Born:(1944-06-06) June 6, 1944 (age 81), Falmouth, Kentucky, U.S.
Awards:NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1980), , Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1988), , Dickson Prize (1991), , Nobel Prize (1993), , Novartis-Drew Award (2003), , National Medal of Science (2004)
Fields:Biologist
Spouse:Ann Holcombe (m. 1964)
Website:web.mit.edu/sharplab
Children:3
Education:Union Commonwealth University (BA), , University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (PhD)
Institutions:Caltech, , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, , MIT
Doctoral students:Connie Cepko, , Andrew Fire, , Melissa J. Moore, , Richard Carthew