Austin Schubert

The applications to ComSciCon PNW 2026 are officially open. They close on January 31st, so don't wait to apply.

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ComSciCon - PNW At ComSciCon's PNW Workshop, participants build the communication skills that scientists and other technical professionals need to express ideas to their peers, experts in other fields, and the genera...

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PNW master’s and PhD students: keep an eye out 👀
Our call for applications launches next week! If you’re interested in science communication, outreach, and community-building, this one’s for you. (2/3)

I’m excited to announce that after a five-year hiatus, the Pacific Northwest chapter of ComSciCon (@comscicon.bsky.social) is returning with a Spring 2026 conference in Portland, OR. Run by and for grad students, it supports STEM trainees in building science communication skills and community. (1/3)

Austin Schubert (Saunders Lab) won "Most Innovative Approach" at the Cure SYNGAP1 conference. His poster was titled "Brain–wide discovery of when, where, and how SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency alters neurodevelopment through single cell RNA profiling.”
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Human brain cell types shape host-rabies virus transcriptional interactions revealing a preexisting pro-viral astrocyte subpopulation How virus-host cell interactions and innate immune antagonism shape neurotropic infection dynamics across diverse brain cell types is largely unknown.…

A Cell Reports article from the Saunders Lab (Vollum Institute/OHSU) describes the unique role of #astrocyte innate immune signaling in combating viral #infection.
Read the article in Cell Reports: bit.ly/4gf707M
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Competing Programs Shape Cortical Sensorimotor-Association Axis Development The neocortex is organized along a dominant sensorimotor-to-association (S-A) axis, anchored by modality-specific primary sensorimotor areas at one end and transmodal association areas that form distr...

Thrilled to present MIND!

A model for how the sensorimotor–association axis of the neocortex develops.

Huge thanks to the incredible multidisciplinary team who made this happen.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This is me to myself because it's a beautiful sunny day in Portland and I'm stuck inside writing my NRSA grant to submit to a crumbling NIH. Must embrace my inner Uncle Baby Billy.

This struggle intersects with and amplifies racial/gender disparity, but is also seen in the race and gender that our administration clearly favors right now. I hope that conservatives see through this and recognize that these decisions also affect the populations they claim to care about.

Being a first-gen student, the finanical infeasibility of unpaid internships, simply not knowing what opportunities exist, and never meeting an academic/scientist in your regular life restrict students' potential. These are all common experiences to small town, working class students.

Rich politicians put on cute little cowboy costumes and cosplay like blue-collar workers despite many of them being born into affluent families with legacy scholarships to Ivy League law schools. As someone from a small Louisiana town with virtually no opportunities, this is a big slap in the face.

A core aspect of DEI is providing opportunities to socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, often raised by blue-collar families in small towns. Turning their backs on these individuals further demonstrates that our administration merely feigns compassion and relatability for working-class Americans.

GitHub - ArpiarSaundersLab/annsql: The AnnSQL package enables SQL based queries on AnnData objects. The AnnSQL package enables SQL based queries on AnnData objects. - ArpiarSaundersLab/annsql

𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗦𝗤𝗟 v1 has landed! Explore atlas sized single-cell datasets, with minimal resources using SQL that's powered by the #DuckDb database engine. #SingleCell 🧬 🖥️ 🖖

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