Aziz Sancar

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry biochemist human molecular biologist

Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ
biochemist ⓘ
human ⓘ
molecular biologist ⓘ
academicDegree MD ⓘ
PhD ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form: 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ⓘ
surface form: Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Turkish Presidential Medal of Honor ⓘ
citizenshipStatus Turkish-American ⓘ
coFounded Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation ⓘ
Carolina Turkish American Association ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1946-09-08 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Claiborne G. Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Istanbul University ⓘ
surface form: Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine

University of Texas at Dallas ⓘ
employer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ
ethnicGroup Turkish ⓘ
familyName Sancar ⓘ
fieldOfWork DNA repair ⓘ
biochemistry ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
givenName Aziz ⓘ
knownFor circadian clock-related DNA repair research ⓘ
mechanistic studies of DNA repair ⓘ
nucleotide excision repair ⓘ
photolyase and photoreactivation ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Turkish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Aziz Sancar self-link ⓘ
nationality Turkish ⓘ
nobelPrizeCategory Chemistry ⓘ
nobelPrizeMotivation mechanistic studies of DNA repair ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear 2015 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Savur, Mardin, Turkey ⓘ
positionHeld Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
researchFocus cancer biology ⓘ
cell cycle checkpoints ⓘ
molecular mechanisms of DNA damage repair ⓘ
residence Chapel Hill, North Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
spouse Gwen B. Sancar ⓘ
workplace UNC School of Medicine ⓘ
surface form: University of North Carolina School of Medicine

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Istanbul University → hasNotableAlumni → Aziz Sancar ⓘ
Aziz Sancar → name → Aziz Sancar self-link ⓘ