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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Fleisher et al. (2018), detail from Figure 7
Alumni Publications Research

terHorst Lab alumnus publishes model of predator-prey dynamics

Admin 13 September 2018 Casey TerHorstcoevolutionJing Lipredator-preySamuel Fleischertheory

Biology alumnus Sam Fleischer, now a Ph.D. student at UC Davis, has published results from his undergraduate research with Associate Professor Casey terHorst in the…

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Meet the new Biosphere

Admin 10 September 2018 Biosphere

Biosphere, the newsletter for the Department of Biology at California State University Northridge, officially re-launches this week as a departmental news site, at csunbiosphere.org. The…

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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: 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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In the news

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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