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- Scientist Spotlight – Jennifer Kielczewski, MS, PhD
- A Simple Guide to Immunohistochemistry Substrate Selection
- Getting to the Specifics: Blocking for Immunohistochemistry
- Vector Laboratories: A look back at 2021
- Scientist Spotlight - Enrico Radaelli, DVM, PhD, DECVP
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Impact of polysialylation in breast cancer outcomes
- Glycobiology: The next frontier of cancer research
- How glycobiology contributes to research
- 5 ways lectins contribute to glycobiology
- An Introduction to Bioconjugation: Answering Your Questions
- Following gut instincts and the intertwining pathways of sisterhood, part deux
- Reduce TissueBetter Immunofluorescence at the Speed of Light
- Scientist Spotlight - Estrella Lopez Gordo, PhD
- The Curious Case of the Staining that Went Wrong
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month: Understanding blood cancers
- Establishing lifelong connections, building a new lab, and repurposing therapeutics
- Alzheimer's Awareness Month: The Impact of IL-17 Accumulation on Cognitive Deficit
- Our Top 10 Posts of 2021 Will Lend You a Helping Hand in the Lab
- Following gut instinct and the intertwining pathways of sisterhood
- Hope for Spinal Muscular Atrophy through different research approaches
- Scientist Spotlight - Brian Cobb, PhD
- Sea Lamprey in Glycobiology: Anti-Glycan Reagents from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean
- Selecting a secondary antibody for Immunofluorescent staining
- Scientist Spotlight - Lara Mahal, PhD
- Improving IHC & IF Staining Results
- Celebrating the art of scientific discovery
- Choosing secondary antibodies for IHC
- Bioconjugation reveals new therapeutic possibilities for autoimmune disorders
- Improved Detection Strategies for Pancreatic Cancer: The Role of Imaging Mass Spectrometry and Lectin Analysis
- The Inhibitory Effect of Bisecting N-Acetylglucosamine on Breast Cancer
- HOMER3: A Novel Biomarker in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
- Visualizing the pathological intricacies of hearing loss
- Feeding curiosity, seeking balance, and making discoveries
- A dissertation in hand, a job search in process, a scientific adventure commences
- Top Considerations for Selecting Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Detection Reagents
- Start Right to Finish Well—The Importance of the Sample Preparation Process in Your IHC and IF Workflow
- The Sialylation Pathways in Pancreatic Cancer and Their Role in Tumor Microenvironment Differentiation
- Red Blood Cell Mannoses: Role in Sickle Cell Diseases and Malaria Resistance
- Microglial Activation and Soluble TREM2 as a Potential Biomarker of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Macrophage-derived Microparticles to Improve the Efficacy of Anti-PD-1 Antibodies in Tumors
- On becoming a perspicacious neuroscientist
- Investigating Cross-Reactive Antibodies of SARS-CoV-2 with LIBRA-seq
- Following the developmental pathway to improved treatments
- Finding a niche in the pursuit of justice
- Histology in a nutshell: process it, cut it, put it on a slide, and see what it reveals
- Spontaneous reactions of the hydrazone
- Easy as Do-Re-Mi: Getting Started with Multiplex Immunohistochemistry
- When No One Opens the Door and the Pathway Is Convoluted, Creativity Rules
- Answering Your Questions: Getting Started With Multiplex Immunohistochemistry
- 5 reasons to use the ImmEdge PAP Pen in your immunostaining workflow
- Answering your questions: How to detect glycan expression in tissue
- Immunotherapy and Glycans
- There’s a New Mountant in Town
- Simplifying Tissue Cross-Reactivity: Screening Humanized Antibodies in Human Tissue
- Everything We Know About Lectin Structure, Classification, and Function
- Unmasking Epitopes Using Antigen Retrieval for Formalin-Fixed Tissue Staining
- Reduce Tissue Autofluorescence and Dramatically Enhance Signal-to-Noise Ratio
- My staining didn’t work, part 3: IHC and IF staining tips
- Glycans and the tumor microenvironment
- The Life of a Histotechnologist: One Thin Section
- What’s in a name? Glycans and sugars and lectins … Oh my!
