Phillip A. Sharp

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American Nobel laureate academic biochemist human molecular biologist university professor

Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.

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Phillip Allen Sharp ×1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → Nobel laureate → academic → biochemist → human → molecular biologist → university professor →
academicDegree	PhD in chemistry →
awardReceived	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research → Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science → Gairdner Foundation International Award → Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine →
birthDate	1944-06-06 →
birthPlace	Falmouth, Kentucky, United States →
coFounded	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals → Biogen →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
doctoralAdvisor	H. E. Carter →
educatedAt	Union College (Kentucky) → University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
employer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
familyName	Sharp →
fieldOfWork	biochemistry → genetics → molecular biology →
givenName	Phillip →
knownFor	discovery of RNA splicing → leadership at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology → research on gene expression →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society → Institute of Medicine of the National Academies → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Phillip A. Sharp →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for discoveries of split genes →
NobelPrizeYear	1993 →
notableStudent	David Bartel →
positionHeld	Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology → director of the Center for Cancer Research at MIT → founding director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT → professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
researchInterest	RNA interference → RNA splicing → cancer biology →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Richard J. Roberts →
workplace	Center for Cancer Research at MIT → Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Biogen ("Phillip Allen Sharp") →	foundedBy
Institute Professor at MIT →	hasNotableHolder
Phillip A. Sharp →	name