University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Sarah Almutawa was a finalist this year for a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and selective undergraduate academic honors in the world.

Almutawa is majoring in biology with certificates in global health and Biocore, the university’s biology core curriculum honors program.

She currently conducts research in Professor Junsu Kang’s lab in the Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology at the School of Medicine and Public Health. Her independent research project involves using the genome editing tool known as CRISPR to study blood oxidation and fin regeneration in zebrafish. The Identification of novel genes could provide more insight into tissue regeneration post-injury in humans.

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UW–Madison senior was a finalist this year for a Rhodes Scholarship

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