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Category: Research

Volunteer leaders measure a Joshua tree during a pilot run of the survey protocol. (Photo by Jeremy Yoder.)
Projects Research

Joshua Tree Genome Project launches volunteer population surveys with leadership training

Admin 28 November 2018 Jeremy YoderJoshua tree

The Joshua Tree Genome Project launched a new effort to understand the health of Joshua tree populations across the Mojave Desert earlier this month. The…

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Modified visualization of an IF-stained tumor section (Courtesy of the Kelber Lab).
Alumni Publications Research

Bermudes considers tumor-fighting bacteria in Nature Reviews Cancer

Admin 14 November 2018 cancerDavid Bermudes

A promising new tool for cancer therapy may be bacteria engineered to attack tumor cells, according to a review article recently published in the journal…

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Malibu Creek Rock Pool, one site sampled in Harmon et al. (2018). (Flickr: Tony Hoffarth)
Education Opportunities Research

Apply for Master’s research in Microbiology at CSUN

Admin 13 November 2018 Microbiology

The Microbiology Group in the Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge is accepting applications to the Master’s of Science program for Fall 2019.…

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Kelp forest (Flickr: NOAA)
Projects Research

Nickols receives funding to study the resilience of marine protected areas

Admin 9 November 2018 Kerry Nickols

CSUN marine biologist Kerry Nickols is among the scientists supported by $6 million in grants recently awarded by the Ocean Protection Council for research to…

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Coral reef
Alumni Publications Research

CSUN marine biologists examine how corals reassemble reefs in new paper

Admin 8 November 2018 coral reefsHannah NelsonPeter Edmunds

Coral populations’ recovery from disturbances is facilitated by increased success of juvenile corals after the loss of competing adults, according to a new study from…

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A giant sea bass at the California Academy of Sciences aquarium (Flickr: Caitlin Childs)
In the news Research

CSUN Biology professor’s quest for singing sea bass

Admin 6 November 2018 giant sea bassLarry Allen

Professor of Biology Larry Allen was recently featured in a long-form profile by UC Santa Cruz ScienceNotes, which delves into Allen’s long history spent studying the…

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Bluebanded gobies near San Clemente Island, California (Wikimedia: Clark Anderson)
Conference Events In the news Research

CSUN graduate research presented at AAUS annual meeting

Admin 24 October 2018 George JarvisMark Steele

Biology graduate student George Jarvis presented results from his Master’s thesis research in the lab of Mark Steele earlier this month at the annual symposium…

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California live oak (photo by Jeremy Yoder)
Education Opportunities Research

Apply for Master’s research in Ecology and Evolution at CSUN

Admin 23 October 2018 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Ecology & Evolution section of the Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge is accepting applications to the Master’s of Science program for…

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California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)
Jobs Opportunities Projects Research

CSUN Biology Herbarium receives funding to support digitization of specimens

Admin 18 October 2018 herbariumJim HoguePaul Wilson

Earlier this month, Drs. Jim Hogue and Paul Wilson attended a conference of museum and herbarium curators who are publishing information about their specimens online.…

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Un-engineered Arabidopsis (left) and Arabidopsis engineered to over-express ACC oxidase (right) in flooded conditions in a climate-controlled growth chamber, compared over time since their roots were submerged in water.
Publications Research

Boosting expression of a key gene may help plants survive a soaking

Admin 2 October 2018 Arabidopsis thalianaChhandak BasuDinesh GuptafloodingNiveditha Ramadoss

Plants engineered to produce more of a key growth-regulating hormone tolerated flooding for almost twice as long siblings without the boost, CSUN biologists report in…

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