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==Biography== Sharp was born in [[Falmouth, Kentucky]], the son of Kathrin (Colvin) and Joseph Walter Sharp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.woodheadfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=23549 |title=Joseph W. Sharp -- Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, KY |access-date=October 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028155817/http://www.woodheadfuneralhome.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=23549 |archive-date=October 28, 2014 }}</ref> He married Ann Holcombe in 1964, and they have three daughters.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1993/sharp-bio.html|title = Phillip A. Sharp - Biographical|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = Nobelprize.org|publisher = Nobel Media AB}}</ref> Sharp studied at [[Union College (Kentucky)|Union College]] and majored in chemistry and mathematics, afterwards completing his Ph.D. in chemistry at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] in 1969.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://web.mit.edu/sharplab/cv.html|title = Curriculum Vitae - Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D.|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = Sharp Lab}}</ref> Following his Ph.D., he did his postdoctoral training at the [[California Institute of Technology]] until 1971, where he studied [[plasmid]]s.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = http://web.mit.edu/sharplab/shortbio.html|title = Short Bio - Phillip A. Sharp|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = Sharp Lab}}</ref> Later, he studied [[gene expression]] in human cells at the [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]] as a senior scientist under [[James Dewey Watson|James D. Watson]].<ref name=":1" /> In 1974, he was offered a position at [[MIT]] by biologist [[Salvador Luria]].<ref name=":1" /> He was director of MIT's Center for Cancer Research (now the [[Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research]]) from 1985 to 1991; head of the Biology department from 1991 to 1999; and founder and director of the [[McGovern Institute for Brain Research]] from 2000 to 2004.<ref name=":0" /> In 1995, the FBI confirmed that Sharp received a letter from [[Ted Kaczynski]], insinuating that Sharp would become a target of the [[Unabomber]] because of his work in genetics, stating that "it would be beneficial to your health to stop your research in genetics."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Communiques of Freedom Club|url=https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ted-kaczynski-the-communiques-of-freedom-club-ted-kaczynski|access-date=2021-06-24|website=The Anarchist Library|language=en}}</ref> He is currently MIT Institute Professor and Professor of Biology Emeritus and member of the [[Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research|Koch Institute]], and was an [[Institute Professor]], MIT's highest faculty rank, since 1999.<ref name=":0" /> He is also the chair of the advisory board of the [[MIT Jameel Clinic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regina Barzilay, James Collins, and Phil Sharp join leadership of new effort on machine learning in health|url=https://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-barzilay-collins-sharp-lead-j-clinic-machine-learning-health-1003|access-date=November 13, 2020|website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology|date=3 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=People|url=https://www.jclinic.mit.edu/people|access-date=November 13, 2020|website=J-Clinic|language=en}}</ref> Sharp co-founded [[Biogen]], [[Alnylam Pharmaceuticals]], and Magen Biosciences, and has served on the boards of all three companies.<ref>Biogen Idec, Inc. (2008). "Proxy statement for annual meeting of stockholders to be held on June 19, 2008 at 9:00 A.M., local time", 7.</ref>
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