U.S. Genomics announced today that Dr. James A. Spudich of Stanford University is the recipient of the Company’s first annual award for Outstanding Investigator Single Molecule Biology Award. The award will be presented this evening at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Biophysical Society Awards Program honors its members by recognizing excellence in biophysics and promoting greater interaction among life scientists throughout the world.