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Shelby Bradford, PhD

Shelby Bradford, PhD

Shelby 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. She participated in the 2023 flagship ComSciCon and volunteered with science outreach programs and Carnegie Science Center during graduate school. Shelby joined The Scientist as an assistant editor in August 2023. 

Articles by Shelby Bradford, PhD
Two scientists look at microscopy data, and one thinks about her own images.
Right Protein, Wrong Pattern
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Sep 2, 2024 | 2 min read
Julia Darby’s tagged chimeric proteins told a convincing story. Later, she learned that they distorted some of the details.
Photograph of a black and white mosquito standing on a water surface, where its reflection is visible. 
Excess Lipids Keep Dengue at Bay
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Sep 2, 2024 | 2 min read
Accumulating lipids may be Wolbachia bacteria’s secret weapon for decreasing viral transmission.
Photograph of the end of a tattoo gun and pots of different colored ink on a napkin.
FDA Found Anaerobic Bacteria in Sealed Tattoo Inks
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 27, 2024 | 3 min read
The presence of microbes in tattoo inks raises concerns regarding the products’ safety.  
3D rendering of a transparent human torso to show the lungs and bronchiole structures in them.
Prenatal Inflammation Makes Mice Susceptible to Asthma
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 20, 2024 | 4 min read
Maternal immune responses during mice gestation led to a hyperactive population of innate-like immune cells in offspring that contributed to altered lung composition and function.
Image from infographic showing how ultrasound waves improved motility in sperm.
Sperm Speed Up with Ultrasound
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 15, 2024 | 1 min read
A team demonstrated that ultrasound waves improved motility in sperm.
Beata Mierzwa, a postdoctoral researcher at University of California San Diego and the founder of Beata Science Art, poses for a photograph holding a print of one of her science illustrations. She has bright blue hair and is wearing leggings from her microscopy print design that features blue and green and red and blue cells.
Finding Beauty in Biological Spaces
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 6, 2024 | 4 min read
Beata Mierzwa combines her love of science and art in captivating illustrations and exciting fashion. 
Electron microscopy image of Marburg virus false-colored red. 
Viral Research Gets Batty to Study Spillovers
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 5, 2024 | 3 min read
Marburg virus enters humans from bats to cause viral hemorrhagic fever, but how it alters immune cells is unclear.
Two agar plates are shown. The one on the left shows black sporulating fungi, while the one on the right has white fungi reproducing without spores. 
Bacteria Sink in Their TALons to Control Their Host
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Aug 1, 2024 | 2 min read
Endosymbionts use effector proteins to hijack their fungal host’s ability to produce spores.
Fluorescence microscopy image of the brain and nasal cavity roof, with blood vessels, microglia, and nuclei labeled.
Studying the Brain During Fungal Infections just got a Whole Lot Clearer
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Jul 30, 2024 | 4 min read
Researchers adapted microscopy techniques to identify rare instances of Cryptococcus neoformans in mice brains and lungs.
Illustration of cells either being sorted into tubes from a cell sorter or going into a waste container from a flow cytometer. 
What’s the Difference Between Flow Cytometry and FACS?
Shelby Bradford, PhD | Jul 15, 2024 | 2 min read
Flow-based methods allow researchers to collect multiparameter data from individual cells in their samples, but the fate of samples depends on the instrument.
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