Phillip A. Sharp

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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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instanceOf American
Nobel laureate
academic
biochemist
human
molecular biologist
university professor
academicDegree PhD in chemistry
awardReceived Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Franklin Medal
surface form: 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
National Academy of Medicine
surface form: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

National Academy of Sciences
name Phillip A. Sharp self-link
NobelPrizeCategory Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
surface form: 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 Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
surface form: Center for Cancer Research at MIT

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

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Biogen foundedBy Phillip A. Sharp
this entity surface form: Phillip Allen Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp name Phillip A. Sharp self-link
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals foundedBy Phillip A. Sharp
Richard J. Roberts sharedNobelPrizeWith Phillip A. Sharp
H. E. Carter notableStudent Phillip A. Sharp