CST BLOG

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

Tools to Perform Genomic Profiling

Techniques used in genomic profiling have come a long way in the past few decades. Researchers can n...
Curtis DesiletsDec 1, 2021

Why use viability dyes in flow cytometry experiments?

Viability dyes are widely used when counting and passaging cells, assessing chemical toxicity, and p...
Rob MacDonald, PhDNov 17, 2021

Emerging Discoveries in ER-Phagy

Autophagy is a catabolic process for the disposal of cytoplasmic contents that are captured by doubl...
Gary Kasof, PhDNov 3, 2021

The Role of Metabolism in Disease

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

Tools for Screening & Quantifying Proteins: ELISA vs Mass Spectrometry

Whether your heart is devoted to cardiac research, you’re excited to investigate neurodegenerative d...

Tools for Modulating Cells

Cell behavior is a tightly regulated, finely tuned process where various different signals work toge...
Andrea Tu, PhDOct 13, 2021

Assay Kits and Tools for Monitoring Cell State

Have you been wondering how to monitor a cell state or cellular response? From a basic research stan...
Andrea Tu, PhDOct 6, 2021

Xenophagy: What You Eat Can’t Hurt You

Xenophagy provides an important defense against foreign pathogens such as bacteria and viruses by ta...
Gary Kasof, PhDSep 15, 2021

Writing a Research Grant: What Are My Chances of Acceptance?

The late nights, the writer’s block, the last harried review of all of the components is finished. T...

Writing a Research Grant: Interpreting Summary Statement & Reviewer’s Critiques

You received your National Institutes of Health (NIH) scoring notice and hopefully 1) your grant got...

Writing A Research Grant: Budget Justification, Support Letters, & More

Previous posts in the grant writing series have dealt with many of the different parts of the grant ...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhDAug 25, 2021

Writing a Research Grant: Smaller Application Components

It is a certainty that you have now spent, or should have spent, the majority of your time working o...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhDAug 18, 2021

Understanding Mitophagy: Pathways, Disease Links, and Tools for Detection

Mitochondrial health is a complex, carefully regulated process involving pathways that determine mit...
Gary Kasof, PhDAug 11, 2021

Antibody Essentials: Important Considerations for Antibody Selection

As a researcher, your experiments are designed to ask new questions and pursue scientific knowledge ...
Kenneth Buck, PhDAug 4, 2021

Antibody Essentials: What Are Polyclonal vs Monoclonal Antibodies?

In this blog series, we are delving into some of the advantages and disadvantages of polyclonal and ...
Kenneth Buck, PhDJul 28, 2021

Antibody Essentials: How Antibody Technologies Evolved

Since the discovery of antibodies, decades of research and development have spurred technological ad...
Kenneth Buck, PhDJul 21, 2021

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