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.

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2022 Preview

New year, same hustle. Are you ready to take on 2022? We are! Here’s a sneak peek at the content we’...
Chris Sumner Jan 5, 2022

Writing a Grant Part 8: What Are My Chances?

The late nights, the writer’s block, the last harried review of all of the components is finished. T...
Tamar A Sep 8, 2021

Writing a Grant Part 7: How to Interpret Summary Statement and Reviewer’s Critiques

You received your National Institutes of Health (NIH) scoring notice and hopefully 1) your grant got...
Tamar A Sep 1, 2021

Writing a Grant Part 6: Budget Justification, Letters of Support & More

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

Writing a Grant Part 5: Smaller Application Components

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

Antibody Essentials Part 5: Important Considerations for Antibody Selection

As a researcher, you know that at a fundamental level, your experiments are geared to ask new questi...

Antibody Essentials Part 4: Polyclonal vs Monoclonal Antibodies

In this blog series, we are delving into some of the advantages and disadvantages of polyclonal and ...

Antibody Essentials Part 3: How Antibody Technologies Evolved

Since the discovery of antibodies, decades of research and development have spurred technological ad...

Antibody Essentials Part 2: Antibody Diversity and Classification

Understanding how antibodies are made and the pros and cons of the different types of antibodies is ...

Antibody Essentials Part 1: Antibody Basics

As a scientist, you probably already appreciate the vital role of antibodies in research. You may al...

Coming to Lab Expectations in 2020

The start of a new year is always a crazy time. There’s plenty to look back on and celebrate, things...
Chris Sumner Jan 1, 2020

General Tips for Successful Cell Culture

Culturing cells in the lab? Following these tips will add to your success and help you avoid wasted ...
Dan D Apr 24, 2019

Mycoplasma Contamination: Steps for Prevention, Testing, and Treatment

Any form of cell culture contamination can ruin your day and destroy your hard work, but mycoplasma ...
Michelle G Dec 5, 2018

Writing a Grant Part 4: Additional Details

Finally, the finish line is approaching! You have completed your specific aims, significance and inn...
Tamar A Nov 7, 2018

Writing a Grant Part 3: The Experimental Approach

In the previous post on grant writing, we described how to write an effective significance and innov...
Tamar A Oct 31, 2018

Writing a Grant Part 2: Significance and Innovation

The significance and innovation section is a recent (within the last 10 years) addition to the Natio...
Tamar A Oct 24, 2018

Writing a Grant Part 1: First Things First

So you’re thinking of writing a grant. Or maybe your mentor has politely suggested that it would be ...
Tamar A Oct 17, 2018

Product Scientist Q&A: From Bench Scientist to Benchtop Support

I’m a Product Scientist at Cell Signaling Technology (CST). My typical work day no longer looks like...
Kaitlin M Aug 29, 2018

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