The loss of species changes living communities, but some species losses have bigger impacts than others — such as “foundation species”, which contribute resources or…
View More CSUN marine biologists measure the ecological cost of losing “foundation species”Applications to present research results in the 2022 Virtual CSUNposium come due next week, by noon on Tuesday Feb 1. The CSUNposium is a campus-wide…
View More Apply to present in the 2022 Virtual CSUNposiumApplications open today for students interested in presenting research results at the annual CSUNposium, to be held Friday, April 1, 2022. The CSUNposium is a…
View More Applications open for 2022 Virtual CSUNposiumA species of hoverfly has been named in honor of CSUN Biology lecturer and biological collections curator Dr. James N. Hogue. The hoverfly, Sphecomyia hoguei,…
View More Hoverfly species named for the CSUN biologist who first described it
CSUN marine biologist Kerry Nickols will take responsibility for an automated observatory on the Santa Monica Pier, part of a network of sensor stations along…
View More Nickols takes the helm as part of ocean observatory network
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 neurons