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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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  • Featured Publications Research

    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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Steven Oppenheimer (second from right) with fellow awardees Earl Enzer, Bonnie Faherty, and Edward Feldman, and CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison and Alumni Association President Cindy Chernow at the Volunteer Service Awards. (Photo via CSUN Today.)
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Professor Emeritus Oppenheimer honored for service to the university

Admin 5 December 2018 Dean Ed Peckham Award for Emeritus ServiceSteven Oppenheimer

CSUN Biology Professor Emeritus Steve Oppenheimer was among those honored at the CSUN Volunteer Service Awards last Friday, receiving the Dean Ed Peckham Award for…

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Campus Events Opportunities Research

Applications open for 2019 CSUNposium

Admin 3 December 2018 CSUNposium

Applications open today for students interested in presenting research results at the annual CSUNposium, to be held Friday, April 5, 2019. The CSUNposium is a…

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A deer tick (Chou Lab website)
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Colloquium: Chou to discuss ticks and pathogen transmission

Admin 30 November 2018 deer tickSeemay Chouvector-borne disease

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Seemay Chou, from the University of California, San Francisco. Chou studies animal-microbe…

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Volunteer leaders measure a Joshua tree during a pilot run of the survey protocol. (Photo by Jeremy Yoder.)
Projects Research

Joshua Tree Genome Project launches volunteer population surveys with leadership training

Admin 28 November 2018 Jeremy YoderJoshua tree

The Joshua Tree Genome Project launched a new effort to understand the health of Joshua tree populations across the Mojave Desert earlier this month. The…

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Grants Opportunities

Southern California Academy of Sciences offers grants for student research

Admin 26 November 2018 Southern California Academy of Sciences

The Southern California Academy of Sciences is now accepting applications for its 2019 Student Research Grant. The grant provides up to $2,000 in support of…

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Scarlet gillia in Stanislaus National Forest (Flickr: Mike LaBarbera)
Jobs Opportunities

US Fish and Wildlife Service announces job openings in 2019

Admin 21 November 2018 US Fish and Wildlife Service

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has posted 40 public job openings to the USAJobs website, with open application periods from late November into the…

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

Graduate seminar in microbiology offered for Spring 2019

Admin 20 November 2018 Christian Ruiz Ruedagraduate seminarMicrobiology

Dr. Cristian Ruiz Rueda invites students to register for his upcoming seminar in Microbiology (BIOL655A) in the Spring 2019 semester. The seminar will cover a variety…

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Coral reef
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Carpenter on ocean acidification and coral reefs

Admin 16 November 2018 Bob Carpenter

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by CSUN Biology Professor Bob Carpenter, who will present his lab’s research on coral…

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Modified visualization of an IF-stained tumor section (Courtesy of the Kelber Lab).
Alumni Publications Research

Bermudes considers tumor-fighting bacteria in Nature Reviews Cancer

Admin 14 November 2018 cancerDavid Bermudes

A promising new tool for cancer therapy may be bacteria engineered to attack tumor cells, according to a review article recently published in the journal…

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

Apply for Master’s research in Microbiology at CSUN

Admin 13 November 2018 Microbiology

The Microbiology Group in the Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge is accepting applications to the Master’s of Science program for Fall 2019.…

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