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Aziz Sancar (Turkish: [aˈziz ˈsandʒaɾ]; born 8 September 1946) is a Turkish molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. [5] [6] 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.
May 9, 2024 · Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biochemist who contributed to mechanistic discoveries underlying nuclear excision repair, whereby cells correct DNA errors that arise as a result of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure or mutation-inducing chemicals.
- Kara Rogers
Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015 for his studies of DNA repair. He showed how certain enzymes repair DNA damaged by UV light and how this affects the living cell, cancer and aging.
Aziz Sancar is a Nobel laureate and a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UNC. His research interests include DNA repair, circadian clock, and cancer.
May 15, 2021 · Aziz Sancar, Nobel Prize winning Turkish scientist, made several discoveries which had a major impact on molecular sciences, particularly disciplines that focus on carcinogenesis and cancer treatment, including molecular pathology.
- 10.5146/tjpath.2020.01504
- 2021
- Turk Patoloji Derg. 2021; 37(2): 93-105.
Learn about the life and achievements of Aziz Sancar, a Turkish-American scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on DNA repair. Discover his childhood, education, career, and family in this biographical sketch.
Aziz Sancar, a Turkish-born chemist elected to TWAS in 1994, is one of three scientists named to share the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry "for mechanistic studies of gene repair". He is the seventh TWAS Fellow to win the world's highest honour for discoveries in chemistry.
