Microbiologists in the CSUN Department of Biology have carefully sifted the microbial community living in permafrost — the permanently frozen layer of soil below Arctic tundra…
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Climate change has warmed ocean temperatures, increasing the risk and frequency of coral bleaching, a stress response in which corals expel the colorful algal symbionts…
View More CSUN biologists test whether coral symbionts can beat the heatBacteria engineered to produce and deliver drug compounds could be a new powerful new tool for cancer therapy and many other medical applications. A new…
View More Bermudes Lab discovery could aid in engineering cancer-fighting bacteria
Natural selection is very good at finding solutions to the challenges organisms face in varying environments. Often, selection acting on different species that face the…
View More CSUN botanists find 10 different ways that Dudleyas do all right in dry conditions
The giant sea bass is one of the most striking inhabitants of southern California’s coastal marine areas, but an important part of its life cycle…
View More CSUN marine biologists track down “baby giants”
CSUN biologists have traced interactions between Cripto, a signaling protein associated with development and stem cell regulation, and other molecules that direct tissue regeneration. The…
View More Kelber Lab dissects a protein’s role in regeneration
A new volume of the New Journal of Student Research, edited by CSUN Biology Professor Emeritus Steve Oppenheimer, has been published online through the CSUN ScholarWorks…
View More New volume of the New Journal of Student Research Abstracts showcases K-12 students’ science
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…
View More Bermudes considers tumor-fighting bacteria in Nature Reviews Cancer
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…
View More CSUN marine biologists examine how corals reassemble reefs in new paper
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…
View More Boosting expression of a key gene may help plants survive a soaking