{"id":8044,"date":"2020-02-11T13:16:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=8044"},"modified":"2020-02-11T13:16:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:16:48","slug":"shawn-ahmed-phd-awarded-r01-from-nigms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/shawn-ahmed-phd-awarded-r01-from-nigms\/","title":{"rendered":"Shawn Ahmed, PhD Awarded R01 from NIGMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2802\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 260px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2802 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/10\/shawn-ahmeds-group-reports-on-a-novel-mechanism-of-gene-silencing-in-caenorhabditis-elegans-termed-multigenerational-rnae-image2.png\" alt=\"Shawn Ahmed\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/10\/shawn-ahmeds-group-reports-on-a-novel-mechanism-of-gene-silencing-in-caenorhabditis-elegans-termed-multigenerational-rnae-image2.png 250w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/10\/shawn-ahmeds-group-reports-on-a-novel-mechanism-of-gene-silencing-in-caenorhabditis-elegans-termed-multigenerational-rnae-image2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2017\/10\/shawn-ahmeds-group-reports-on-a-novel-mechanism-of-gene-silencing-in-caenorhabditis-elegans-termed-multigenerational-rnae-image2-64x64.png 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Shawn Ahmed, Professor of Genetics and Biology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Dr. Shawn Ahmed, Professor of Genetics and Biology was awarded a new R01 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>His proposal, titled \u201cSmall RNAs and telomere biology\u201d aims to study telomere biology in C. brennerei and C. remanei, in an effort to understand why telomeric small RNAs are so abundant in these species, how telomeric small RNAs are created, and what their functions are. 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