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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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Colloquium: Gerrish on tiny crustaceans that light up the sea

Admin 15 March 2019 bioluminescenceGretchen Gerrishostracods

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Gretchen Gerrish, visiting from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Gerrish studies…

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CSUN Biology and NASA offer training in planetary protection

Admin 15 March 2019 planetary protectionspace science

One rarely-mentioned aspect of NASA’s mission to explore the Solar System is planetary protection, the protocols the space agency uses to protect other worlds from alien…

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Alumni Publications Research

CSUN microbiologists separate the quick and the dead in frozen Arctic soil

Admin 14 March 2019 Alex BurkertMicrobiologypermafrostRachel Mackelprang

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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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Larson on the genetics of reproductive isolation in house mice

Admin 8 March 2019 Erica Larsonhouse micehybrid incompatibility

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Erica Larson, visiting from the University of Denver. Dr. Larson studies sexual…

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Biology departmental awards offer recognition and support for undergraduate and graduate students

Admin 7 March 2019 student awards

The Biology Awards Committee is currently accepting nominations and applications for the 2018-2019 school year, due by next Friday, March 15. The Committee administers a…

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Departmental Events

Schiffman to present on biodiversity and conservation in Borneo

Admin 5 March 2019 BEER ClubPaula Schiffman

Dr. Polly Schiffman will give a presentation, illustrated with lots of her photos, about biodiversity and conservation in Sabah, Borneo in the Behavior, Ecology, and…

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NIH Director’s Blog highlights CSUN students’ BioArt

Admin 4 March 2019 Crystal RogersMariano Loza-Coll

An image of cells in a fruit fly ovary from a CSUN Biology undergraduate course, which was recently recognized in the annual FASEB BioArt competition,…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Brawley on the evolutionary power of seaweed

Admin 1 March 2019 genomicsPorphyra umbilicalisSusan Brawley

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Susan Brawley, visiting the Department from the University of Maine. Brawely studies…

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Education Fellowships Opportunities

Summer undergraduate research in next generation sequencing at CSU San Marcos

Admin 28 February 2019 genomicsREU

Undergraduates interested in laboratory and bioinformatics methods for high-throughput “next generation” DNA sequencing have a well supported new opportunity at one of CSUN’s sister campuses…

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Colloquium: Coffroth on corals and their microbes

Admin 22 February 2019 Mary Alice Coffroth

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be presented by Dr. Mary Alice Coffroth, who is visiting the department from the University at…

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