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.

Application-Specific Antibody Validation: Finding an IHC-Validated Claudin-6 mAb

Developing research antibodies is an extensive process that takes advantage of an animal’s adaptive ...
Alexandra Foley Nov 15, 2023

CST Products Lead CiteAb’s Top-Cited Antibodies List for the 7th Year Running

Every summer, the scientific community waits with bated breath for CiteAb to reveal the 100 most-cit...
Alexandra Foley Nov 1, 2023

Protect Your Project: Ensure You Can Get the Antibodies You Need to Keep Moving Forward

It seems that nearly every industry is still suffering from supply chain disruptions that began duri...
Craig Thompson Nov 3, 2022

Comparing Antibody Concentrations & Performance; CST Antibody Details You May Not Know

When purchasing antibodies from Cell Signaling Technology (CST), you may notice that we typically re...
Alexandra Foley Oct 12, 2022

Why Do We Love Conjugation? Ask Reggie!

Reggie Prioli, was the Associate Director of Conjugation at Cell Signaling Technology. He was respon...
Andrea Tu, PhD Feb 14, 2022

Protect Your Pipeline: Don't let antibody supply disrupt your progress

During the pandemic, supply shortages took many of us by surprise. Who would have thought items as d...
Josh Nathan Jun 17, 2020

9B11 Is a Superior Clone against Top-cited Myc-tag Competitor

Biological research is about expanding knowledge, so it's not uncommon for scientists to become inte...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD May 20, 2020

The Importance of Research Antibody Specificity and Reproducibility During the SARS-CoV-2 Crisis

During this time of crisis, healthcare providers and researchers around the world are racing to deve...

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

Hallmarks of Validation - Complementary Strategies

Depending on the antigenic target being studied and the application being used, it may be advisable ...
Katie Crosby Apr 8, 2020

Hallmarks of Antibody Validation: Heterologous Strategy

For antigenic targets where expression of the protein is very low or unknown, the use of recombinant...
Katie Crosby Apr 1, 2020

Hallmarks of Validation - Multiple Antibody Strategy

A multiple antibody strategy is a powerful approach to antibody validation. One of the most common m...
Katie Crosby Mar 18, 2020

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

Hallmarks of Validation - Orthogonal Strategy

An orthogonal strategy for antibody validation involves cross-referencing antibody-based results wit...
Katie Crosby Mar 4, 2020

Hallmarks of Validation - Ranged Strategy

While a binary approach is one of the more desirable ways to evaluate antibody specificity, binary m...
Katie Crosby Feb 19, 2020

Hallmarks of Antibody Validation - Binary Strategy

A binary approach is one of the best ways to evaluate antibody specificity. By testing an antibody i...
Katie Crosby Jan 22, 2020

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