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PhD candidate Jamshaid Shahir shares about his research on how to heal a broken heart, a path that is positioning him for a role in the sciences at the frontier of his discipline and for a career in computational biology.


PhD candidate Jamshaid Shahir is pursuing a graduate degree in the  program, a subset of the Biological & Biomedical Sciences program (BBSP), housed in the ´óÏó´«Ã½. Much like how we choose what personal and professional path to follow in life, Shahir’s research broadly investigates how stem cells make decisions.ÌýAs a fellow with The Graduate School’s , which recruits top doctoral students to ´óÏó´«Ã½-Chapel Hill, Shahir’s area of research — better understanding the intricacies of how embryonic stem cells divide and the ramifications for what cells they turn into — is positioning him for a role in the sciences at the frontier of his discipline. You can read more about his story .Ìý

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