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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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    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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This CSUN biologist is set to appear on JEOPARDY!

Admin 20 October 2020 Casey TerHorstJEOPARDY!

CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Casey terHorst will pursue trivia, and Daily Doubles, this Thursday on the mothership of quiz gameshows, JEOPARDY! TerHorst taped the…

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Colloquium: Méndez on environmental justice and the fight against climate change

Admin 16 October 2020 climate changeenvironmental justiceMichael Méndezpolicy

Image: Butterflyfish and corals on a part of the Great Barrier Reef. (Wikimedia: Wise Hok Wai Lum)

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How scientific societies can make science more inclusive — through travel

Admin 15 October 2020 MariaElena Zavalatravel awards

Travel awards — small grants to support attendance of scientific conferences — offer a unique opportunity to recruit and support underrepresented minorities into scientific research and careers,…

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Colloquium: Edmunds on the ecological physiology and resilience of coral reefs

Admin 9 October 2020 climate changecoral reefsPeter Edmunds

Image: Butterflyfish and corals on a part of the Great Barrier Reef. (Wikimedia: Wise Hok Wai Lum)

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CSUN Biology faculty report on summer program’s success in closing achievement gaps

Admin 9 October 2020 MARCMariaElena ZavalaRISESteven Oppenheimer

More than a decade of results from a summer program designed to prepare incoming CSUN freshmen for university-level classwork has closed much of the “achievement…

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CSUN microbiologists track the genes that could turn cyanobacteria into biofuel factories

Admin 7 October 2020 Michael SummersMicrobiology

Engineering bacteria to produce complex organic molecules that can be processed into biofuel may be a key to removing fossil fuels from the global energy…

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Colloquium: Mackelprang on the microbiology of permafrost and … life on Mars?

Admin 2 October 2020 Marsmicrobial ecologyRachel Mackelprang

Image: A true-color image of Mars from the OSIRIS mission (ESA and MPS, via Wikimedia Commons)

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Special seminar: Heidelberg on science at the South Pole

Admin 30 September 2020 AntarcticaKarla HeidelbergMBGSA

The CSUN Marine Biology Graduate Students Association invites Biology Department students, faculty, and staff to a special virtual research seminar by Dr. Karla Heidelberg on…

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Colloquium: Loza-Coll on stem cells’ fates in adulthood

Admin 25 September 2020 DrosophilaMariano Loza-Collstem cells
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Special seminar: Côté on the molecular control of the cytoskeleton

Admin 25 September 2020 cytoskeletal dynamicsJean-Francois Cote

The CSUN Biology Department Development and Cancer Focus Group (DECAFOG) invites Biology Department students, faculty, and staff to a special virtual research seminar by Dr.…

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