Editing Phillip Allen Sharp (section)

==Other activities==
In October 2010, Sharp participated in the [[USA Science and Engineering Festival]]'s Lunch with a Laureate program where middle and high school students got to engage in an informal conversation with a Nobel Prize-winning scientist over a brown-bag lunch.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2010festival/schoolprograms/lunchwithalaureate |title=Lunch with a Laureate |access-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421005023/http://www.usasciencefestival.org/2010festival/schoolprograms/lunchwithalaureate |archive-date=April 21, 2010 }}. usasciencefestival.org (2010)</ref> Sharp is also a member of the [[USA Science and Engineering Festival]]'s Advisory Board.<ref>Furthermore, Sharp participates in the Distinguished Lecture Series of the annual [[Research Science Institute]] (RSI), a summer research program for high school students held at MIT.  [http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors Advisors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421005310/http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors/ |date=April 21, 2010 }}. usasciencefestival.org</ref>  In 2011, he was listed at #5 on the [[MIT150]] list of the top 150 innovators and ideas from [[MIT]].<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/specials/mit150/galleries/top_50?pg=47|title = MIT 150: The Top 50|work = boston.com|access-date = November 12, 2014}}</ref>

He is an editorial advisor to [[Xconomy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.xconomy.com/about/#The%20Xconomists|title = About|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = xconomy.com}}</ref> and is a member of the Board of Scientific Governors at [[The Scripps Research Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.scripps.edu/about/leadership/governors.html|title = Board of Scientific Governors|access-date = November 12, 2014|website = The Scripps Research Institute}}</ref> He has also served on the Faculty Advisory Board of the MIT-Harvard Research Journal and MIT Student Research Association.<ref name=":0" />

In 2016, Sharp helped organize<ref>{{Cite web |last=Answers |first=G. M. O. |title=Dear Greenpeace: It's Time To Stand Up For Science |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/gmoanswers/2016/07/08/gmos-nobel-laureates/ |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Fiona |date=2016-06-30 |title=107 Nobel Laureates Just Signed a Letter Slamming Greenpeace Over GMOs |url=https://www.sciencealert.com/107-nobel-laureates-just-signed-a-letter-slamming-greenpeace-about-gmos |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=ScienceAlert |language=en-US}}</ref> the [https://www.supportprecisionagriculture.org/nobel-laureate-gmo-letter_rjr.html Laureates Letter Supporting Precision Agriculture], written to oppose efforts by [[Greenpeace]] to ban GMOs and [[Golden rice|Golden Rice]] in particular.