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v.narry , kim alan j. kingsman seoul national university south korea south korean biochemistry , molecular biology 1969 y microrna seoul , south korea ho-am in science award -lrb- 2008 -rrb- woman scientist of the prize year -lrb- 2007 -rrb- thomson scientific citation laureate award -lrb- in 2007 -rrb- medicine -lrb- 2009 -rrb- l'oreal-unesco women narry kim.jpg v. narry kim
 v.narry kim oxford university
v. narry kim

dr. v. narry kim is a south korean biochemist and microbiologist , best known for her work on microrna biogenesis .
her pioneering studies have laid the groundwork for the biology of microrna and contributed to the improvement of rna interference technologies .
