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I wish to thank my family, my laboratory, my UCSF colleagues, my worldwide scientific friends, the NIH and HHMI, all of whom provided me with their unique support over the years.

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  1. Ronald D. Vale is in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), University of California–San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, California, USA.,

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Vale, R. How lucky can one be? A perspective from a young scientist at the right place at the right time. Nat Med 18, 1486–1488 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2925

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