Please answer the following question: Facts: - known for: molecular motors - fields: biochemistry , biophysics - academic advisors: john woodland hastings , hugh huxley - workplaces: stanford university - doctoral advisor: arthur kornberg - awards: e. award -lrb- 2012 -rrb- wiley prize in biomedical science -lrb- b. 2012 -rrb- wilson medal -lrb- 2011 -rrb- albert lasker - name: james spudich - nationality: american - birth place: benld , illinois - alma mater: university mrc laboratory of molecular biology of illinois at urbana-champaign , stanford university , Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james spudich .
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james a. spudich -lrb- born in benld , illinois -rrb- of croatian ancestry is the douglass m. and nola leishman professor of biochemistry and of cardiovascular disease at stanford university and works on the molecular basis of muscle contraction .he was awarded the albert lasker basic medical research award in 2012 with michael sheetz and ronald vale .he is a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences and a member of the national academy of sciences .