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Phillip Sharp

American geneticist and molecular biologist

Phillip Allen Sharp (born June 6, 1944) is an American geneticist and molecular biologist who co-discovered RNA splicing. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Richard J. Roberts for "the discovery that genes in eukaryotes are not contiguous strings but contain introns, and that the splicing of messenger RNA to delete those introns can occur in different ways, yielding different proteins from the same DNA sequence".²

From Wikipedia’s article on Phillip Sharp (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jun 6, 1944.¹

About

He was awarded the 2015 Othmer Gold Medal.

Sharp's current research focuses on small RNAs and other types of non-coding RNAs. His laboratory works to identify the target mRNAs of microRNAs (miRNAs), and has discovered a class of miRNAs that are produced from sequences adjacent to transcription start sites. His laboratory also studies how miRNA gene regulation functions in angiogenesis and cellular stress.

From Wikipedia’s article on Phillip Sharp, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

BiogenFounder¹⁹
Alnylam PharmaceuticalsBoard member Jun 2, 2006 to Jan 24, 2025²⁰
VIR BiotechnologyBoard member Oct 10, 2019 to May 24, 2023²¹
Syros Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Board member Jun 29, 2016 to Jun 2, 2022²²
BiogenBoard member Jan 10, 2006 to Jun 5, 2009²³

Holdings

Stock this person has reported owning, from the forms officers and directors file with the SEC. See the biggest insider stakes.

Shares held

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals ALNY266,899 shares²⁴$62.9M at $235.58Jan 24, 2025
VIR Biotechnology VIR165,618 shares²⁵$1.7M at $10.23May 24, 2023

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Recent filings

Jan 23, 2025Sold 11,250 shares at $275.00 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁴
Jan 23, 2025Exercised options 11,250 shares at $131.21 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁴
Feb 29, 2024Sold 516 shares at $156.54 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁶
Feb 29, 2024Sold 101 shares at $154.07 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁶
Feb 29, 2024Sold 1,906 shares at $153.62 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁶
Feb 29, 2024Sold 915 shares at $152.40 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁶
Feb 29, 2024Sold 13,557 shares at $151.43 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁶
Feb 29, 2024Sold 13,005 shares at $150.60 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁶
Feb 29, 2024Exercised options 30,000 shares at $59.25 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁶
May 22, 2023Granted 6,027 shares of VIR Biotechnology²⁵
Aug 15, 2022Sold 715 shares at $232.81 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁷
Aug 15, 2022Sold 3,853 shares at $231.65 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁷
Aug 15, 2022Sold 16,186 shares at $230.71 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁷
Aug 15, 2022Sold 11,600 shares at $229.93 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁷
Aug 15, 2022Sold 1,218 shares at $228.33 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁷
Aug 15, 2022Sold 98 shares at $226.16 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁷
Aug 15, 2022Exercised options 3,670 shares at $63.86 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁷
Aug 15, 2022Exercised options 30,000 shares at $30.09 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁷
May 23, 2022Granted 6,405 shares of VIR Biotechnology²⁸
Feb 9, 2022Sold 30,000 shares at $150.00 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁹
Feb 9, 2022Exercised options 30,000 shares at $11.33 of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals²⁹

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign³
Date not recordedUnion Commonwealth University³

Career

Occupation: chemist, biochemist, molecular biologist, university teacher, geneticist.⁶

Date not recordedWorked at California Institute of Technology⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology⁴
Date not recordedFounded Biogen⁵

Personal life

BornJun 6, 1944, Falmouth⁷
CitizenshipUnited States⁸

Awards

2020AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research^{9 18}
2015Othmer Gold Medal^{9 17}
2011Foreign Member of the Royal Society⁹
2004National Medal of Science⁹
1993Mendel Medal^{9 15}
1993Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine^{9 16}
1991Dickson Prize in Medicine⁹
1988Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research^{9 14}
1988Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize^{9 13}
1986Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize^{9 12}

More awards (4)

1986Canada Gairdner International Award⁹
1985Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize^{9 11}
1980NAS Award in Molecular Biology^{9 10}
Date not recordedWinthrop-Sears Medal⁹

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SEC EDGARAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Board member
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SEC EDGARSyros Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Board member
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Wikimedia CommonsPhillip Sharp photo by Staff photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0