CSUN plant biologist Chhandak Basu and colleagues at Alabama A&M University have received funding to continue a project developing turmeric as a cash crop for…
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CSUN microbiologist Gilberto Flores receives NIH funding to study how bacteria help us get the most out of milk
CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Gilberto Flores received a big new grant from the National Institutes of Health this summer, which will support his lab’s…
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CSUN biology research immersion class tackles COVID-19 vaccine design
Every spring semester class at CSUN has had to retool to cope with the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic; but Biology Professor David Bermudes’s…
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CSUN biologist develops new method to detect cancer in its earliest stages
Knowing specific cancer-causing mutations offers the possibility to nip cancer in the bud — detecting and treating it before a tumor can proliferate and threaten…
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CSUN marine biologists help restore “baby giants” to the Santa Monica Bay
Image: Some of the baby sea bass. (Photo by Michael Couffer, via CSUNshine Today)
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CSUN microbiologist reviews the potential of a molecule that could help turn bacteria into biological factories
Statewide coalition will study plants’ responses to climate change using pressed flowers
Image: California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)
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Spiders spin their webs where the weather won’t bother them, CSUN Biology graduate finds
Compiling data across many experiments, CSUN biologist seeks the strongest source of natural selection
