The Genome Writers guild (GWG) and Rosalind Franklin Society have recognized Dr. Betül Kaçar of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the 2022 Runner-Up for the Rosalind Franklin Medal for her groundbreaking use of experimental systems to study the coevolution of cellular life and the environment of Earth in both extinct and extant lifeforms. Kaçar’s research is advancing knowledge of ancient enzymes and metabolic pathways, and she has developed new experimental techniques to study ancestral genes involved in key processes used by life on Earth.
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