CSUN ecologists track the nightlife of the urban bobcat
Rabbits find the Los Angeles suburbs as hospitable as nearby natural areas, but bobcats, their predators, are cautious about venturing into human-dominated landscapes to hunt,…
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CSUN microbiologists separate the quick and the dead in frozen Arctic soil
Microbiologists in the CSUN Department of Biology have carefully sifted the microbial community living in permafrost — the permanently frozen layer of soil below Arctic tundra…
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CSUN biologists test whether coral symbionts can beat the heat
Climate change has warmed ocean temperatures, increasing the risk and frequency of coral bleaching, a stress response in which corals expel the colorful algal symbionts…
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Bacteria engineered to produce and deliver drug compounds could be a new powerful new tool for cancer therapy and many other medical applications. A new…
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CSUN botanists find 10 different ways that Dudleyas do all right in dry conditions
Natural selection is very good at finding solutions to the challenges organisms face in varying environments. Often, selection acting on different species that face the…
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CSUN marine biologists track down “baby giants”
The giant sea bass is one of the most striking inhabitants of southern California’s coastal marine areas, but an important part of its life cycle…
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Kelber Lab dissects a protein’s role in regeneration
CSUN biologists have traced interactions between Cripto, a signaling protein associated with development and stem cell regulation, and other molecules that direct tissue regeneration. The…
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Bermudes considers tumor-fighting bacteria in Nature Reviews Cancer
A promising new tool for cancer therapy may be bacteria engineered to attack tumor cells, according to a review article recently published in the journal…
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CSUN marine biologists examine how corals reassemble reefs in new paper
Coral populations’ recovery from disturbances is facilitated by increased success of juvenile corals after the loss of competing adults, according to a new study from…
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Boosting expression of a key gene may help plants survive a soaking
Plants engineered to produce more of a key growth-regulating hormone tolerated flooding for almost twice as long siblings without the boost, CSUN biologists report in…
View More Boosting expression of a key gene may help plants survive a soakingColloquium: Rothman on animal development … in spaaaaace
This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Joel Rothman from the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at…
View More Colloquium: Rothman on animal development … in spaaaaaceCSUN grad student receives NSF fellowship to study coral reefs’ resilience
Danielle Becker, M.S. student in Dr. Nyssa Silbiger’s lab, has received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for her thesis research on coral’s ability…
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The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program is now accepting applications for the upcoming school year, for CSUN undergraduate students majoring in a STEM field who…
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Atlas Obscura spotlights CSUN graduate student who’s turning roadkill into data
CSUN Biology graduate student Rachel Larson was recently featured in Atlas Obscura, in an article highlighting how she learns about the lives of coyotes by…
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Thirteen students working in CSUN Biology Professor Steve Oppenheimer’s lab contributed to work presented at the Experimental Biology 2019 conference in Orlando, Florida, earlier this…
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CSUN scientists to host Earth Day celebration with activities for local students
The CSUN College of Science and Mathematics will celebrate Earth Day 2019 with a day of workshops, exhibits, and hands-on science activities for elementary and…
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Colloquium: Olzman on the links between fats and cancer
This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. James Olzmann from the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology at UC…
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The CSUN Microbiology Student Association will host a seminar by Dr. Holly Bik, from the department of Nematology, this Thursday at 11am in the University…
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This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Holly Moeller from the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at…
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