Aziz Sancar - Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2015
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Aziz Sancar

Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry — 2015
for mechanistic studies of DNA repair
Citizenship
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus United States United States Turkey Turkey
Languages
Turkish, English
date of birth
9/8/1946
place of birth
Savur district
Age
80 years
educated at
  • Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
    • academic degree: Doctor of Medicine
    • end time: 1969
  • University of Texas at Dallas
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • end time: 1977
  • Istanbul Technical University
member of
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    • start time: 2004
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 2005
occupation
  • molecular biologist
  • scientist
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
  • geneticist
  • researcher
employer
  • Yale School of Medicine
  • University of North Carolina School of Medicine
  • UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
field of work
  • circadian rhythm
  • cell cycle
  • DNA repair
  • deoxyribonucleic acid
  • biochemistry
  • molecular biology
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