Shelby Bradford, PhD

Shelby Bradford, PhD

Assistant editor at Labx Media Group

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

Shedding Light on Cell Attachment

Hijacking Neurons’ Adaptive Abilities

A blue immune cell with a red halo sits in the middle of a yellow spill from a tipping beer mug to the right. Blue bacteria surround the cell.

Alcohol Leaves its Mark on Immune Cells

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Infographic: Phage Display Allows Rapid Screening of Millions of Peptides

Green and red fluorescent proteins in a zebrafish outline the animal’s vasculature in red and lymphatic system in green in a fluorescent image. Where the two overlap along the bottom of the animal is yellow.

Serendipity, Happenstance, and Luck: The Making of a Molecular Tool

A Y-shaped pink, blue, and light green antibody is in focus on a background of blurred pink and purple color, with other antibodies out of focus in the background.

Phage Display: Finding the One in a Million

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Sleep Rhythms Prompt Long-term Memories

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Mean, Green, Antibody-producing Machines

A dark haired man is asleep on a grey couch under a darker grey blanket. A box of tissues is under his arm, and he is holding a tissue in one hand.

Why Do I Sleep So Much When I Am Sick?

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Ian Wilmut, Famed Scientist Who Led the Creation of Dolly the Sheep, Died at 79

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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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