Austin Shull
@youngshull.bsky.social
Husband | Dad | Cancer Biologist | Educator
Director; Center for Inquiry, Research, & Scholarship (CIRAS) at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina
Director; Center for Inquiry, Research, & Scholarship (CIRAS) at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina
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Austin Shull
@youngshull.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Hi #bluesky!
I’m Austin. I’m a mol bio professor at a small liberal arts college. I run a cancer genomics/biology lab driven by undergraduates.
I’m also director of scholarship at my institution where promoting research mentorship of students is my #1 goal
I’m Austin. I’m a mol bio professor at a small liberal arts college. I run a cancer genomics/biology lab driven by undergraduates.
I’m also director of scholarship at my institution where promoting research mentorship of students is my #1 goal
Agreed!
Also in the same vein: I know it’s not really vogue now and (maybe too LinkedIn-ish 🙃), but the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and the “4 Dimensions of Execution” have been good frameworks for our lab in holding us accountable toward completing our goals.
Also in the same vein: I know it’s not really vogue now and (maybe too LinkedIn-ish 🙃), but the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and the “4 Dimensions of Execution” have been good frameworks for our lab in holding us accountable toward completing our goals.
January 20, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Agreed!
Also in the same vein: I know it’s not really vogue now and (maybe too LinkedIn-ish 🙃), but the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and the “4 Dimensions of Execution” have been good frameworks for our lab in holding us accountable toward completing our goals.
Also in the same vein: I know it’s not really vogue now and (maybe too LinkedIn-ish 🙃), but the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and the “4 Dimensions of Execution” have been good frameworks for our lab in holding us accountable toward completing our goals.
“The Fly” episode of Breaking Bad hits different when you spent the day cleaning your cell culture incubator because of contamination.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
“The Fly” episode of Breaking Bad hits different when you spent the day cleaning your cell culture incubator because of contamination.
“What keeps the wild hope of Christmas alive year after year in a world notorious for dashing all hopes is the haunting dream that the child who was born that day may yet be born again even in us”
-Fred Buechner
-Fred Buechner
December 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“What keeps the wild hope of Christmas alive year after year in a world notorious for dashing all hopes is the haunting dream that the child who was born that day may yet be born again even in us”
-Fred Buechner
-Fred Buechner
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Excited to announce a tenure-track opening for a neurobiologist at Presbyterian College! 🧠
We’re looking for a colleague to bring Neuro expertise to our SLAC. It’s a great fit if you love the balance of teaching undergrads and mentoring them in research.
www.presby.edu/about/office...
We’re looking for a colleague to bring Neuro expertise to our SLAC. It’s a great fit if you love the balance of teaching undergrads and mentoring them in research.
www.presby.edu/about/office...
Assistant Professor of Biology (Neurobiology specialization)
Assistant Professor of Biology (Neurobiology specialization) Position Overview The Department of Biology at Presbyterian College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assista...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Excited to announce a tenure-track opening for a neurobiologist at Presbyterian College! 🧠
We’re looking for a colleague to bring Neuro expertise to our SLAC. It’s a great fit if you love the balance of teaching undergrads and mentoring them in research.
www.presby.edu/about/office...
We’re looking for a colleague to bring Neuro expertise to our SLAC. It’s a great fit if you love the balance of teaching undergrads and mentoring them in research.
www.presby.edu/about/office...
Excited to announce a tenure-track opening for a neurobiologist at Presbyterian College! 🧠
We’re looking for a colleague to bring Neuro expertise to our SLAC. It’s a great fit if you love the balance of teaching undergrads and mentoring them in research.
www.presby.edu/about/office...
We’re looking for a colleague to bring Neuro expertise to our SLAC. It’s a great fit if you love the balance of teaching undergrads and mentoring them in research.
www.presby.edu/about/office...
Assistant Professor of Biology (Neurobiology specialization)
Assistant Professor of Biology (Neurobiology specialization) Position Overview The Department of Biology at Presbyterian College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assista...
www.presby.edu
December 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Excited to announce a tenure-track opening for a neurobiologist at Presbyterian College! 🧠
We’re looking for a colleague to bring Neuro expertise to our SLAC. It’s a great fit if you love the balance of teaching undergrads and mentoring them in research.
www.presby.edu/about/office...
