The American Society of Plant Biologists is seeking applications for its 2019 Transforming Education in Plant Biology grant, which provides up to $4500 for faculty teaching…
View More ASPB seeks proposals for projects “Transforming education in plant biology”
Biology alumnus Sam Fleischer, now a Ph.D. student at UC Davis, has published results from his undergraduate research with Associate Professor Casey terHorst in the…
View More terHorst Lab alumnus publishes model of predator-prey dynamics
Biosphere, the newsletter for the Department of Biology at California State University Northridge, officially re-launches this week as a departmental news site, at csunbiosphere.org. The…
View More Meet the new Biosphere
My PhD advisor, Olle Pellmyr, passed away in December after a long illness. After attending his memorial service in May, I wrote down some thoughts…
View More Reflections on starting the grad student-advisor relationshipToday’s speaker in the Biology Colloquium series is Dr. Erica Rosenblum, with the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California Berkeley. Dr. Rosenblum…
View More Colloquium: Rosenblum to speak about evolution in a changing world
Biology Lecturer Dana Harmon, Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda and a team of CSUN graduate and undergraduate students trace the presence of antibiotic-resistant…
View More CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los AngelesThe CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) offers an annual grant program supporting undergraduate research projects with up to $2500. COAST supports…
View More COAST Undergraduate Student Research Support Program offers $2500 for marine and coastal researchAssistant Professor of Biology Crystal Rogers has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Society for Developmental Biology as the Primarily Undergraduate Institution…
View More Dr. Crystal Rogers appointed to society Board of Directors
Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal Rogers, graduate student Lisa Sorrells, and a colleague at the California Institute of Technology published a new paper in the…
View More Rogers Lab publications examine balance of key proteins in neural developmentIn August, Assistant Professor of Biology Kerry Nickols appeared on Southern California Public Radio station KPCC’s Take Two to explain how sea life may be affected…
View More Dr. Kerry Nickols explains how hotter oceans may harm sea life on KPCC