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Chris Sumner

Chris Sumner

Chris Sumner was a writer at CST.

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Hypoxia and Its Role in Metabolism

Hypoxia—the deficiency of oxygen in the cellular environment—causes cellular stress and alters norma...
Chris SumnerJun 8, 2022

Tools to Confirm Antibody Specificity

You want to generate accurate results. You’ve planned out your experiment, accounting for all necess...
Chris SumnerMar 2, 2022

Rising Black Scientists of 2022

We’re excited to present the 2022 recipients of the Rising Black Scientist Awards. This is only the ...
Chris SumnerFeb 2, 2022

The Role of Metabolism in Disease

Metabolism plays a central role in many diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesit...
Chris SumnerOct 27, 2021

Immunology: Immunophenotyping Using Flow Cytometry or IHC

In the field of immunology and immuno-oncology, immunophenotyping is a technique that uses antibodie...
Chris SumnerJun 30, 2021

Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neuroinflammation is the activation of an immune response in the central nervous system (CNS; brain ...
Chris SumnerJun 23, 2021

What is glycolysis and what is its role in metabolism?

Glycolysis and oxidative respiration are the two major metabolic pathways cells employ in order to c...
Chris SumnerMay 26, 2021

Neurotransmitters, Receptors, and Transporters

Neurons are central nervous system (CNS) cells that receive and transmit electrochemical signals by ...
Chris SumnerMay 19, 2021

Which assays can be used to measure metabolism?

Several different assays can be used to measure metabolism in a variety of contexts. These include m...
Chris SumnerApr 21, 2021

The Role of Metabolism in Cancer

Alterations in the cellular metabolism of malignant cells have long been a central focus of cancer r...
Chris SumnerMar 24, 2021

Which Antibody-Based Techniques Can Be Used to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases?

In order to derive the most information from samples related to neurodegenerative disease, it is imp...
Chris SumnerMar 17, 2021

Cellular Pathways to Metabolism

Cellular homeostasis is regulated by the coordinated activity of several key metabolic pathways. The...
Chris SumnerMar 3, 2021

Introducing the First Rising Black Scientists Awards Recipients

We’re excited to present the first-ever Rising Black Scientists Awards recipients. This will be an a...
Chris SumnerFeb 24, 2021

Neurodegeneration: Tau Protein and Neurofibrillary Tangles

Tau is a microtubule-associated protein expressed predominantly in the parts of the brain that funct...
Chris SumnerFeb 10, 2021

What is Neurodegeneration?

Neurodegeneration is marked by the progressive loss of neuronal function and structure, leading to c...
Chris SumnerJan 20, 2021

Simplify iPSCs Research: Antibodies to Identify Pluripotency Markers

Reagent validation and experiment reproducibility are critical for advancing research in any scienti...
Chris SumnerSep 30, 2020

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