Claud S. Rupert, DNA Scientist, Dies

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Dr. Claud Stanley Rupert, who conducted seminal research in the field of light-activated DNA repair .. died Feb. 2 in Dallas. He was 97.

... Rupert mentored numerous students, including Dr. Aziz Sancar, who earned his PhD in molecular and cell biology in 1977 and was the first UT Dallas alumnus to win the Nobel Prize, in chemistry in 2015.

“Dr. Rupert was the founding father of the field of DNA repair. I was fortunate to have him as my mentor not just during my graduate work at UT Dallas but throughout my career. I owe him more than anyone else for my academic successes at UTD and beyond,” said Sancar, who is the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine ...

http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2017/2/10-32431_Dr-Claud-S-Rupert-DNA-Scientist-Founding-Faculty-M_story-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsHomePage

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1. Alumni Couple Share Nobel Partnership

Sept. 19, 2016

... Aziz grew up in a rural village in Turkey, one of eight children born to illiterate parents. His first career ambition was to become a soccer star for the Turkish national team, but Aziz ultimately decided to pursue science and medicine. He attended Istanbul Medical School and graduated at the top of his class.

After spending two years as a physician in rural Turkey, he returned to school, this time in the U.S., to learn more about the underlying mechanisms of disease. His first stop was Johns Hopkins University, where he was exposed to the then-novel field of DNA repair.

When Aziz learned that the scientist who had discovered DNA repair, Dr. Claud Stanley Rupert, had moved from Johns Hopkins to UT Dallas, he reached out.

“I knew I wanted to work on DNA repair, and I wanted to work with Dr. Rupert, so I contacted him,” Aziz said. “He gave me an ambiguous answer, so I just showed up at his lab and said, ‘You didn’t say no’” ...

http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2016/9/19-32150_UT-Dallas-Magazine-Alumni-Couple-Share-Nobel-Partn_story-wide.html

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2. Proof we are all important even those born outside our borders...interesting article..