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My name is HyeongJun Kim.
I am using Robocop
microscope in the lab.
I saw Robocop movie a long time ago,
when I was kid.
My impression was that
Robocop is, like, hero.
He can do everything.
Likewise, Robocop microscope can
give me excitement in the discovery moment.
I study a protein called SMC.
That stands for
"structural maintenance
of chromosomes."
More specifically,
I use the Robocop microscope
to study how DNA-binding protein
is recruited to the DNA and how
it compresses DNA on a
single-molecule level.
We didn't know how it compresses DNA,
but my research indicates that
SMC protein can both wrap the
DNA and bridge two different
segments of the DNA.
So my goal is to understand
the underlying mechanisms of
the DNA-binding proteins
and ultimately I would like
to learn why many, many diseases
can occur when DNA-binding
protein malfunctions.
It is very exciting because
I can reveal what no one
in the world has known before.
