APRIL 24, 2025
Please join us for an exclusive sneak peek of the forthcoming documentary
Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution
April 24, 2025
4:00pm – Discussion and reception to follow
Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center
2nd Floor – Berg Hall
291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305
We're delighted to host a post-screening discussion with director Bill Haney and Howard Y. Chang, MD, PhD followed by a reception with food and drinks.
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Howard Y. Chang, MD, PhD – Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research, and Professor of Dermatology and Genetics at Stanford University; Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Senior Vice President, Global Research, and Chief Scientific Officer at Amgen. Dr. Chang is the winner of the Albany Prize, Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences, and NAS Award in Molecular Biology for discoveries of regulatory RNAs. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a serial entrepreneur having founded five biotech companies.
Bill Haney – Bill Haney is a filmmaker, inventor, and entrepreneur. His most recent film projects include Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution, and Jim Allison: Breakthrough. He has started more than a dozen companies and is currently the Co-founder and CEO of Dragonfly Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotech focused on novel NK-cell based immune engagers, and Co-founder & Chairman of Skyhawk Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotech focused on small molecule RNA splicing modifiers. Bill is a graduate of Harvard College and served as a Fellow of Harvard's Kennedy School.
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ABOUT THE FILM
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.
