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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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Oppenheimer and more than a dozen undergraduate researchers publish protocol tracking cells’ conglomeration

Admin 5 September 2019 cellular biologySteven Oppenheimer
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CSUN Postdoctoral Association launches workshops to help apply for faculty positions

Admin 4 September 2019 CSUN Postdoctoral Association
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Nickols leads study tracking the success of California’s marine protected areas

Admin 4 September 2019 blue rockfishKerry NickolsMarine Protected Areas

Image: Kelp forest (Flickr: NOAA)

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Silbiger funded to study groundwater … under water

Admin 3 September 2019 coral reefsgroundwater

Image: Silbiger (left) and collaborators float equipment to a study site in Mo’orea (Photo via Nyssa Silbiger)

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Rogers Lab identifies protein’s role in early nervous system development

Admin 3 September 2019 Crystal Rogersneural crest cellsneural development

Image: Figure 2 from Chacon and Rogers (2019), presenting immunohistochemistry staining to track the expression of Tubulin Beta-III in the neural plate

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Special seminar: Pratchett on the state of the Great Barrier Reef

Admin 10 May 2019 coral reefsMorgan Pratchett

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Morgan Pratchett from the ARC Research Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef…

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Campus Education Events Opportunities

June CSUN-al Gardening class will feature tool rehab and maintenance

Admin 8 May 2019 Botanic Garden

On Saturday, June 1st, from 9-11 a.m., landscape designer Steve Gerischer will lead the June CSUN-al Gardening class, addressing the best gardening tools, where to get…

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Colloquium: Stajich on the lessons from 1,000 fungal genomes

Admin 3 May 2019 fungusgenomicsJason Stajich

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Jason Stajich from the Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology at UC…

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Special Seminar: Fischer on parental care by poison frogs

Admin 2 May 2019 Eva K. Fischer

Dr. Eva K. Fischer will visit the Department of Biology next Monday, May 6, to meet with department members and present her research on the…

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CSUN biologists show how cancer cells make themselves at home in healthy tissue

Admin 1 May 2019 cancer biologyJonathan KelberKayla Meade

Before they begin to spread through the body, some cancer cells secrete molecules that may make tumor-free tissues more hospitable to invading cancer cells, CSUN…

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