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.

T Cell Basics: What a Disease Researcher Needs to Know

T cells are highly specialized lymphocytes that play a critical role in the cell-mediated arm of the...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Nov 11, 2020

The Role of Autophagy and ER Stress in Viral Infection

The regulation of ER stress and autophagy during viral infection is an important factor in the balan...
Gary Kasof, PhD Oct 28, 2020

The Role of Cell Death in Viral Infection

The regulation of cell death during viral infection is an important factor in the balance of virus a...
Gary Kasof, PhD Oct 21, 2020

Cell Process: Which markers can be used to identify cellular senescence?

In response to a variety of environmental factors—like ionizing radiation, exposure to chemotherapeu...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Oct 14, 2020

Cell Process: What role does senescence play in disease?

Cellular senescence occurs when cells cease proliferation and irreversibly exit the cell cycle. Whil...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Oct 7, 2020

Cell Process: What role do the telomeres play in senescence?

Senescence is a cellular state during which cells remain metabolically active, but irreversibly with...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Sep 16, 2020

Cell Process: How is cellular senescence related to aging?

Senescence, the cessation of cell division and permanent withdrawal from the cell cycle, is a proces...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Sep 9, 2020

Cell Process: Which signaling pathways are associated with cellular senescence?

Senescence is the irreversible arrest of proliferation in response to a variety of cellular stressor...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Aug 26, 2020

PI3K/Akt Signaling Targets Hit Close to Home

The ability of cells to recognize external signal cues (ligands and nutrients) and appropriately res...

Cell Process: What is cellular senescence?

Cellular senescence is a state of stable cell cycle arrest under which cells remain metabolically ac...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Aug 12, 2020

How can recombinant proteins help researchers study SARS-CoV-2?

Although coronaviruses have long circulated throughout human populations, the study of these viruses...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Aug 5, 2020

Immunology: How does the adaptive immune system work?

Have you ever wondered how people are able to develop immunity to specific diseases? This important ...
April Lowell, PhD Jul 29, 2020

Cell Process: How is cytotoxicity assessed?

Changes in cellular health in response to exogenous stimuli can provide keen insight into the biolog...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Jul 8, 2020

Cell Process: Seven Assays to Detect Apoptosis

Apoptosis is a highly regulated form of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Jul 1, 2020

Immunology: What are toll-like receptors and how do they invoke tumor tolerance?

Toll-like receptors (TLR) are transmembrane receptors that play a critical role in innate immune res...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD Jun 10, 2020

Immunology: Which cells have a myeloid lineage and how are they identified?

During hematopoiesis in humans, cells of the myeloid lineage are derived from a common myeloid proge...
Tamar Aprahamian, PhD May 27, 2020

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