We’re looking for a colleague to bring Neuro expertise to our SLAC. It’s a great fit if you love the balance of teaching undergrads and mentoring them in research.
www.presby.edu/about/office...
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
1) Coyote (fell in our pool)
2) Barred Owl (perched on steps of my building and wouldn’t leave)
3) Possum (I grew up in the South)
4) Armadillo (I grew up in the South)
5) Emu (Someone owned an exotic farm miles away and it got out)
1) Coyote (fell in our pool)
2) Barred Owl (perched on steps of my building and wouldn’t leave)
3) Possum (I grew up in the South)
4) Armadillo (I grew up in the South)
5) Emu (Someone owned an exotic farm miles away and it got out)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
Moose
Humpback whales
Giraffes
African Elephants
West African or Nile monitor lizard
November 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
1) Coyote (fell in our pool)
2) Barred Owl (perched on steps of my building and wouldn’t leave)
3) Possum (I grew up in the South)
4) Armadillo (I grew up in the South)
5) Emu (Someone owned an exotic farm miles away and it got out)
1) Coyote (fell in our pool)
2) Barred Owl (perched on steps of my building and wouldn’t leave)
3) Possum (I grew up in the South)
4) Armadillo (I grew up in the South)
5) Emu (Someone owned an exotic farm miles away and it got out)
I’m truly proud of my Presbyterian Blue Hose for even being in the position to be screwed out of the FCS playoff and knowing that the selection committee hates us. 🫡
@jasonkirk.fyi @edsbs.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social
@jasonkirk.fyi @edsbs.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I’m truly proud of my Presbyterian Blue Hose for even being in the position to be screwed out of the FCS playoff and knowing that the selection committee hates us. 🫡
@jasonkirk.fyi @edsbs.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social
@jasonkirk.fyi @edsbs.bsky.social @celebrityhottub.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My favorite when watching CFB is when the announcers suddenly remember that these teams are connected to schools.
When talking about the transfer portal, one of the announcers said “Oh yeah, that’s when the next semester starts!”
When talking about the transfer portal, one of the announcers said “Oh yeah, that’s when the next semester starts!”
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My favorite when watching CFB is when the announcers suddenly remember that these teams are connected to schools.
When talking about the transfer portal, one of the announcers said “Oh yeah, that’s when the next semester starts!”
When talking about the transfer portal, one of the announcers said “Oh yeah, that’s when the next semester starts!”
My biggest takeaway from the “AI will replace Education” people is that they had a shitty understanding of education beforehand.
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
My biggest takeaway from the “AI will replace Education” people is that they had a shitty understanding of education beforehand.
TFW when you send a paper to a former student that you thought they would like, and they respond, “I read it just the other day and was amazed” ❤️
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November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
TFW when you send a paper to a former student that you thought they would like, and they respond, “I read it just the other day and was amazed” ❤️
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Me making bioinformatics figures all day today
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Me making bioinformatics figures all day today
Thrilled about our new publication in Frontiers Cell Dev Bio. w/ the Adi Dubash lab at Furman!
In this paper, we identified that desmosomal cadherin Dsg-2 can regulate the ECM in keratinocytes via NF-kB signaling, potentially providing a link between junctional control & inflammatory signaling.
In this paper, we identified that desmosomal cadherin Dsg-2 can regulate the ECM in keratinocytes via NF-kB signaling, potentially providing a link between junctional control & inflammatory signaling.
Frontiers | The desmosomal cadherin Desmoglein-2 controls extracellular matrix expression and remodeling via NF-κB signaling in keratinocytes
Desmogleins are transmembrane cadherin proteins and obligate members of the desmosome, a cell-cell adhesion complex which connects adjacent cells and provide...
www.frontiersin.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Thrilled about our new publication in Frontiers Cell Dev Bio. w/ the Adi Dubash lab at Furman!
In this paper, we identified that desmosomal cadherin Dsg-2 can regulate the ECM in keratinocytes via NF-kB signaling, potentially providing a link between junctional control & inflammatory signaling.
In this paper, we identified that desmosomal cadherin Dsg-2 can regulate the ECM in keratinocytes via NF-kB signaling, potentially providing a link between junctional control & inflammatory signaling.
@edsbs.bsky.social on its 40th anniversary, I will be going to my local school board to make sure this speech is taught in my kid’s schools.
