BDS Alum Dr. Rachel Keown wins the 2025 Interdisciplinary Research Doctoral Dissertation Prize for her dissertation title “From Single Amino Acid to Environmental Ecology and Back: The Saga of DNA Polymerase I.”  Dr. Keown was mentored by CBCB Co-Director Dr. Shawn Polson.

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