2023
NOVEMBER
My recent study has been published in Protein Science.
D. M. Rodriguez,# H. Kim,# N. Sadler, X. Li, P. Bohutskyi, M. Valiev, W.-J. Qian, & M. S. Cheung, "PTM-Psi: A Python package to facilitate the computational investigation of post-translational modification on protein structures and their impacts on dynamics and functions" Accepted, Protein Science (2023)
AUGUST
I attend the 2023 American Chemical Society (ACS) fall meeting in person and give a poster presentation about our recent study.
▪I attend this ACS fall meeting and present our recent study, "Understanding structure of amelogenin monomer in solution using computational approaches," as a poster presentation.
JULY
I am featured in "Staff Spotlight" on PNNL main page
I was nominated to be highlighted in the Staff Spotlight feature in the @theLab section of Inside PNNL. (This highlight is different from the one featured last month)
As this is published on the internal PNNL website, only those who have a PNNL account can read this highlight (You can find this on the Inside PNNL webpage)
JUNE
I am featured in "Getting to Know PCSD Staff"
I am featured in the Getting to Know Physical Computational Sciences Directorate (PCSD) Staff section of this month's IDEA Council newsletter.
As this is published in the internal newsletter, only those who have a PNNL account and work in PCSD can read this highlight. (You can find this on the PCSD (private) page in Yammer)
FEBRUARY
My recent study has been published in Biointerphases
M. J. Taylor, H. Kim, W. Kew, A. Andersen, A. Bhattacharjee, M. H. Engelhard, & C. R. Anderton, "Atomistic simulations for investigation of substrate effects on lipid in-source fragmentation in secondary ion mass spectrometry" Biointerphases, 18, 1, (2023): 011003 [Link]
This published study has been selected as the "Featured Article"
This paper is part of the Biointerphases Special Topic Collection on Tutorials in Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)
2022
DECEMBER
I am promoted to Computational Scientist (Level II) at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
▪A journey for exploring scientific horizons as a post-doctorate researcher has ended. But this journey still continues as a staff scientist. (as of Dec. 1st)
▪I will be focusing on a greater number of research projects with various internal/external collaborators but belong to the same team and division, "Physical Biosciences in PCSD"
NOVEMBER
My recent study has been accepted for publication in Scientific Reports (Published on Dec.)
▪H. Kim, D. G. Hauner, J. A. Laureanti, K. Agustin, S. Raugei, & N. Kumar, "Mechanistic Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease to Accelerate Design of Covalent Inhibitors" Scientific Reports, 12, (2022): 21037 [Link]
▪ A link and the paper details (e.g. journal volume, pages, etc.) will be updated
▪ This study used machine learning (by collaborators at PNNL) to narrow down the potential inhibitor candidates for the main protease in COVID and applied MD and QM/MM simulations to understand their reaction mechanisms for the inhibitions and did in-silico evaluations.
OCTOBER
My recent proposal as a lead PI is selected as one of the 30 projects awarded funding from EMSL
▪Project entitled "Understanding Product Selectivity of Monoterpene Synthases Using Atomistic Simulations" has been awarded by the environmental molecular sciences laboratory (EMSL), Department of Energy
▪ Details: [Award DOE Service] (DOI: 10.46936/lser.proj.2022.60341/60008561)
▪ Featured on [EMSL Website] [Linkedin] [Linkedin2] [Facebook] [Istagram]
SEPTEMBER
I lead the project under Large-Scale Research as the lead principal investigator
▪Project entitled "Understanding Product Selectivity of Monoterpene Synthases Using Atomistic Simulations" has been awarded by the environmental molecular sciences laboratory (EMSL), Department of Energy
▪ Featured on [Award DOE Service] (DOI: 10.46936/lser.proj.2022.60341/60008561)
▪ Project started on Oct. 1st, 2022 (for 2 years).
I am invited to give a presentation at the Catalysis Science Seminar at PNNL
▪ Seminar is going virtual (Microsoft Teams) at 3:00 PM (PST), September 30th
▪ If you are interested in attending, please contact me via email
AUGUST
Our recently published study in ACS Catalysis is featured on Research Highlights on the PNNL website
▪This published study has been featured on the "Research Highlights" Page on the PNNL website [Link]
▪H. Kim, N. Srividya, I. Lange, E. W. Huchala, B. Ginovska, B. M. Lange, and S. Raugei, ACS Catalysis, 12, 12, (2022): 7453-7469 [Link]
JUNE
Our collaborative work with Dr. Lange and his team at WSU is published in ACS Catalysis
▪H. Kim, N. Srividya, I. Lange, E. W. Huchala, B. Ginovska, B. M. Lange, and S. Raugei, ACS Catalysis, 12, 12, (2022): 7453-7469 [Link]
▪This study applied atomistic simulations and experimental works to explore the determinants of selectivity for the formation of monocyclic and bicyclic products in various monoterpene synthases and their variants.
MAY
I receive "The New Investigator Award" at the Enamel X conference
▪ New investigator award is presented to me in recognition of the high quality of the submitted study for the conference, "Computational study on structures and aggregations of amelogenin under various conditions"
I give a poster and short oral presentations at the 10th International Symposium on Dental Enamel (Enamel X)
▪My current study "Computational study on structures and aggregations of amelogenin under various conditions" is presented at the Enamel X conference in Pittsburgh, PA
MARCH
I virtually attend the 2022 American Chemical Society (ACS) spring meeting and give an oral presentation about our recent study.
▪I decide to attend this ACS spring meeting virtually and present our recent study "Understanding catalytic mechanisms of monoterpene synthases" as a recorded version.