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.

Seeding Labs: Donated CST Lab Equipment Finds New Purpose in Malawi & Beyond

Researchers at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) exist in a constant state of e...
Alexandra Foley Sep 6, 2023

Safeguard the Quality of Your ELISA Data: Ensuring ELISA Lot-to-Lot Reproducibility

Ready-to-use ELISA kits can streamline your research and development workflows by removing the need ...
Emily Eastabrook Aug 23, 2023

High-Throughput 3D Assay Methods: Analysis of TGF-β Signaling

Spheroids and related three-dimensional (3D) cell models are rapidly gaining popularity among resear...
Alexandra Foley Aug 16, 2023

Got the 'NOS'? Fueling Research with New Nitro-Tyrosine Antibody Tools

Since 2000, Cell Signaling Technology (CST) has offered a rigorously tested and well-cited polyclona...

A Quick Guide to Neuronal and Glial Cell Type Markers

The central nervous system (CNS) is composed of highly specialized cells, each of which play a key r...
Supriya Singh, PhD Jul 12, 2023

Reproducibility in Proteomics Experiments: Using Control Peptides with PTMScan

Proteomics, the large-scale analysis of proteins, has become an increasingly important tool for iden...

Cancer Immunotherapy Awareness Month: Fueling the Next Scientific Breakthrough

Did you know June is Cancer Immunotherapy Research Awareness Month? This year, we’ll celebrate 10 ye...
Andrea Tu, PhD Jun 21, 2023

Unraveling Parkinson’s Disease: The Role of Mitophagy, Autophagy & Lysosomal Processing

We’re proud to partner with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to move Pa...

AD/PD 2023: Therapeutics, Diagnostics & Mechanisms Linked to a Classic Alzheimer’s Disease Theory

The amyloid cascade hypothesis1, a theory initially proposed over 30 years ago, continues to be the ...
Jordan Hirschfeld Jun 7, 2023

Something to YAP About! Progress Targeting YAP/TAZ-TEAD Signaling in Cancer Research

YAP and its paralog TAZ (WWTR1), often referred to collectively as YAP/TAZ, are transcriptional co-a...
Antony Wood, PhD May 31, 2023

Stress Granules: What are they and what role do they play in neurodegenerative diseases?

Stress granules (SGs) are an important cellular defense mechanism against stress. Their formation is...
Jordan Hoffman May 24, 2023

How to Accurately Count Cells Manually or with an Automated Cell Counter

There are several situations in the lab where you’ll need to know the number of cells in a given vol...
Kenneth Buck, PhD May 17, 2023

AACR 2023 Recap: Immunotherapy, CAR-T Cell Therapy Research Dominate

Last month marked the annual American Association for Cancer Research (AACR 2023) meeting, which gat...
Alexandra Foley May 10, 2023

The Kinase Library: How Big Data Can Help Identify Novel Kinase Drug Targets

Protein kinases play a vital role in the regulation of nearly all cellular activities. Through phosp...
Alexandra Foley May 3, 2023

IHC-Validated p16 INK4A Antibody: Jump-Start Your Senescence Research

Cell cycle regulation is vital to maintain tissue homeostasis and to prevent sustained proliferative...
Andrea Tu, PhD Apr 19, 2023

A Revolution in Proteomics Analysis: PTMScan 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago, when considering the tools needed for more robust proteomics research to probe cel...

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