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His Birth
He was born in 1946 in the Savur district of Mardin, the seventh of eight children of a middle-income farmer family. -
University Start
He went to Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1963. -
University Graduation
He graduated from the university he attended in 1969 with the first place. -
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Worked Institutions
Sancar worked at Yale University School of Medicine between 1977-1982. In this period, he stopped his photolyase enzyme studies and started nucleotide cut repair research. He completed his associate professorship thesis in DNA repair. -
Awards
National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award -
Awards
American Society for Photobiology Award -
Awards
National Institutes of Health Award -
Worked Institutions
Since 1997, he has been continuing his research as Sarah Graham Kenan Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, which is known for his studies in Biochemistry and Biophysics. -
Awards
TUBITAK Science Award -
Awards
He was awarded the North Carolina Distinguished Chemist Award from the American Chemical Society in 2001. -
Awards
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Award -
Memberships
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences -
Memberships
He was elected as a full member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2006. -
Awards
He received the Vehbi Koç Award. -
Grand Prize
Sancar was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with American Paul Modrich and Swedish Tomas Lindahl, for his work on DNA repair.