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    CSUN Biology students take the prize at the 2025 CSUNposium

    The Biology Department was well represented at last week’s 2025 CSUNposium, with undergrad researchers and Master’s students presenting their research in dozens of talks and…

    Admin 17 April 2025
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  • Featured Publications Research

    Matador Microbiologists Merge Mycology with Mahjong

    Do toxic, glowing fungi play Mahjong? Mycologists Rudy Diaz, Resident Mycologist of the Los Angeles Mycological Society, and CSUN Professor of Biology David Bermudes didn’t…

    Admin 17 April 2025
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    CSUN plant biologists document effects of drought stress on a spice-cabinet staple

    Turmeric, the fragrant and colorful spice used in a number of cuisines, has also had uses in traditional medicine, which are increasingly under investigation by…

    Admin 14 November 2024
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    Check out the winners of the 2024 Biosphere Summer Photo Contest

    The votes are in, and congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Biosphere Summer Photo Contest: First place goes to Angelina Piette’s view of two-toed…

    Admin 20 September 2024
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    CSUN biologists reconstruct more than a century of Joshua tree flowering events to reveal the impacts of recent climate change

    Climate change has already shifted global temperatures and precipitation patterns from historical conditions, but tracking how these changes have impacted vulnerable species and ecosystems is…

    Admin 12 September 2024
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CSUN Biology Advising Office builds new online resource for students seeking careers in healthcare

Admin 9 September 2022 CSU Pre-Health

The Biology Advising Office have created a new Canvas page, called CSUN Pre Health, to assemble a wealth of info for students preparing to enter…

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Colloquium: Tawackoli gives a cell’s eye view of the skeletal system

Admin 9 September 2022 orthopedic medicinestem cellsWafa Tawackoli

The Fall 2022 Biology Colloquium series officially launches this week with a talk from Wafa Tawackoli, a Research Assistant Professor in Biomedical Sciences at Cedars…

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A giant sea bass at the California Academy of Sciences aquarium (Flickr: Caitlin Childs)
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CSUN graduate students present Giant Sea Bass studies at JMIH

Admin 7 September 2022 Elizabeth BurnsEmily Ladingiant sea bassJMIH

Emily Ladin and Elizabeth Burns, Marine Biology graduate students from the Allen-Franklin lab, presented papers based on their Master’s theses at the Joint Meeting of…

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Featured Publications Research

CSUN marine biologist contributes to systematic evaluation of US marine protected areas

Admin 7 September 2022 Conservation BiologyKerry NickolsMarine Protected Areas

CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Kerry Nickols joined a large team of marine biologists at institutions across the U.S. and Australia in developing a sweeping…

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Medicago polymorpha (Carol Witham, via CalPhotos)
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CSUN biologists pinpoint evolutionary changes that help this weed invade new territory

Admin 1 September 2022 Carmen HoffbeckCasey TerHorstMedicago polymorpha

Humans have, deliberately and accidentally, moved many species into habitats far from their original homes — and some of these introduced species become invasive, out-competing local…

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CSUN Biology celebrates award-winning students

Admin 20 May 2022 student awards

The CSUN Biology Department is pleased to announce the winners of student awards and scholarships for the 2021-2022 school year, who will be recognized in…

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Tropical Biology students present research projects from a semester abroad

Admin 13 May 2022 Tropical Biology Semester

Students in the CSUN Tropical Biology Semester develop and conduct research projects as part of a six-week trip through the diverse ecosystems of Ecuador, and…

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Alumni Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Enard on the evolutionary history of host-virus coevolution

Admin 6 May 2022 David Enardhost-virus coevolution

This week’s final seminar in the 2022 Biology Colloquium series features David Enard, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at…

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Awards In the news

CSUN biology faculty recognized with campus awards

Admin 5 May 2022 Casey TerHorstFaculty AwardsNyssa Silbiger

Among the winners of this year’s CSUN Faculty awards are two members of the Biology Department, Associate Professors Nyssa Silbiger and Casey terHorst. Silbiger, who…

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CSUN RSCA supports octocoral surveys by marine biology grad students

Admin 4 May 2022 Elizabeth BurnsGeorgios TsounisKiran Reedoctocoral

CSUN graduate students Kiran Reed and Elizabeth Burns are conducting octocoral population surveys in along the Coast of Southern California as part of a CSUN…

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