also the founder of iBiology. Learn more here: https://valelab.ucsf.edu/

 

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Discovering Kinesin

Ron Vale explains that serendipity played an important role in his discovery of the motor protein kinesin. (Talk recorded in July 2016)

Ron Vale kinesin
Audience:
  • General Public
  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 19:15

Molecular Motor Proteins

Lasker Award winner Ron Vale gives an overview of the molecular motor proteins that power much of the movement performed by living organisms. (Talk recorded in October 2015)

  • Part 1: Molecular Motor Proteins
    Part 1: Molecular Motor Proteins
    Audience:
    • Student
    • Researcher
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 35:25
  • Part 2: The Mechanism of Dynein Motility
    Part 2: The Mechanism of Dynein Motility
    Audience:
    • Student
    • Researcher
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 39:36
  • Part 3: Regulation of Mammalian Dynein
    Part 3: Regulation of Mammalian Dynein
    Audience:
    • Student
    • Researcher
    • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
    • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
    Duration: 24:38

Live Q&A: Grant Funding: Funding People, Not Projects

Ronald Germain, a thought leader in the scientific community, links many of the challenges that face the US biomedical workforce to the NIH grant funding system. (Talk recorded in October 2015)

iBiology Hangout on Funding People, Not Projects
Audience:
  • Researcher
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 01:03:58

Live Q&A: Frontiers for Molecular Motors

We had an iBiology Hangout with Ron Vale where he answered questions about his career and scientific research on frontiers for molecular motors. (Talk recorded in November 2013)

Live Q&A (Hangouts on air) with Dr. Ron Vale
Audience:
  • Researcher
Duration: 01:22:14

Microscopy: Course Overview

Ron Vale gives an overview of the iBiology Microscopy Course, a series of lectures, labs, and tips given by leaders in light microscopy. (Talk recorded in July 2013)

Microscopy: Course Overview Ron Vale
Audience:
  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 2:48

Choosing the Right Microscopy Technique

In this concluding lecture about choosing the right microscopy technique, Ron Vale summarizes the main techniques covered in the short course. (Talk recorded in February 2013)

Choosing the Right Microscopy Technique Ron Vale
Audience:
  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 29:07

Microscope Imaging and Koehler Illumination

Ron Vale gives a talk about the lenses of the microscope and Koehler illumination. (Talk recorded in March 2012)

Ron Vale
Audience:
  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 22:45

Historical Contributions from Light Microscopy: What Can You Learn with a Light Microscope?

Ron Vale provides an overview of the historical contributions from light microscopy to the life sciences and an overview of current exciting developments. This talk is in the Short Microscopy Series. (Talk recorded in March 2012)

Light Microscopy Ron Vale
Audience:
  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 19:22

Minimizing Damage from Fluorescence

Ron Vale illustrates how illumination of a specimen can cause photobleaching and protein damage and gives us a tip about minimizing damage from fluorescence. (Talk recorded in April 2012)

Ron Vale
Audience:
  • Researcher
Duration: 9:12

How to Set Up Koehler Illumination

Ron Vale goes through a step-by-step procedure of aligning the lamp and condenser to set up Koehler illumination. (Talk recorded in April 2012)

Ron Vale Setting up Koehler Illumination
Audience:
  • Researcher
Duration: 11:18

How to Focus: The Focal Plane

Focusing is the first step in microscopy. Ron Vale provides some tips on how to find the right focal plane. (Talk recorded in April 2012)

How To Focus Ron Vale
Audience:
  • Researcher
Duration: 11:08

Microscope Imaging and Koehler Illumination

This lecture covers the lenses of the microscope and how they are used to focus light onto a specimen and how light from the specimen is focused onto a camera or the retina of an eye. (Talk recorded in March 2012)

Microscopy: Microscope Imaging and Koehler Illumination (Ron Vale
Audience:
  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 22:45

Molecular Motors and the Discovery of the Motor Protein Kinesin

Ron Vale tells a high school class how he first became fascinated with molecular motors and how he discovered the motor protein kinesin. (Talk recorded in September 2012)

Stuyvesant High School - Molecular Motors Ron Vale
Audience:
  • General Public
  • Student
  • Researcher
  • Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
  • Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 21:16

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