- Prioritizing gene therapy to help families, including her own
- My staining didn’t work, part 2: Absence of positive staining in IHC and IF
- My staining didn't work, part 1: Background staining in IHC and IF
- Lectins 101: How Plant Lectins Can Accelerate Cancer Biomarker Discovery
- Leveraging Lectins for Glycan Analysis
- From dermatology to biofilm and beyond
- 2022: A year marked by a big move, traditions old and new, and prevailing teamwork
- A behind-the-scenes look at the development of Glysite Scout
- Scientist Spotlight: Shuying (Linda) Xu
- How to protect your tissue from photobleaching
- How to choose antifade mounting media
- Improving Functional Outcomes After Myocardial Infarction
- The Role of Glycans in Colorectal Cancer Progression
- Scientist Spotlight: Selvakumar “Selva” Subbian, PhD
- A time for celebration at Vector Laboratories
- How to use Glysite Scout Glycan Screening Kits
- The Importance of Lectin and Glycan Binding Specificity
- How to use lectins in glycobiology workflows
- Untangling the mysteries of brain development
- How glycobiology impacts cancer research
- How to mount a coverslip on a slide
- Considerations When Selecting a Primary Antibody
- Scientist Spotlight - Carolyn Jones, PhD
- 5 sources of non-specific staining and background in IHC and IF
- How to prevent tissue and reagent loss on your slides
- Company veteran: A day in the life of a research director at Vector Laboratories
- Scientist Spotlight - Andrea Jeffers Wellington, PhD
- Let’s Cut to the Chase: Tips and Tricks to Get the Most Out of Your Sectioning
- Scientist Spotlight - Nathan Martin
- The End of the Line: Considerations for Mounting Media Selection
- Connecting the dots: a day in the life of a senior scientist at Vector Laboratories
- An Introduction to the Universe of Glycans
- 5 ways immunohistochemistry contributes to cancer research
- One-step, two-step, amplify: How to choose the right IHC detection system
- Honing Your Multiplex Immunohistochemistry Skills
- Scientist Spotlight - Natalie Chen
- The Waiting Game: A Search for a Streamlined IHC Protocol
- Scientist Spotlight - Mark Jones, PhD
- Bioconjugation and Its Use in Biomolecular Research
- How to improve your immunofluorescence by overcoming autofluorescence
- Setting media vs non-setting mounting media: Which is right for you?
- Identifying cancer biomarkers with IHC/IF
- Dial up the Contrast with Counterstaining
- Embracing change. Evolving direction. Emboldened new look.
- Alzheimer’s Awareness Month: What Makes Some Neurons More Vulnerable?
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- Lynn Dong, Cornell University, USA
- Michael Yee, University of Pittsburgh, USA
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- Honorable Mention Kristina Stumpf, Wake Forest Inst. for Regenerative Med.
- Estrella Lopez Gordo, Icahn School of Medicine, US
- Honorable Mention Yee Ming Khaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Victor Bernal-Crespo, Purdue University, US
- Honorable Mention Abdelrahman Fouda, Augusta University
- Natalie Chen, Univ. of California - Los Angeles, US
- Honorable Mention Christian Bonatto, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
- Jennifer Kielczewski, NIH/NEI, US
- Honorable Mention Zhengming Wang, University of Utah, Pediatrics
- Anneke Sanders, Vanderbilt University, US
- Honorable Mention Yvonne Baumer, NIH/NHLBI
- Kristina Stumpf, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, US
- Honorable Mention Kimberly Feaster, West Virginia University
- Parthiv Haldipur and Tarika Sivakumar, Seattle Child. Res. Inst., US
- Honorable Mention Kristen Engevik, Baylor College of Medicine
- Nathan Martin, Brown University, US
- Honorable Mention Rodolfo Gatto, University of Illinois Chicago
- Rosa Fontana, Univ. of California - San Diego, US
- Honorable Mention Megan Lerner, Univ Oklahoma Health Science Center
- Andrea Wellington, University of Arizona, US
- Jacquie Ireland, Inst. of Aquaculture, U. of Stirling, Scotland
- Vladimir Timoshevskiy, U. of Kentucky, USA
- Steffen Rickelt and Jatin Roper, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
- Filomena Esteves, Leeds Inst. of Cancer and Pathology, Leeds U., UK
- Anthony Eason, U. of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
- First place winning image Andrea Jeffers Wellington, University of Arizona
- Carl Daly, U. of the West of England
- Nicola Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Nicolas Skuli, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Roberta Nowak, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
- Second place winning image Cheyenne Tait, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Sonya James, University of Southampton, UK
- Third place winning image Josue Ramirez, UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Steffen Rickelt & Christina Pfirschke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- Kyle (Zhuqing) Wang, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA
- Victoria Mulligan, Cerevance Ltd, UK
- Lindsey Kennedy, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Valeria Molinari, Institute of Cancer Research, UK
- Ke Yuan, Boston Children's Hospital
- Bettina Reichenbach, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Akanksha Bhatnagar, Drexel University
- Ian Berke, Washington University in St Louis
- Layra Cintrón-Rivera, Brown University
- Lysette Mutkus, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Hanumantha Rao Madala, Texas Tech UHSC, USA
- Alice Denton, Babraham Institute, UK
- Varda Lev-Ram, UC San Diego, USA
- Richard Allen, U. of Sheffield, UK
- Rebecca Nelson, U. Cincinnati, USA
- Janosch Heller and Dmitri Rusakov, UCL Institute of Neurology, UK
- ZM Wang, U. of Utah, USA
- Bryony Stott, Ida Parisi & Claudia Dos Santos Duarte, Univ. of Oxford, UK
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- Dr Sonya James, University of Southampton, UK
- Helena Maier, The Pirbright Institute, UK
- Anastasia Widyadari, Leeds Inst. of Medical Research, UK.
