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

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Brazilian Scientists Evaluate Reproducibility in Biomedical Research

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Scientists Find Their Voices to Rally Support for Research

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Penning the Dynamic Lives of Proteins

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Female Sex Hormones Reduced Fentanyl Use in Rats

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A Common Antidepressant Protects Organs from Damage During Sepsis

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CraftCells: 3D Cell Biology Reaches Broad Audiences with Minecraft

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Rebuilding Research After a Natural Disaster Hits

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ALS Disturbs Sleep Prior to Symptom Onset

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Molecular Barcodes Help Identify Genes Crucial for Extracellular Vesicle Release

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Viruses That Mimic Human Proteins May Be More Common than Previously Thought  

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Hair Oils Prevent Polar Bear Fur from Freezing Up

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A Tale of How TALENs Launched the Genome Editing Revolution

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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