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…
View More New equipment expands the Flores Lab’s capacities to study how the gut microbes affect their hostsAuthor: Biosphere Editor
CSUN biologists describe how a molecular switch helps bacteria spit out antibiotics and get a move on
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…
View More CSUN biologists describe how a molecular switch helps bacteria spit out antibiotics and get a move onColloquium: Yeung on methods to engineer living sensors
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.…
View More Colloquium: Yeung on methods to engineer living sensorsColloquium: zur Nieden on the pivotal role of FOXO3a in the life of cells
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…
View More Colloquium: zur Nieden on the pivotal role of FOXO3a in the life of cellsHong Lab represents CSUN at international C. elegans conference
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…
View More Hong Lab represents CSUN at international C. elegans conferencePostdocs appreciated for research and mentoring as part of CSUN Biology
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…
View More Postdocs appreciated for research and mentoring as part of CSUN BiologyColloquium: Flores on the ecosystem in our bellies
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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Teachers aim to engage students in science learning with phenomenal local examples
This summer’s science teacher institute by the San Fernando Valley Science Project brought middle and high school science teachers together to brainstorm ways to connect…
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For these tree frogs, the course of reproductive isolation never did run true
New species form as populations evolve differences that prevent them from interbreeding. Sometimes, the evolving differences themselves help to accelerate the process — especially differences in…
View More For these tree frogs, the course of reproductive isolation never did run trueColloquium: Emerson on the viral potential of dirt
The Fall 2023 Biology Colloquium Series continues this Friday with a seminar by Joanne Emerson, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology at UC Davis. Dr. Emerson…
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