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Category: Publications

Coral reef
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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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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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Cyrtodactylus meersi sp. nov., one of the new species described in the article. (Grismer et al. 2018, Figure 7.)
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New geckoes described by CSUN Biology professor and colleagues

Admin 25 September 2018 CyrtodactylusgeckoRobert Espinoza

In an article published in the open-access journal PeerJ, Professor of Biology Robert Espinoza and colleagues at La Sierra University, the University of Kansas, Universiti Sains Malaysia,…

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Medicago polymorpha (Carol Witham, via CalPhotos)
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Invasive wildflower grows bigger, but not more competitive, in new territory

Admin 20 September 2018 Casey TerHorstMedicago polymorphaspecies invasions

The invasive wildflower Medicago polymorpha has evolved to grow more rapidly in its new range, but this change is not associated with stronger competitive ability against…

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Closeup of Medicago polymorpha flowers. (Steve Matson, via CalPhotos.)
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This invasive plant succeeds by evolving to compete

Admin 17 September 2018 Camdilla WirthCasey TerHorstMedicago polymorphaspecies invasions

Experiments with the invasive wildflower Medicago polymorpha show that the plant evolved to be a tougher competitor as it established itself in new habitats, including California.…

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Fleisher et al. (2018), detail from Figure 7
Alumni Publications Research

terHorst Lab alumnus publishes model of predator-prey dynamics

Admin 13 September 2018 Casey TerHorstcoevolutionJing Lipredator-preySamuel Fleischertheory

Biology alumnus Sam Fleischer, now a Ph.D. student at UC Davis, has published results from his undergraduate research with Associate Professor Casey terHorst in the…

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Malibu Creek Rock Pool, one site sampled in Harmon et al. (2018). (Flickr: Tony Hoffarth)
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CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los Angeles

Admin 6 September 2018 antibiotic resistanceCristian Ruiz RuedaDana Harmon

Biology Lecturer Dana Harmon, Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda and a team of CSUN graduate and undergraduate students trace the presence of antibiotic-resistant…

View More CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los Angeles
Images from a proximity ligation assay examining interactions between the focal proteins. (Figure 1, Rogers 2018)
Publications Research

Rogers Lab publications examine balance of key proteins in neural development

Admin 6 September 2018 Crystal RogersLisa Sorrellsneural development

Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal Rogers, graduate student Lisa Sorrells, and a colleague at the California Institute of Technology published a new paper in the…

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Coral reef
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Nutrient pollution exacerbates acidification damage to coral reefs

Admin 6 September 2018 climate changecoral reefsnutrient pollutionNyssa Silbiger

Assistant Professor of Biology Nyssa Silbiger and colleagues at the University of Hawaii Manoa published a study this June demonstrating that nutrient pollution — nitrate…

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The cover of WIREs Developmental Biology, featuring an image of developing chicken embryos from Rogers and Nie (2018)
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Rogers Lab paper reviews the role of neural crest cells in development

Admin 6 September 2018 Crystal Rogersneural crest cellsOpen Access

The cover article of the September/October issue of the journal WIREs Developmental Biology is a review by Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal Rogers and colleague Shuyi…

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