Kimberley Bryon-Dodd, PhD

In this blog, Lab Crunches Editor, Kimberley Bryon-Dodd shares her journey from scientist to science communicator and her top tips for getting started...

This blog discusses xenotransplantation, the groundbreaking experimental procedure, where a man with end stage heart failure received a donor heart fr...

In this blog, we discuss the importance of antibody validation and highlight steps you can take to ensure you generate publication-quality data.

In this blog, we cover some key considerations for multicolor flow cytometry panel design, and highlight handy tools to help you get great results fro...

This blog gives an overview of the history of the STimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) pathway and highlights why pharmaceutical companies are makin...

This blog highlights the threat that canine distemper virus poses to the Amur tiger and discusses whether vaccinating these tigers could help protect ...

This blog highlights the basic principles of spectral flow cytometry and some of its advantages over conventional flow cytometry.

This blog discusses a paper published in Cell Host and Microbe by Bruggisser et al. (2020) that shows that CD31 is crucial for C. perfringens pathogen...

As part of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Bio-Rad invited researchers to share their own experiences of being a women in science. In...

As part of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Bio-Rad invited researchers to share their own experiences of being a women in science. In...

As part of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Bio-Rad invited researchers to share their own experiences of being a women in science. In...

In this blog, we examine why understanding the oxygen sensing mechanisms of cells was worthy of a Nobel Prize and interview Professor Sir Peter Ratcli...

This blog discusses the reasons why non-animal derived recombinant antibodies are something that both antibody suppliers and researchers should consid...

This blog contains our top tips to help you be more organized and do the best possible science.

In the wake of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic, social distancing has meant that labs all over the world have needed to temporarily shut. Read our blog on 9 th...

International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March all over the world to highlight the many achievements of women. To mark the occasion, in this blo...

This blog is written to help you perfect your IHC-paraffin technique.  It focuses on some of the key stages so that you can achieve publication-qualit...

2020 is the start of a new decade. Take inspiration from other scientists and set yourself goals for the year ahead.

Discover the most festive offerings in our portfolios and their associated “Festive Factor” scores.

In this podcast, we explain what International Non-proprietary Names are, and the logic behind their use. 

This blog discusses phosphorylation, a common regulator of signal transduction pathways and the role of inappropriate phosphorylation events in cancer...

This blog takes a look at the logic behind the names of monoclonal antibody drugs and implications of the more recent changes in the naming structure....

In this podcast, Bio-Rad reviews three popular methods for studying cell proliferation: using thymidine analogs, quantifying DNA content, and detectin...

In this podcast, you will learn how to use the different types of viability dyes and exclude dead cells from flow cytometry assays.

In this podcast, learn how to prepare blood samples ready for flow cytometry experiments with Bio-Rad’s top three tips.

This blog discusses a recent study by Bohn et al. (2018) that highlights a mechanism that melanoma utilizes to subvert the immune response.

This blog highlights how A.I technology is being used to shape scientific discoveries and research direction.

Learn how you can optimize your conditions to improve detection of rare populations by flow cytometry in this podcast from Bio-Rad.

Krishnamoorthy et al. (2018) have identified enucleated neutrophil cell bodies, known as ‘ghosts’, as driving Th17 cell inflammation in severe asthma....

The 2018 Nobel Prize announcements brought exciting news of two prizes awarded in recognition of ground-breaking achievements in the antibody field.

This blog focuses on gastrointestinal organoids and their role in advancing cancer research and therapy.

Listen to Bio-Rad’s top tips for studying SUMOylation in our podcast.

This blog features some of our top sample preparation tips for flow cytometry and examples of blood and tumor sample preparation.

This blog takes a look at how gut microbiota may play a role in anti-tumor immune responses.

Learn more about a groundbreaking discovery in Babraham pigs that has significantly improved its usefulness as an immunological model.

This blog discusses the PD-1 (programmed cell death-1) pathway and two licensed immunotherapy drugs that target it, pembrolizumab and nivolumab.

This blog discusses therapeutic drug monitoring and why it is used for conditions such as IBD to ensure that treatment remains safe and effective.

Baranska et al. (2018) identify macrophage dynamics as being key to tattoos lasting. This blog examines why tattoos are so difficult to remove.

Learn how to build better panels for flow cytometry through optimizing for antigen density, using a dump channel and including viability markers.

We examine the history of Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF R), the EGF R family and function along with how EGF R promotes cancer development.