Join the MIT Press for a 98-minute screening of the film, Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution, followed by a panel discussion with Phillip A. Sharp (Institute Professor and Professor of Biology, Emeritus), Susan Hockfield (MIT President Emerita and Professor of Neuroscience), and filmmaker Bill Haney. The conversation will be moderated by Amy Brand, Director and Publisher of the MIT Press.

Registration is required via Eventbrite. 

About the film
Cracking the Code, directed by Bill Haney and narrated by Mark Ruffalo, is an inspiring story of vision, perseverance, and the power of science to change the world. Professor Sharp’s journey from Kentucky farm boy to Nobel laureate embodies the American Dream and the triumph of the entrepreneurial spirit. His 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 people worldwide.