Skeletal muscle progenitor cells may be the key to personalized therapies that regenerate muscle lost to disease or disorders like muscular dystrophy — given the right…
View More CSUN Biology undergraduate researchers help determine what muscle-forming stem cells need to take rootCategory: Alumni
Colloquium: Humphries on the mechanics of pancreatic cancer
This week the Spring 2022 Biology Colloquium hosts Martin Humphries, professor of Biochemistry at the University of Manchester, UK. Dr. Humphries studies the molecular mechanisms…
View More Colloquium: Humphries on the mechanics of pancreatic cancerColloquium: Vandergon on “Phenomenal” science
The Spring 2023 Biology Colloquium series launches this Friday with CSUN Professor of Biology Gini Vandergon. Dr. Vandergon studies plant genetics, particularly the gene families…
View More Colloquium: Vandergon on “Phenomenal” scienceColloquium: Munshi-South on evolution and ecology in the big city
This week the Fall 2022 Biology Colloquium series will feature Jason Mushi-South, Associate Professor of Biology at Fordham University. Dr. Munshi-South studies ecology and evolution…
View More Colloquium: Munshi-South on evolution and ecology in the big cityColloquium: Flores on the diversity of a key member of the human microbiome
This week the Fall 2022 Biology Colloquium series will feature CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Gilberto Flores. Dr. Flores studies the human microbiome and its…
View More Colloquium: Flores on the diversity of a key member of the human microbiomeColloquium cancelled this week
This week’s guest speaker in the Fall 2022 Biology Colloquium series has had to cancel her visit, and so no seminar will be held this…
View More Colloquium cancelled this weekCSUN biologists trace a link between intimate ecological interactions and the evolution of new species
Many diverse groups of organisms — from butterflies to beetles to beneficial bacteria — spend their lives intimately associated with host organisms, and evolutionary biologists have long…
View More CSUN biologists trace a link between intimate ecological interactions and the evolution of new speciesColloquium: Nuñez on editing the “epigenome” with CRISPR
This week the Fall 2022 Biology Colloquium series will feature James L. Nuñez, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology at UC Berkeley. Dr.…
View More Colloquium: Nuñez on editing the “epigenome” with CRISPRCSUN biologists find that hosts need the right symbiont when the heat is on
One of the best-known beneficial symbioses in the ocean is the mutualism between corals and photosynthetic algae. Coral polyps provide shelter and nutrients for algae…
View More CSUN biologists find that hosts need the right symbiont when the heat is onColloquium: Golden on out-of-this world engineering of cyanobacteria
This week the Fall 2022 Biology Colloquium series will feature James Golden, Professor of Molecular Biology at UC San Diego. Dr. Golden studies genetic transformation…
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