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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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Colloquium: Hammer on the bacteria that make a living in beehives

Admin 27 October 2023 beesmicrobial ecologyMicrobiology Student associationTobin Hammer

The Fall 2023 Biology Colloquium Series continues this Friday with a seminar by Tobin Hammer, Assistant Professor of Biology at UC Irvine. Dr. Hammer studies…

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Colloquium: Aguilar Alfaro on the immune system’s “killer” cells

Admin 20 October 2023 BRIDGESOscar Aguilar AlfaroURISE

The Fall 2023 Biology Colloquium Series continues this Friday with a seminar by Oscar Aguilar Alfaro, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at UC San…

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Colloquium: Savage on the genetics of herpetological disease resistance and susceptibility

Admin 13 October 2023 Anna SavageBEER Clubdisease resistanceherpetology

The Fall 2023 Biology Colloquium Series continues this Friday with a seminar by Anna Savage, Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Central Florida.…

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New equipment expands the Flores Lab’s capacities to study how the gut microbes affect their hosts

Admin 13 October 2023 Gilberto Floresmicrobial ecology

The Flores Lab spent the summer getting to know the capabilities of a new high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) system and bioreactor, made possible by…

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

Admin 12 October 2023 antibiotic resistanceCristian Ruiz RuedaDana Harmon

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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Colloquium: Yeung on methods to engineer living sensors

Admin 6 October 2023 biosensorsBRIDGESEnoch YeungURISE

The Fall 2023 Biology Colloquium Series continues this Friday with a seminar by Enoch Yeung, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara. Dr.…

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Colloquium: zur Nieden on the pivotal role of FOXO3a in the life of cells

Admin 29 September 2023 BRIDGESNicole zur Niedenstem cell biologyURISE

The Fall 2023 Biology Colloquium Series continues this Friday with a seminar by Nicole zur Nieden, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at UC…

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Hong Lab represents CSUN at international C. elegans conference

Admin 28 September 2023 BUILD PODERDylan CastroHeather CarstensenMarisa MackieMegan HamptonRay HongVivian Le

Five members of the Hong Lab had a ‘worm’ welcome in Glasgow during the 2023 International C. elegans Conference in June! The biennial meeting is…

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Postdocs appreciated for research and mentoring as part of CSUN Biology

Admin 28 September 2023 postdocs

Last week (Sept 18-22) labs and academic departments around the country celebrated Postdoc Appreciation Week. Postdocs, or post-doctoral researchers, have completed doctorate degrees and are…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Flores on the ecosystem in our bellies

Admin 22 September 2023 Gilberto Floresgut microbiome

The Fall 2023 Biology Colloquium Series continues this Friday with a seminar by CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Gilberto Flores. Dr. Flores studies the dynamics…

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