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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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California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)
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Statewide coalition will study plants’ responses to climate change using pressed flowers

Admin 13 February 2020 CAP TCNPaul Wilsonphenology

Image: California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)

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Colloquium: Saadat on the promise of modern reproductive medicine

Admin 7 February 2020 Peyman Saadatreproductive medicine
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Alumna’s gift supports CSUN journal of K-12 student science projects

Admin 6 February 2020 New Journal of Student AbstractsSteven Oppenheimer
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LA Mycological Society celebrates the fungus among us this Sunday

Admin 5 February 2020 fungi

Image: Wild mushrooms in North Hills (Flickr: William Garret)

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Mitra on the use of AI for cancer diagnosis

Admin 31 January 2020 Machine learningmedical imagingSushmita Mitra

Image: MRI images with analysis output for visual saliency (Sushmita Mitra)

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Alumni Publications Research

Spiders spin their webs where the weather won’t bother them, CSUN Biology graduate finds

Admin 30 January 2020 Andrea Haberkernbehavioral ecologyspiders
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Compiling data across many experiments, CSUN biologist seeks the strongest source of natural selection

Admin 27 January 2020 Jeremy Yoderlocal adaptation
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A diagram of the "pangenome" inventory of genes found in 75 Akkermansia genome assemblies
Alumni Publications Research

CSUN microbiologists uncover clues to a microbe’s role in the human gut

Admin 23 January 2020 AkkermansiaGilberto Flores
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Survey by CSUN biologist finds that mean-spirited peer reviewer comments are common — and costly

Admin 21 January 2020 Nyssa Silbigerpeer review
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CSUN joins a century-old participatory science project, counting birds for the holidays

Admin 12 December 2019 birdwatchingSan Fernando Valley Audubon

Image: A black phoebe, one of the common songbirds on the CSUN campus (Flickr: Maggie Smith)

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