Aziz Sancar

Nobel Prize lecture

Mechanisms of DNA Repair by Photolyase and Excision Nuclease

Aziz Sancar delivered his Nobel Lecture on 8 December 2015, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Sara Snogerup Linse, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. For Turkish subtitles: Switch to Turkish subtitles in the video’s settings.

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