CST BLOG: Lab Expectations

The official blog of Cell Signaling Technology (CST), where we discuss what to expect from your time at the bench, share tips, tricks, and information.

Chris Sumner

Chris Sumner

Chris Sumner was a writer at CST. When he's not reading/writing about curing disease, he's hiking in the woods, playing guitar, or searching for the world's best lobster roll.

Recent Posts:

Neurodegeneration: Tau Protein and Neurofibrillary Tangles

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

Introduction to Metabolism

Cellular metabolism encompasses all of the chemical processes that occur within cells to maintain ho...
Chris Sumner Feb 3, 2021

What Is Neurodegenerative Disease?

Neurodegeneration is marked by the progressive loss of neuronal function and structure leading to co...
Chris Sumner Jan 20, 2021

Simplify iPSCs Research: Antibodies to Identify Pluripotency Markers

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

The Science Behind CST Antibody Sampler Kits

If one were asked to describe a Cell Signaling Technology (CST) antibody sampler kit, we would total...
Chris Sumner Apr 29, 2020

CiteAb Awards: Antibody Supplier of the Decade & Antibody Supplier Succeeding in Alzheimer's Research

We’re honored to win two CiteAb awards in 2020: Antibody Supplier of the Decade and Antibody Supplie...
Chris Sumner Mar 11, 2020

4 Situations Where Flow Cytometry Might Be More Useful Than Western Blotting

Western blotting is used to detect proteins and analyze their expression using antibodies, but it do...
Chris Sumner Dec 4, 2019

Critical Considerations for Optimizing Imaging Mass Cytometry

Understanding the microenvironment of disease is critical for the success of targeted therapies. For...
Chris Sumner Nov 20, 2019

The Researcher's Guide to the Hallmarks of Cancer Research Targets

If you haven’t heard already, it’s CST’s 20th anniversary. Woohoo! You could say this year is kind o...
Chris Sumner Oct 9, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Genome Instability and Mutation

Not all cancer cells are equal, they evolve in response to selective pressure driven by accumulation...
Chris Sumner Aug 28, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Tumor-Promoting Inflammation

Cancer cells hijack inflammatory mechanisms to promote their own growth and survival. During a norma...
Chris Sumner Aug 21, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Activation Invasion and Metastasis

Cancer cells invade local tissue and spread to distant sites via two distinct, but similar processes...
Chris Sumner Jul 17, 2019

Immunotherapy & CAR-T Cells

Our immune system has the ability to detect and fight infectious pathogens. It can also detect when ...
Chris Sumner Jul 10, 2019

How to Choose Enzymatic or Sonication Protocol for ChIP

Researchers use chromatin immunoprecipitation, or ChIP, to identify and characterize protein-DNA int...
Chris Sumner Jun 26, 2019

Video: Can you trust your immunohistochemistry results?

Immunohistochemistry, or IHC, remains the simplest method for detecting biomarker expression while m...
Chris Sumner Jun 19, 2019

Hallmarks of Cancer: Avoiding Immune Destruction

Some cancer cells adapt mechanisms to evade detection and destruction by the host's immune system. O...
Chris Sumner Jun 12, 2019