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| complete name: |
Aziz Sancar |
| nobel prize: |
chemistry |
| award year: |
2015 |
| together with: |
Tomas Lindahl |
| together with: |
Paul L. Modrich |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/3 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
Aziz |
| family name: |
Sancar |
| occupation: |
chemist |
| occupation: |
university teacher |
| occupation: |
biochemist |
| occupation: |
molecular biologist |
| field of work: |
cell cycle |
| field of work: |
circadian rhythm |
| field of work: |
DNA repair |
| work location: |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 103 South Bldg Cb 9100, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States of America |
| description: |
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. Sancar is currently the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the co-founder of the Aziz & Gwen Sancar Foundation, which is a non-profit organization to promote Turkish culture and to support Turkish students in the United States. |
| image copyright: |
© Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2015/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1946 |
| usual name: |
Aziz Sancar |
