The study of possible life on worlds beyond Earth is somewhat complicated by the fact that we have yet to find life on worlds beyond Earth. As…
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CSUN microbiologists reveal how a taste for milk lets this bacterium make its home in our guts
We aren’t born with our gut microbiome, but we do acquire it very early in life — so early that the community of bacteria in…
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CSUN Biology undergraduate researchers help determine what muscle-forming stem cells need to take root
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 rootCSUN biologists describe how a molecular switch helps bacteria spit out antibiotics and get a move on
Efflux, the movement of molecules from inside a cell to outside, is a basic molecular function for all living things, and it’s particularly interesting for…
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For these tree frogs, the course of reproductive isolation never did run true
New species form as populations evolve differences that prevent them from interbreeding. Sometimes, the evolving differences themselves help to accelerate the process — especially differences in…
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Check out the winners of the first Biosphere Summer Photo Contest
The votes are in, and congratulations to the winners of the first Biosphere Summer Photo Contest: First place goes to Professor Tim Karels’ image of…
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CSUN biologists test giant kelp’s capacity to settle for climate-changed waters
Species everywhere in the world face rising temperatures as carbon pollution changes the global climate. Some, however, may be able to evolve as climate change…
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CSUN microbiologists beat bacterial drug resistance by clogging a molecular pump
Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a growing threat, potentially leaving doctors without effective treatments for many common infections. One way to stave off that future is…
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Crop plants face stress from environmental extremes — not just heat, but also cold; and not just lack of water, but also too much. In…
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CSUN microbiologists describe a new molecular system for bacteria to clean house
Understanding how bacteria respond to toxins, at the molecular level, can help identify ways to break those responses, opening up new targets for antimicrobial drugs. New…
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