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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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Towsley View Trail (Flickr: Jeff Turner)
Departmental Education Events Opportunities

Women in Science organize Towsley Canyon hike

Admin 26 October 2018 Paula SchiffmanTowsley CanyonWomen in Science

The CSUN Women in Science club invites hikers on an excursion around Towsley Canyon tomorrow, with natural history guidance from Biology Professor Paula Schiffman. To…

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Patterns of gene expression visualized in individual cells of a fruit fly embryo (a href="http://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/garcia/">Garcia Lab)
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Garcia on cellular decision-making

Admin 26 October 2018 Hernan Garcia

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Hernan Garcia, Assistant Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development at the University of…

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Conservation Biology students explore Owens Valley

Admin 24 October 2018 Conservation BiologyPaula Schiffman

Dr. Polly Schiffman’s Conservation Biology class traveled to far eastern central California last weekend. They camped for two chilly nights, visited the gnarly bristlecone pines…

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Bluebanded gobies near San Clemente Island, California (Wikimedia: Clark Anderson)
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CSUN graduate research presented at AAUS annual meeting

Admin 24 October 2018 George JarvisMark Steele

Biology graduate student George Jarvis presented results from his Master’s thesis research in the lab of Mark Steele earlier this month at the annual symposium…

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California live oak (photo by Jeremy Yoder)
Education Opportunities Research

Apply for Master’s research in Ecology and Evolution at CSUN

Admin 23 October 2018 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

The Ecology & Evolution section of the Department of Biology at California State University, Northridge is accepting applications to the Master’s of Science program for…

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Danielle Becker, diving (AAUS website)
Awards In the news

CSUN graduate student wins AAUS Foundation support for thesis project

Admin 23 October 2018 AAUSDanielle BeckerNyssa Silbiger

Biology graduate student Danielle Becker has received the second-place Master’s Research Scholarship from the American Academy of Underwater Sciences. The award recognizes Becker, a first-year…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Flores on the community in your belly

Admin 19 October 2018 Gilberto Floresmicrobial ecologymicrobiome

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Gilberto Flores, who studies microbial community ecology. Flores…

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Education Jobs Opportunities

Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities offers paid internships nationwide

Admin 19 October 2018 HACU

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities offers a national internship program providing paid opportunities at Federal government agencies and private corporations across the United…

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Modified visualization of an IF-stained tumor section (Courtesy of the Kelber Lab).
Campus Conference Departmental Events

CSUN to host interdisciplinary cancer meeting November 6

Admin 18 October 2018 cancerCSU ICMJoan Brugge

The California State University Interdisciplinary Cancer Meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov 6 in the Plaza Del Sol Performance Hall, with Dr. Joan Brugge of…

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California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)
Jobs Opportunities Projects Research

CSUN Biology Herbarium receives funding to support digitization of specimens

Admin 18 October 2018 herbariumJim HoguePaul Wilson

Earlier this month, Drs. Jim Hogue and Paul Wilson attended a conference of museum and herbarium curators who are publishing information about their specimens online.…

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