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.

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

Introduction to the Hallmarks of Antibody Validation

Antibodies are essential reagents that support all levels of scientific research. Used in a multitud...
Chris Sumner Jan 15, 2020

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

Responsible Science Podcast: Episode 5 - The Next Generation

We're excited to partner with Science: Disrupt to present a five-part podcast exploring what 'Respon...
Chris Sumner Jun 20, 2018

Responsible Science Podcast: Episode 4 - Publishing

We're excited to partner with Science: Disrupt to present a five-part podcast exploring what 'Respon...
Chris Sumner Jun 13, 2018

Responsible Science Podcast: Episode 3 - The Industry

We're excited to partner with Science: Disrupt to present a five-part podcast exploring what "Respon...
Chris Sumner Jun 6, 2018

Responsible Science Podcast: Episode 2 - The Disruptors

We're excited to partner with Science: Disrupt to present a five-part podcast exploring what 'Respon...
Chris Sumner May 23, 2018

Responsible Science Podcast: Episode 1 - Overview

We're excited to partner with Science: Disrupt to present a five-part podcast exploring what "Respon...
Chris Sumner Apr 25, 2018

Antibody Validation 101

As a development scientist at CST, people sometimes ask me what exactly it is that I do. “I make ant...
Susan Keezer, PhD Mar 7, 2018

CST is the CiteAb 2018 Antibody Company of the Year!

We, as scientists, learn from each success and failure. Sometimes it takes many failures to achieve ...
Chris Sumner Feb 7, 2018

Webinar | Achieving Reproducibility: Don't Let Antibodies Be a Variable in Your Experiment

The importance of antibodies as tools in scientific research studies cannot be understated, yet thes...
Chris Sumner Jan 10, 2018

Reproducibility in Research Science - Join the Discussion

Lack of reproducibility in scientific studies has been a major topic of conversation lately. It's an...
Carolyn P Jun 28, 2017

Successful Immunofluorescence: The Importance of Validation

Part 1 of a four-part series on successful immunofluorescence. Read Part 2: Experimental Controls, P...
Kenneth Buck, PhD Mar 1, 2017

How to Validate a Histone Modification Antibody

Antibodies targeted to histone modifications may bind non-specifically to similar, but off-target hi...
Carolyn P Feb 1, 2017

The Reproducibility Crisis: An Open Letter from Our Chief Scientific Officer

A Message from our Chief Scientific Officer, Roberto Polakiewicz, Ph.D. The time is now for the scie...
Carolyn P Aug 10, 2016

Roundtable Discussion on Antibody Validation

Antibody Validation Roundtable: Specificity + Sensitivity + Reproducibility = Validation Concerns ab...
Carolyn P Feb 17, 2016

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