▁also ▁investig ated ▁the ▁structure ▁and ▁dynamics ▁of ▁am y lo id ▁prote ins , ▁including ▁both ▁ne uro de gener ative ▁prote ins ▁and ▁am y lo id ▁f ibr ils ▁formed ▁by ▁designed ▁pe pt ides . ▁These ▁studies ▁shed ▁light ▁on ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁struct ural ▁polym orphism , ▁water ▁interaction , ▁and ▁metal ▁ion ▁binding . ▁ ▁Hong ▁has ▁pione ered ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁plant ▁cell ▁walls ▁using ▁mult id im ensional ▁ss N MR . ▁These ▁studies ▁revealed ▁the ▁mole cular ▁interactions ▁of ▁the ▁pol ys ac char ides ▁in ▁plant ▁cell ▁walls , ▁and ▁helped ▁to ▁rev ise ▁the ▁conventional ▁model ▁of ▁the ▁primary ▁cell ▁wall ▁structure ▁by ▁propos ing ▁a ▁single - network ▁model ▁where ▁cell ul ose , ▁hem ic ell ul ose ▁and ▁p ect ins ▁all ▁interact ▁with ▁each ▁other . ▁She ▁determined ▁the ▁binding ▁target ▁of ▁the ▁protein ▁exp ans in ▁to ▁be ▁hem ic ell ul ose - en rich ed ▁regions ▁of ▁cell ul ose ▁micro f ibr ils , ▁thus ▁giving ▁insight ▁into ▁the ▁mechanism ▁of ▁wall ▁lo osen ing ▁by ▁exp ans in . ▁  ▁ ▁To ▁address ▁these ▁questions , ▁Hong ▁has ▁developed ▁is ot op ic ▁label ing ▁strateg ies , ▁mult id im ensional ▁N MR ▁correlation ▁experiments , ▁polar ization ▁transfer ▁techniques , ▁and ▁computational ▁methods ▁for ▁reson ance ▁assignment ▁of ▁N MR ▁spect ra . ▁ ▁Selected ▁awards ▁and ▁hon ors ▁▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁▁▁ ▁N irit ▁and ▁Michael ▁Sh a