Shelby Bradford, PhD

Shelby Bradford, PhD

Assistant editor at The Scientist

Shelby is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist. She earned her PhD in immunology and microbial pathogenesis from West Virginia University, where she studied neonatal responses to vaccination. She completed an AAAS Mass Media Fellowship at StateImpact Pennsylvania, and her writing has also appeared in Massive Science. Shelby participated in the 2023 flagship ComSciCon and volunteered with science outreach programs and Carnegie Science Center during graduate school.

Articles by Shelby Bradford, PhD

Jotham Austin, the advanced electron microscopy core director at the University of Chicago, stands in the facility beside an EM instrument, helping a student who is sitting at the computer.

Career Chat: Choosing a Core Career Track

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 5 min read

Fluorescent microscopy image of a human body louse (appearing green) with two red ovoid shapes in its head (mCherry-expressing Yersinia pestis).

What Is Yersinia pestis and How Does It Spread?

Shelby Bradford, PhDandUzma Rentia | | 5 min read

Cartoon showing the neurons in the brain enjoying the frightening movie the person is watching.

Why Do We Like Horror Movies?

Shelby Bradford, PhDandPriyom Bose, PhD | | 6 min read

3D illustration of a yellow DNA polymerase binding to a blue strand of DNA.

DNA Polymerase Works in Short Bursts Rather than One Long Stretch

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

Cartoon of a cell with blue chromosomes and gold telomeres. One chromosome is zoomed in in a callout, and gold DNA is extending out of the telomere.

Why Is Telomere Length So Important?

Shelby Bradford, PhDandPriyom Bose, PhD | | 8 min read

Cartoon of three people helping each other climb up stairs.

How Can Researchers Be Good Science Mentors?

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

Blue immune cells with yellow spheres of protein surrounding them and landing on them.

Innate Immune Cells Develop Memory with a T Cell Marker

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 4 min read

JFT1 has reacted with hydrogen peroxide and APEX2 to create red fluorescence near APEX2 that remains separate from the green mitochondria.

FLEXing a Bright New Idea

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 1 min read

Image of an embryo built from Lego bricks showing cell populations in green and red.

Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models Add a Dimension to Developmental Biology

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 10+ min read

Embryoid bodies, at the top of the page, are a cluster of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) that differentiate portions into ectoderm (orange), mesoderm (dark blue), and endoderm (pink).

Infographic: The Many Paths to Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 5 min read

3D illustration of a cell with a teal nucleus.

In Search of FACS: The History of Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 10+ min read

Illustration of blue and purple mitochondria.

Multifaceted Mitochondria Maintain Mystique

Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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