"Cracking the Code" Film Screening & Panel

ABOUT THE FILM:

Narrated by Mark Ruffalo with insights from Walter Isaacson, Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution follows Sharp’s rise from a rural Kentucky farm boy battling dyslexia to a Nobel Prize-winning scientist.

The documentary reveals how Sharp’s RNA discovery launched the biotechnology revolution and underscores the importance of funding research to spark innovations that lead to life-saving treatments for millions.

The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion, including:

• Bill Haney, Director, Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution, and Co-Founder, Writer, Director & Producer, Uncommon Productions (Panelist)
• Youseph Yazdi, Assistant Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design, Johns Hopkins University (Panelist)
• Supriya Munshaw, Associate Professor of Practice and Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Johns Hopkins University (Moderator)

When: Monday, Oct. 27, 6:30 p.m.

Reception and check in begins at 5:15 p.m.

Where: Hopkins Bloomberg Center­ Theater, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Watch the trailer ▶