On February 7, 2025, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies and Chey Institute co-hosted a special lecture by Dr. Victor R. Ambros, a renowned geneticist, molecular biologist, and 2024 Nobel Laureate in Physiology. In 1993, he discovered microRNAs—small RNA molecules that regulate gene expression—in C. elegans. His research later contributed to defining the role of microRNAs in gene regulation in other organisms including humans. In front of a thrilled audience of high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, he shared what keeps him curious and motivated to discover new mysteries using the tools given by science. Rosalind C. Lee, his wife and an important contributor to the Nobel-winning research, accompanied him.