Aziz Sancar
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Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aziz Sancar canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1423660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aziz Sancar Context triple: [Istanbul University, hasNotableAlumni, Aziz Sancar]
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A.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
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B.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis of RNA.
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C.
Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for her pioneering work on the structure and function of the ribosome.
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D.
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
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E.
J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aziz Sancar Target entity description: Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work on DNA repair mechanisms.
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A.
Albert Eschenmoser
Albert Eschenmoser is a Swiss organic chemist renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of vitamin B12 and for fundamental contributions to the understanding of organic reaction mechanisms and prebiotic chemistry.
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B.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa was a Spanish-American biochemist and molecular biologist who won the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synthesis of RNA.
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C.
Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath is an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel Prize–winning chemist renowned for her pioneering work on the structure and function of the ribosome.
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D.
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp is an American molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of RNA splicing and his long-standing research and leadership at MIT.
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E.
J. Michael Bishop
J. Michael Bishop is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes, fundamentally advancing cancer biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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biochemist ⓘ human ⓘ molecular biologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
MD
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PhD ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ Turkish Presidential Medal of Honor ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | Turkish-American ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation
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Carolina Turkish American Association ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Turkey
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1946-09-08 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Claiborne G. Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine
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linked to:
Istanbul University
University of Texas at Dallas ⓘ |
| employer | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Turkish ⓘ |
| familyName | Sancar ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
DNA repair
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biochemistry ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Aziz ⓘ |
| knownFor |
circadian clock-related DNA repair research
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mechanistic studies of DNA repair ⓘ nucleotide excision repair ⓘ photolyase and photoreactivation ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Turkish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
linked to:
National Academy of Sciences
Turkish Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Aziz Sancar ⓘ |
| nationality | Turkish ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | mechanistic studies of DNA repair ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Savur, Mardin, Turkey ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
cancer biology
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cell cycle checkpoints ⓘ molecular mechanisms of DNA damage repair ⓘ |
| residence |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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linked to:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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| spouse | Gwen B. Sancar ⓘ |
| workplace |
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
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linked to:
UNC School of Medicine
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (12)
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