All living things must respond to changing environmental conditions, and make use of different parts of their genetic code in different situations. The genetic programming…
View More CSUN developmental biologists find a molecular pathway that makes this worm behave like a kid again
Climate change challenges global agricultural systems with hotter temperatures and altered rainfall patterns, and understanding how plants cope with heat and drought stresses has direct…
View More CSUN plant biologists describe gene expression changes that could help biofuel trees beat the heat
Assistant Professor Eduardo Amorim, the newest member of the Biology Department faculty, is launching his CSUN lab with a big boost from the National Institutes…
View More Amorim Lab opens at CSUN with $1.7 million in NIH funding to study ancient epidemics
CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Nyssa Silbiger has been awarded a major new grant through the National Science Foundation’s CAREER program. The funding, totaling more…
View More Silbiger receives NSF support to study how acidified oceans will change life on rocky shores
The Kelber laboratory has received a second cycle of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIGMS SCORE grant program to continue investigating the…
View More CSUN molecular biologist receives renewed support from NIH to study breast cancer at the cellular level
Groundwater that enters the ocean from nearby land masses has a measurable impact on the “ecosystem metabolism” of coral reefs, according to a study recently…
View More CSUN marine biologist tracks the impact of groundwater under the sea
Kelp forests are the biological foundation of marine ecosystems all along California’s coastline, and their collective biochemical activity may help offset ocean acidification, according to…
View More Kelp forests could fight ocean acidification, CSUN marine biologists find
More than a decade of results from a summer program designed to prepare incoming CSUN freshmen for university-level classwork has closed much of the “achievement…
View More CSUN Biology faculty report on summer program’s success in closing achievement gaps
Engineering bacteria to produce complex organic molecules that can be processed into biofuel may be a key to removing fossil fuels from the global energy…
View More CSUN microbiologists track the genes that could turn cyanobacteria into biofuel factories
Nutrients and sediment that wash into the ocean from agricultural lands and lawns may impact the stress tolerances of reef-building corals and their algal symbionts,…
View More CSUN marine biologists measure runoff’s effects on coral reefs