Aziz Sancar(1946)
ChemistryAziz Sancar is a Turkish-American molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. 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.
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Major Awards
596
Publications
48,385
Citations
122
h-index
382
i10-index
81.2
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
Abstract 400: Combinatorial treatment of glioblastoma with temozolomide (TMZ) plus 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU).
Cancer Research(2026)
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Combinatorial Treatment of Glioblastoma with Temozolomide (TMZ) Plus 5-Ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine (EdU)
bioRxiv(2025)
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Repurposing the DNA Labeling Agent EdU for Therapy Against Heterogeneous Patient Glioblastoma.
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics(2025)
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Combinatorial treatment of glioblastoma with temozolomide (TMZ) plus 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2025)
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Abstract B007: The organotypic brain slice culture platform as a functional biomarker for preclinical drug performance testing
Cancer Research(2025)
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Time of Day-Dependent Responses to Cisplatin Treatment in a Male Mouse Model of Hepatoma
Journal of Biological Rhythms(2025)
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Abstract 6872: Repurposing the DNA labeling agent EdU for glioblastoma treatment
Cancer Research(2025)
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Genome-wide strand-specific UV mutagenesis in Escherichia coli is directed by the Mfd translocase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2025)
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Chromatin context shapes DNA damage formation and nucleotide excision repair dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans
Nucleic Acids Research(2025)
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Recent Publications
View all worksAbstract 400: Combinatorial treatment of glioblastoma with temozolomide (TMZ) plus 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU).
Cancer Research2026
0citations
Repurposing the DNA Labeling Agent EdU for Therapy Against Heterogeneous Patient Glioblastoma.
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics2025
6citations
Combinatorial treatment of glioblastoma with temozolomide (TMZ) plus 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025
0citations
Time of Day-Dependent Responses to Cisplatin Treatment in a Male Mouse Model of Hepatoma
Journal of Biological Rhythms2025
0citations
Biochemical mechanism of the mammalian circadian clock
FEBS Letters2025
6citations
0citations
Genome-wide strand-specific UV mutagenesis in Escherichia coli is directed by the Mfd translocase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025
0citations
Chromatin context shapes DNA damage formation and nucleotide excision repair dynamics in Caenorhabditis elegans
Nucleic Acids Research2025
0citations
External Profiles
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
Istanbul Technical University
University of Texas at Dallas(Doctor of Philosophy)
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine(Doctor of Medicine)
Career Timeline
Yale School of Medicine?–present
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center?–present
University of North Carolina School of Medicine?–present
Academy Memberships
National Academy of Sciences (US)
Top Publications
Clocks, cancer, and chronochemotherapy
Science2021237 citations
Molecular mechanism of the repressive phase of the mammalian circadian clock
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2020160 citations
Genome-wide mapping of nucleotide excision repair with XR-seq
Nature Protocols201868 citations
Circadian clock, carcinogenesis, chronochemotherapy connections
Journal of Biological Chemistry202159 citations
The circadian clock shapes the Arabidopsis transcriptome by regulating alternative splicing and alternative polyadenylation
Journal of Biological Chemistry202055 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
KB
K. Barry Sharpless
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2022)
FS
Frederick Sanger
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1980)
OY
Omar Yaghi
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
GW
Greg Winter
Copley Medal (2025)
JM
John Michael Jumper
Fellow of the Royal Society (2025)
RR
Richard Robson
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
SK
Susumu Kitagawa
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2025)
DH
Demis Hassabis
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)
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