Articles
Macrophages May Explain Tuberculosis Tropism
In this blog, we discuss new research that reveals how M. bovis manipulates bovine, but not human, macrophage defenses to cause disease, and helps explain why tuberculosis bacteria have more luck in separate hosts.
- Aug 03, 2021
- 4 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD
A Balancing AKT: the E17K Hotspot Mutation and How It Defines Cancer
AKT is an extremely important kinase in human health, playing an intricate role in coordinating fundamental signaling pathways. This blog discusses a “hotspot” mutation, called E17K, that can cause constant AKT activation and wreak havoc on cell homeostasis.
- Apr 27, 2021
- 4 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD
How to Use Flow Cytometry to Measure Apoptosis: Part Two
Design robust experiments and troubleshoot existing protocols for measuring apoptosis by flow cytometry, by following the advice in this blog.
- Feb 19, 2021
- 4 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD
How to Use Flow Cytometry to Measure Apoptosis: Part One
Learn about the different tools for studying apoptosis by flow cytometry and how to use them to get the best results.
- Feb 01, 2021
- 5 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD
How CRISPR Revolutionized Science
This blog discusses the CRISPR technology that was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Jan 04, 2021
- 4 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD
3 Reasons to Use alamarBlue In Your Cell Proliferation Studies
In this blog, we will explain what alamarBlue is and how it works, and then explore three main benefits of this reagent.
- Nov 24, 2020
- 3 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD
How to Avoid Cell Stress While Cell Sorting
This blog describes the forces that cells undergo during sorting, and practical steps you can take to minimize cell stress and get great results in your downstream applications, like RNA sequencing.
- Sep 24, 2020
- 5 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD
Navigating the Deadly Cytokine Storm
Sometimes our immune systems launch an excessive, disproportionate response to a real infection, called a "cytokine storm". This blog looks at cytokine storms and the role they may play in COVID-19 pathogenesis.
- May 14, 2020
- 6 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD
Pig Brains and the Gray Matter of Life and Death
This blog examines new findings that suggest the brain is far more resilient than we have assumed, and that challenge the idea that some functions are irreversibly lost after death.
- May 14, 2019
- 4 min read
- Katie Roberts, PhD