The Microbiology Student Association (MSA) would like to welcome you to our first event of the Fall 2018 semester. This Friday, September 21st we will…
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Month: September 2018
This invasive plant succeeds by evolving to compete
Experiments with the invasive wildflower Medicago polymorpha show that the plant evolved to be a tougher competitor as it established itself in new habitats, including California.…
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Colloquium: Pauly will discuss citizen science
This week’s Biology Colloquium series seminar will be given by Greg Pauly, Curator of Herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Pauly will…
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ASPB seeks proposals for projects “Transforming education in plant biology”
The American Society of Plant Biologists is seeking applications for its 2019 Transforming Education in Plant Biology grant, which provides up to $4500 for faculty teaching…
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terHorst Lab alumnus publishes model of predator-prey dynamics
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
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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Reflections on starting the grad student-advisor relationship
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…
View More Reflections on starting the grad student-advisor relationshipColloquium: Rosenblum to speak about evolution in a changing world
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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CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los Angeles
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…
View More CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los AngelesCOAST Undergraduate Student Research Support Program offers $2500 for marine and coastal research
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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