Tayte Saunders

Interests
Genomics, Data Science, Marine Ecology

I'm a Master's student in Biological Data Science at Arizona State University on the genomics track. I also earned my B.S. in Data Science from ASU, with a concentration in Computer Science. I've been interested in biology and genetics since high school, and data science gave me a way to work on biological questions with the skills I'm strongest in. I've done field research in Panama studying leaf-cutter ants and built a computer vision system to automate data collection. I'm excited to be part of Dr. Cramer's lab, where I hope to help make ecological data easier to organize, share, and build on.

Research

Formatting and curating long term ecological data sets for publication using FAIR data principles.

Selected Publications

VTA dopamine neurons are hyperexcitable in 3xTg-AD mice due to casein kinase 2-dependent SK channel dysfunction. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53891-1

Aged mice exhibit faster acquisition of intravenous opioid self-administration with variable effects on intake. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2025.110464.

Parallel gene expression changes in ventral midbrain dopamine and GABA neurons during normal aging. (in review). https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.28.640868

Education
M.S. Biological Data Science, Arizona State University (ongoing)

B.S. Data Science, Arizona State University

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