Combing through over 50,000 records of animals visiting flowers, biologists at CSUN have found evidence of a pattern botanists have discussed since before the days…
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Yoder Lab receives NSF funding as part of the Joshua Tree Genome Project
Earlier this summer the National Science Foundation awarded over $1.5million in funding support for a project to sequence the Joshua tree genome and learn how…
View More Yoder Lab receives NSF funding as part of the Joshua Tree Genome ProjectNIH grant provides new support for upcoming CSU Interdisciplinary Cancer Meeting
A new grant from the National Institutes of Health R13 mechanism will fund a meeting of cancer researchers across the California State Univeristy system this…
View More NIH grant provides new support for upcoming CSU Interdisciplinary Cancer MeetingUSDA funds Basu Lab in project to develop turmeric as a cash crop
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…
View More USDA funds Basu Lab in project to develop turmeric as a cash cropCSUN 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…
View More CSUN microbiologist Gilberto Flores receives NIH funding to study how bacteria help us get the most out of milkZavala contributes to assessment of diversity efforts at the American Society for Cell Biology
Scientific societies have an important role to play in broadening the diversity of people who participate in research, and their potential impacts can be substantial,…
View More Zavala contributes to assessment of diversity efforts at the American Society for Cell BiologyOppenheimer and students publish large-scale experiment in cellular de-clumping
Cancer cells have different properties in groups than they do solo, including greater risk of metastasis — establishing in parts of the body far from a…
View More Oppenheimer and students publish large-scale experiment in cellular de-clumpingCSUN 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…
View More CSUN biology research immersion class tackles COVID-19 vaccine designCSUN 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…
View More CSUN biologist develops new method to detect cancer in its earliest stages