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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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Images from a proximity ligation assay examining interactions between the focal proteins. (Figure 1, Rogers 2018)
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Apply for research experience and support for grad school preparation with MARC

Admin 30 January 2019 MARC

The Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) program, which provides undergraduate students interested in pursuing a PhD in the Biosciences, invites interested students to meet-and-greet…

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Departmental Events

Special seminar: Baiocchi on the neurobiology of olfaction

Admin 29 January 2019 Ray HongTiffany Baiocchi

Tiffany Baiocchi, a PhD candidate at the University of California Riverside, will present a special seminar about her research into the neurobiology of olfaction in…

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A giant sea bass at the California Academy of Sciences aquarium (Flickr: Caitlin Childs)
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CSUN marine biologists track down “baby giants”

Admin 29 January 2019 Larry Allen

The giant sea bass is one of the most striking inhabitants of southern California’s coastal marine areas, but an important part of its life cycle…

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Rogers and Loza-Coll awarded in BioArt competition for their image of a fruit fly ovary

Admin 28 January 2019 Crystal RogersMariano Loza-Coll

Two CSUN Biology faculty were among the winners of the 2018 BioArt competition held by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Assistant Professors…

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Fellowships Opportunities

Apply for undergraduate research in Biology with support from BUILD PODER

Admin 25 January 2019 BUILD PODER

CSUN’s BUILD PODER program, which supports undergraduate students interested in practical research experience as preparation for graduate study in the sciences, is now soliciting applications…

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Colloquium: Kirmiz on the infancy of the human microbiome

Admin 25 January 2019 MicrobiologyNina Kirmiz

The first seminar in the Biology Colloquium series for the Spring 2019 semester will be given by CSUN Biology postdoctoral researcher Nina Kirmiz. Kirmiz studies…

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Alumni Publications Research

Kelber Lab dissects a protein’s role in regeneration

Admin 24 January 2019 Farhana RunaJonathan KelberMalachia HooverSa La Kim

CSUN biologists have traced interactions between Cripto, a signaling protein associated with development and stem cell regulation, and other molecules that direct tissue regeneration. The…

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San Diego skyline at night (Flickr: John Sisti Photograpy
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Rogers, Manohar, and Kelber to present in ASCB annual meeting in San Diego

Admin 11 December 2018 Alberto CamachoASCBCrystal RogersJonathan KelberSubrajaa Manohar

CSUN Biology faculty and students are in San Diego, California, for the 2018 American Society of Cell Biology Meeting.   Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal…

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The First Place winner, from the Flores Lab (Photo by Tim Karels)
Departmental Events

Biology ornaments celebrate science and the holiday season

Admin 10 December 2018 Holidays

Faculty, staff, and students in the Department of Biology celebrated the holiday season and showed off their creative sides by designing Christmas tree ornaments to…

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Campus Events Publications Research

New volume of the New Journal of Student Research Abstracts showcases K-12 students’ science

Admin 6 December 2018 New Journal of Student AbstractsSteven Oppenheimer

A new volume of the New Journal of Student Research, edited by CSUN Biology Professor Emeritus Steve Oppenheimer, has been published online through the CSUN ScholarWorks…

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