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    CSUN Biology undergraduate researchers help determine what muscle-forming stem cells need to take root

    Skeletal muscle progenitor cells may be the key to personalized therapies that regenerate muscle lost to disease or disorders like muscular dystrophy — given the right…

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    CSUN biologists describe how a molecular switch helps bacteria spit out antibiotics and get a move on

    Efflux, the movement of molecules from inside a cell to outside, is a basic molecular function for all living things, and it’s particularly interesting for…

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    For these tree frogs, the course of reproductive isolation never did run true

    New species form as populations evolve differences that prevent them from interbreeding. Sometimes, the evolving differences themselves help to accelerate the process — especially differences in…

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    Check out the winners of the first Biosphere Summer Photo Contest

    The votes are in, and congratulations to the winners of the first Biosphere Summer Photo Contest: First place goes to Professor Tim Karels’ image of…

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    CSUN biologists test giant kelp’s capacity to settle for climate-changed waters

    Species everywhere in the world face rising temperatures as carbon pollution changes the global climate. Some, however, may be able to evolve as climate change…

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Members of the Pellmyr Lab in 2008: grad student Will Godsoe, postdoc Chris Smith, PI Olle Pellmyr, and grad student Jeremy Yoder
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Reflections on starting the grad student-advisor relationship

Admin 10 September 2018 Jeremy YodermentoringOlle Pellmyr

My PhD advisor, Olle Pellmyr, passed away in December after a long illness. After attending his memorial service in May, I wrote down some thoughts…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Rosenblum to speak about evolution in a changing world

Admin 7 September 2018 Erica Rosenblumextinctionspeciation

Today’s speaker in the Biology Colloquium series is Dr. Erica Rosenblum, with the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California Berkeley. Dr. Rosenblum…

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Malibu Creek Rock Pool, one site sampled in Harmon et al. (2018). (Flickr: Tony Hoffarth)
Publications Research

CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los Angeles

Admin 6 September 2018 antibiotic resistanceCristian Ruiz RuedaDana Harmon

Biology Lecturer Dana Harmon, Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda and a team of CSUN graduate and undergraduate students trace the presence of antibiotic-resistant…

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Grants Opportunities

COAST Undergraduate Student Research Support Program offers $2500 for marine and coastal research

Admin 6 September 2018 COAST

The CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) offers an annual grant program supporting undergraduate research projects with up to $2500. COAST supports…

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Research

Dr. Crystal Rogers appointed to society Board of Directors

Admin 6 September 2018 Crystal RogersSociety for Developmental Biology

Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal Rogers has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Society for Developmental Biology as the Primarily Undergraduate Institution…

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Images from a proximity ligation assay examining interactions between the focal proteins. (Figure 1, Rogers 2018)
Publications Research

Rogers Lab publications examine balance of key proteins in neural development

Admin 6 September 2018 Crystal RogersLisa Sorrellsneural development

Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal Rogers, graduate student Lisa Sorrells, and a colleague at the California Institute of Technology published a new paper in the…

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Dr. Kerry Nickols explains how hotter oceans may harm sea life on KPCC

Admin 6 September 2018 climate changeKerry NickolsKPCC

In August, Assistant Professor of Biology Kerry Nickols appeared on Southern California Public Radio station KPCC’s Take Two to explain how sea life may be affected…

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Prof. Denita M. Weeks (Colorado Mesa University)
Alumni

CSUN alumna joins faculty of Colorado Mesa University

Admin 6 September 2018 Robert Espinoza

Denita M. Weeks, who earned a Master’s degree with CSUN professor Robert Espinoza, defended her PhD dissertation at the University of Memphis in May, and…

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Dr. Celnia Barba-Simic (CSUN Today)
Alumni Opportunities Scholarships

ER doctor honors Biology professor Oppenheimer with scholarship fund

Admin 6 September 2018 Steven Oppenheimer

Over the summer, CSUN alumna Celina Barba-Simic made a gift to the CSUN College of Science and Mathematics to create the Dr. Celina Barba-Simic Biology Scholarship…

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Coral reef
Publications Research

Nutrient pollution exacerbates acidification damage to coral reefs

Admin 6 September 2018 climate changecoral reefsnutrient pollutionNyssa Silbiger

Assistant Professor of Biology Nyssa Silbiger and colleagues at the University of Hawaii Manoa published a study this June demonstrating that nutrient pollution — nitrate…

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