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
New research by CSUN Professor of Biology Jonathan Kelber and a team of students, postdocs, and international collaborators shows how a gene Kelber first examined…
View More Tumor-associated tissue can promote breast cancer progression and drug resistance through a key gene, CSUN Developmental Oncogene Lab finds
CSUN Professor of Biology Ray Hong is seeking undergraduate research assistants for work on an NIH-funded study of neuron development in a model nematode, Pristionchus…
View More Hong Lab seeks undergraduate researchers to study developing neuronsDr. Farhana Runa, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jonathan Kelber’s Developmental Oncogene Lab, has been selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health-funded ASCB Accomplishing…
View More Runa accepted into NIH professional development programLuke Tomaneng, an undergraduate researcher working with Dr. Jonathan Kelber, has been selected to receive a 2021 CSUPERB Presidents’ Commission Scholar Award. The award will…
View More Tomaneng recognized as a CSUPERB Presidents’ Commission Scholar
The National Institutes of Health has awarded five years of support, totaling more than $2.8 million, for a new program providing undergraduate research experiences in…
View More NIH grant funds five years of undergraduate research experiences at CSUN
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