Dusty Rhodes talks about "hard times": Mid-Atlantic Wrestling, Oct. 29, 1985
YouTube video by WWE
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October 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@edsbs.bsky.social on its 40th anniversary, I will be going to my local school board to make sure this speech is taught in my kid’s schools.
@stevengodfrey.bsky.social ESPN GameDay talking about too much money influencing College Football right now.
Suspect Guilty GIF
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October 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@stevengodfrey.bsky.social ESPN GameDay talking about too much money influencing College Football right now.
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Entrepreneurial Coaching Prog • Research & Data Sci survey • SCWHE Virtual Series + more! mailchi.mp/uscmed/102225
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October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Entrepreneurial Coaching Prog • Research & Data Sci survey • SCWHE Virtual Series + more! mailchi.mp/uscmed/102225
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While prepping my intro bio students for an exam, I’ve been telling them:
“Think about your HS lit course: It taught you to read for plot points, character development, setting, and overarching themes
That thinking will help you way more on my exams than memorizing terms.”
“Think about your HS lit course: It taught you to read for plot points, character development, setting, and overarching themes
That thinking will help you way more on my exams than memorizing terms.”
a person holding a book that says once upon a time on it
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October 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
While prepping my intro bio students for an exam, I’ve been telling them:
“Think about your HS lit course: It taught you to read for plot points, character development, setting, and overarching themes
That thinking will help you way more on my exams than memorizing terms.”
“Think about your HS lit course: It taught you to read for plot points, character development, setting, and overarching themes
That thinking will help you way more on my exams than memorizing terms.”
Start talking to your kids about a 6-0 Presbyterian Blue Hose
October 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Start talking to your kids about a 6-0 Presbyterian Blue Hose
“At PC, it’s not publish or perish..I do this because I love it….It’s fun. And our students feel that enthusiasm. They see they can do really cool, meaningful work right here.”
Great job Francie on communicating the impact research has at a SLAC like Presbyterian College.
Great job Francie on communicating the impact research has at a SLAC like Presbyterian College.
Presbyterian College professor’s work helps shape the future of space astronomy
At first glance, the heart of the Milky Way might seem an unlikely place to find one of the coldest substances in the universe. Yet Dr. Frances Cashman, assistant professor […]
www.presby.edu
October 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“At PC, it’s not publish or perish..I do this because I love it….It’s fun. And our students feel that enthusiasm. They see they can do really cool, meaningful work right here.”
Great job Francie on communicating the impact research has at a SLAC like Presbyterian College.
Great job Francie on communicating the impact research has at a SLAC like Presbyterian College.
Me submitting a grant two days before the shutdown:
a man is standing on the beach looking at his phone
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October 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Me submitting a grant two days before the shutdown:
I’m thankful for the opportunity @asbmb.bsky.social provided to let me write this Op-Ed article for ASBMB Today.
I realize the notion of using generative AI for writing is controversial, but I hope this perspective is helpful.
I realize the notion of using generative AI for writing is controversial, but I hope this perspective is helpful.
Writing with AI turns chaos into clarity
Associate professor shares how generative AI, used as a creative whiteboard, helps scientists refine ideas, structure complexity and sharpen clarity — transforming the messy process of discovery into ...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I’m thankful for the opportunity @asbmb.bsky.social provided to let me write this Op-Ed article for ASBMB Today.
I realize the notion of using generative AI for writing is controversial, but I hope this perspective is helpful.
I realize the notion of using generative AI for writing is controversial, but I hope this perspective is helpful.
@edsbs.bsky.social As Gamecock fan, multiple false starts from a Gamecock offense is an oddly comforting ASMR to experience again. Like a bing TV sitcom that you’re putting on for the 100th time.
September 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
@edsbs.bsky.social As Gamecock fan, multiple false starts from a Gamecock offense is an oddly comforting ASMR to experience again. Like a bing TV sitcom that you’re putting on for the 100th time.
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Oct 27 for life sciences (neuro) and Oct 28 for psychology (cog neuro). Not a lot of time but worth the effort. Best of luck to everyone.
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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September 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Oct 27 for life sciences (neuro) and Oct 28 for psychology (cog neuro). Not a lot of time but worth the effort. Best of luck to everyone.