Month: October 2020
CSUN molecular biologist aims for virality with review of COVID biochemistry
The sugars making up part of the viral capsule of the SARS-Cov-2 are an underexplored target for antiviral drugs, CSUN Professor Emeritus of Biology Steven…
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Colloquium: Hanzawa on the genes that guide flowering
Image: A soybean flower (Flickr: Mizzou CAFNR)
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Richard Duenckel Garden Club Scholarship offers $1500 for students on #TeamAutotroph
The Richard Duenckel Garden Club Scholarship from the Toluca Lake Garden Club provides up to $1,500 for undergraduate and graduate students studying the biology of plants,…
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This CSUN biologist is set to appear on JEOPARDY!
CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Casey terHorst will pursue trivia, and Daily Doubles, this Thursday on the mothership of quiz gameshows, JEOPARDY! TerHorst taped the…
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Image: Butterflyfish and corals on a part of the Great Barrier Reef. (Wikimedia: Wise Hok Wai Lum)
View More Colloquium: Méndez on environmental justice and the fight against climate changeHow scientific societies can make science more inclusive — through travel
Travel awards — small grants to support attendance of scientific conferences — offer a unique opportunity to recruit and support underrepresented minorities into scientific research and careers,…
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Colloquium: Edmunds on the ecological physiology and resilience of coral reefs
Image: Butterflyfish and corals on a part of the Great Barrier Reef. (Wikimedia: Wise Hok Wai Lum)
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CSUN Biology faculty report on summer program’s success in closing achievement gaps
More than a decade of results from a summer program designed to prepare incoming CSUN freshmen for university-level classwork has closed much of the “achievement…
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CSUN microbiologists track the genes that could turn cyanobacteria into biofuel factories
Engineering bacteria to produce complex organic molecules that can be processed into biofuel may be a key to removing fossil fuels from the global energy…
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