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Ayesh Awad

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Organism:human· 3 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:mechanistic / dynamical model· 1 Assay:spatial transcriptomics· 1

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Bingfang Huan· 2 shared Caroline Beasley· 2 shared Grace LianiD· 2 shared Gwen W. Lau· 2 shared Shehzad Z. SheikhiD· 2 shared Sophie SilversteiniD· 2 shared Terrence S. FureyiD· 2 shared Aadra Prashant BhattiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Reference-guided Genome Assembly of Long Non-coding RNA Transcripts reveals Target Genes Associated With Crohn's Disease

Meaghan M. Kennedy Ng, Sophie Silverstein, Nina C. Nishiyama, Caroline Beasley, Grace Lian, Bingfang Huan, Gwen W. Lau, David Andrew Weaver, Ayesh Awad, Matthew R. Schaner, Shehzad Z. Sheikh, Terrence S. Furey

The paper identifies differentially expressed lncRNAs in Crohn's disease using genome-guided RNA-seq and links them to nearby protein-coding genes involved in immune response and tissue regeneration.

Scientific Reports · May 25, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

Fatty Acid Oxidation Suppression Reprograms Fibroblasts in Fibrostenotic Crohns Disease

Jihad Jihad Aljabban, Ayesh Awad, Benjamin D. McMichael, Valerie Gartner, Viguna Thomas, Bingfang Huan, David Weaver, Grace Lian, Caroline Beasley, Gwen W. Lau, Sophie Silverstein, Muneera Rehana Kapadia, Anna C. Salvador, Florian Rieder, Jessica E. Thaxton, , Shehzad Z. Sheikh

The paper identifies impaired fatty acid oxidation in fibroblasts from fibrostenotic Crohn's disease patients and links it to intestinal fibrosis.

bioRxiv · May 10, 2026 · PreprintGenomics

Immune Cell Dysfunction of SARS-CoV-2: Mathematical Modeling of the Within-Host Immune Dynamics

Pagnapech Ngoun, Nicolas Alvarez, Ayesh Awad, Hwayeon Ryu

This paper develops a mathematical model of SARS-CoV-2 immune dynamics to explore NK cell activity, cytokine regulation, and their impact on disease severity and therapeutic interventions.

bioRxiv · Oct 3, 2025 · PreprintImmunology