title: Behind the movement.
abstract: This year, the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award will be shared by Michael Sheetz, James Spudich, and Ronald Vale for discoveries concerning the biophysical actions of cytoskeletal motor-protein machines that move cargo within cells, contract muscles, and enable cell motility.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA. ringe@brandeis.edu
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ringe
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Petsko
mesh_terms: D002465:Cell Movement; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D004194:Disease / Q000235:genetics; D016547:Kinesins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019369:Life; D018535:Mars; D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009068:Movement; D009119:Muscle Contraction
chemical_list: D020409:Molecular Motor Proteins; D016547:Kinesins