Sugar doesn’t just decorate cookies and cakes; sugar molecules are found on cells as well, including cancer and bacterial cells. Claire Brown, a postbaccalaureate research fellow in the Intramural Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, goes fishing for immune cells that make sticky antibody proteins capable of attaching to different cellular sugar molecules. Finding new sugar-loving antibodies could lead to new ways to diagnose and treat cancer and infectious diseases. To learn more about the research being done in Claire’s lab, visit https://irp.nih.gov/pi/jeffrey-gildersleeve Interested in finding out for yourself what it's like to do research at NIH? Check out our training opportunities to learn about the IRP's programs for students, recent graduates, and postdoctoral fellows: https://irp.nih.gov/research-training/training-opportunities The SciBites video shorts are produced by the https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk4l5fGbJmFhN3QJVgvwa9w. Check out their YouTube channel and visit their website at https://irp.nih.gov/ to learn more about the NIH IRP.