Aziz Sancar (born 8 September 1946) is a Turkish biochemist specialising in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and the circadian clock[1]. He was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair.[2] Sancar is the second Turkish Nobel laureate.
Aziz Sancar | |
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| Born | September 8, 1946 |
| Nationality | Karslı |
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| Awards | Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 |
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| Fields | Biochemitry, molecular biology, DNA repair |
His longest-running study has involved photolyase and the mechanisms of photo-reactivation. In his inaugural article in the PNAS, Sancar captures the elusive photolyase radicals he has chased for nearly 20 years, thus providing direct observation of the photocycle for thymine dimer repair.[3]
Aziz Sancar was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005. Sancar completed his M.D. in İstanbul University of Turkey and completed his Ph.D. on the photoreactivating enzyme of E. coli in 1977 at the University of Texas[4] in the laboratory of Dr. C. Stan Rupert, now Professor Emeritus. Aziz Sancar is the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is married to Gwen Boles Sancar, who graduated the same year and who is also a Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[5] Together, they founded Carolina Turk Evi, a permanent Turkish Center in close proximity to the campus of UNC-CH, which provides graduate housing for four Turkish researchers at UNC-CH, short term guest services for Turkish visiting scholars, and a center from promoting Turkish-American interchange.[6]
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.med.unc.edu/biochem/asancar
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015. Nobelprize.org.
- ^ Zagorski, N. (2005). "Profile of Aziz Sancar". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102 (45): 16125–16127. doi:10.1073/pnas.0507558102. PMC 1283445. PMID 16263927.
- ^ "Aziz Sancar". UNC School of Medicine. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
- ^ Biology : Aziz Sancar elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- ^ http://www.carolinaturkevi.org/about.htm
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
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