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| author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouses = Gwen Sancar〔 | children = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} Aziz Sancar (born 8September 1946) is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock.〔http://www.med.unc.edu/biochem/asancar〕 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. He is the co-founder of the Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation, which is a non-profit organization to promote Turkish culture and to support Turkish students in the United States.〔 == Early life and career == Aziz Sancar was born into a lower-middle-class Arab family in the Savur district of Mardin Province, southeastern Turkey on September 8, 1946. He was the seventh of eight children. His parents were illiterate; however, they put great emphasis on education. In an interview with Turkish news agency T24, Sancar stated that during his youth, he was a nationalist. His oldest brother; Kenan Sancar is a ret. Brigadier-General of Turkish Armed Forces.〔http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/aziz-sancar-i-emekli-general-agabeyi-anlatti-30264107〕 He is the cousin of HDP Mardin deputy Mithat Sancar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.todayszaman.com/world_turkish-american-scientist-among-winners-of-2015-nobel-prize-in-chemistry_400839.html )〕 Aziz Sancar is honorary member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tuba.gov.tr/member/tuba-seref-uyeleri/id/22/mid/61/lang/eng/ )〕 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.amacad.org/content/news/pressReleases.aspx?pr=59 )〕 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. Aziz Sancar was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005 as the first Turkish-American member.〔 He is the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry, at the University of North Carolina at 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biology : Aziz Sancar elected to the National Academy of Sciences )〕 Together, they founded Carolina Türk 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 for promoting Turkish-American interchange.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Aziz & Gwen Sancar Foundation – Carolina Türk Evi – Turkish House, NC )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aziz Sancar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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