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Private Screening: Cracking the Code
An Innovation Translation Council Event
An Innovation Translation Council Event
Presented by research@BSPH's Innovation Translation Council, in partnership with the Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship, attend a screening of Cracking the Code, a documentary detailing Nobel laureate Phillip A. Sharp’s discovery and contribution to the biotechnology sector.
As part of the Innovation Translation Council launch, Phillip A. Sharp will give his keynote speech, Innovation through Biotechnology: Convergence with Engineering and AI in Public Health onsite at 615 N. Wolfe St. on May 19. Before his visit, learn more about his contribution to science and biotechnology through the film screening.
Snacks and dinner will be provided at this event.
Main Conference Area
Pava Marie LaPere Center for Entrepreneurship
320 W 29th St #200, Baltimore, MD 21211
Cracking the Code, narrated by Mark Ruffalo, is an inspiring story of vision, perseverance, and the power of science to change the world. Phil Sharp’s journey from a Kentucky farm boy to Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream and the triumph of entrepreneurial spirit. His 1977 groundbreaking discovery of RNA splicing rewrote the rules of molecular biology and ignited a life-saving scientific revolution, laying the foundation for an industry that has become a cornerstone of global innovation and economic growth – and transformed the health of billions of patients worldwide.