Rosalind Kim
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Rosalind Kim is a structural biologist and biochemist whose research sits at the intersection of structural genomics, protein biochemistry, and microbial biology. Working prominently within the Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, Kim has made significant contributions to understanding the three-dimensional architecture of proteins from minimal-genome pathogens, particularly *Mycoplasma pneumoniae* and *M. genitalium*, organisms intimately linked to human disease. Her crystallographic work — including the determination of novel structures such as a single-stranded DNA binding protein and conserved hypothetical proteins from *Mycoplasma* — has helped illuminate protein function in some of biology's smallest and most medically relevant genomes. Among her most impactful contributions is her 2004 work on automated small-scale protein expression and purification screening (43 citations), which provided the research community with a practical framework for streamlining structural genomics pipelines. Her 2005 crystal structure of nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase from *Thermoplasma acidophilum* (38 citations) revealed a distinctive three-domain architecture with important implications for NAD biosynthesis. Collectively, Kim's work reflects a career dedicated to bridging high-throughput structural methods with meaningful biological discovery.
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