blog postsNobel Laureate Phillip Sharp recalls key moment at IllinoisNov 20, 2020 9:30 am by Kimberly WilsonGiving StoriesShare on FacebookTweetEmailImagesThis was a significant turning point in Sharp’s young career - a turning point he is forever grateful to the University of Illinois for - and he went on to receive the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of RNA splicing. Share on FacebookTweetEmail