Shelby Bradford, PhD

Shelby Bradford, PhD

Assistant editor at The Scientist

Shelby is an Associate 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

Hijacking Neurons’ Adaptive Abilities

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

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Infographic: Phage Display Allows Rapid Screening of Millions of Peptides

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 10+ min read

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

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 10+ min read

A white brain with clock hands rests in the middle of two scenes of two different times of day, nighttime, indicated by stars on a blue background, is on the left and day, indicated by light blue clouds, on the right.

Sleep Rhythms Prompt Long-term Memories

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

A scientist not in frame is holding a plant leave with forceps in one hand and a petri dish with more leaves in the other.

Mean, Green, Antibody-producing Machines

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

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?

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 2 min read

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

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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Nanoplastic Ingestion Causes Neurological Deficits

By Shelby Bradford, PhD | | 3 min read

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