- Carl Hobbs, King’s College London, UK
- Alan Prescott, University of Dundee, UK
- Janosch Heller, University College London, UK
- Kleopatra Papa, Durham University, UK
- James Cartwright, University College London, UK
- Chris Henstridge, University of Dundee, UK
- Shwetha Simhan, Vanderbilt University
- Tim McCord, Duke University Medical Center
- Victor Bernal, Purdue University
- Yvonne Baumer, National Institutes of Health
- Purushothama Rao Tata, Duke University School of Medicine
- First place winning image Kristen Engevik, Baylor College of Medicine
- Tina Kovalik, Dignity Health
- Second place winning image Parthiv Haldipur, Seattle Children's Research Institute
- Kristina Stumpf, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Third place winning image Tania Seabrook, Homology Medicines
- Tracy Zhou, Northwestern University
- Josue Llamas Rodriguez, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Roberta Nowak, The Scripps Research Institute
- Nathan Martin, Brown University
- 2016 Contest Winners
- Parthiv Haldipur, Seattle Children's Research Institute
- Izumi Kaji, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Amy Engevik, Medical University of South Carolina
- Kevin Edwards, Illinois State University
- Honorable Mention Shweta Dipali, Northwestern University
- Lu Ailing, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Honorable Mention Vanessa L. Hull, University of California Davis School of Medicine
- Honorable Mention Kimberly Fiock, University of Iowa
- Honorable Mention Kristen Engevik, Baylor College of Medicine
- Camille Brightwell, University of Kentucky
- Honorable Mention Cindy Zimmerman, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine
- Honorable Mention Rosa Fontana, University of California, San Diego
- Honorable Mention Marisa Zallocchi, Creighton University
- Honorable Mention Ivan Lopez, UCLA School of Medicine
- Honorable Mention Izumi Kaji, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Honorable Mention Jina Yi, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Honorable Mention Mindy Engevik, Medical University of South Carolina
- Honorable Mention Oscar Cazares, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Honorable Mention Maxence Noel, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Honorable Mention Marna Ericson, The Hormel Institute, Univ. Minnesota
- Honorable Mention Amy Engevik, Medical University of South Carolina
- Honorable Mention Joseph Hyser, Baylor College of Medicine
- Honorable Mention Stacey McGee, Southern Illinois University
- Honorable Mention Adithya Gopinath, University of Florida
- Honorable Mention J. Amaranath Govindan, Marvelbiome
- Honorable Mention Mindy Engevik, Medical University of South Carolina
- Ratan K. Choudhary, School of Animal Biotechnology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
- 2019 Contest Winners
- Karen Staines, University of Lincoln
- David Mansfield, Institute of Cancer Research
- Lisa Rodermund, Oxford University
- Sonya James, University of Southampton
- Andrew Bond, University of Bristol
- Olivier Leroux, Ghent University, Belgium
- Molly O’Reilly, University of Birmingham
- Arvind Singh Pundir, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India
- Tina Hodgson, King's College London
- Silvia Prades, University College London
- Gulab Fatima Rani, University of York
- Abigail Langton, University of Manchester, UK
- Francesca Bartoli-Leonard, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Adwitia Dey, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Andrea Rivera, University of Portsmouth, UK
- Anthony Eason, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
- Nigel Hammond, The University of Manchester, UK
- Christopher Fry, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
- Laurent Fattet, UC San Diego, USA
- Christina Pfirschke & Steffen Rickelt, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
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