The CSUN Biology Department Development and Cancer Focus Group (DECAFOG) invites Biology Department students, faculty, and staff to a special virtual research seminar by Dr.…
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CSUN microbiologists find bacteria resistant to a “last-resort” antibiotic throughout Los Angeles soils
Antibiotic resistance factors carried by environmental bacterial can provide a reservoir of resistance to disease-causing bacteria, via horizontal gene transfer. This risk is thrown into…
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CSUN marine biologists measure runoff’s effects on coral reefs
Nutrients and sediment that wash into the ocean from agricultural lands and lawns may impact the stress tolerances of reef-building corals and their algal symbionts,…
View More CSUN marine biologists measure runoff’s effects on coral reefsColloquium: van Buskirk on the sleep habits of worms
$2.2 million NIH grant provides “Bridges to the Doctorate” for CSUN students
The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $2.2 million in support for a project linking CSUN Master’s students to PhD programs at Stanford…
View More $2.2 million NIH grant provides “Bridges to the Doctorate” for CSUN studentsApply for undergraduate research in Biology with support from BUILD PODER
CSUN’s BUILD PODER program, which supports undergraduate students interested in practical research experience as preparation for graduate study in the sciences, is now soliciting applications…
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NSF funds Ruiz Rueda’s quest to understand how bacteria spit out antibiotics
CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda received a new grant from the National Science Foundation this summer, which will support his lab’s continuing…
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Colloquium: Garcia on the physics of early development
Image: Patterns of gene expression visualized in individual cells of a fruit fly embryo (Garcia Lab)
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CSUN biologists help demonstrate that a flower’s shape determines who visits
Combing through over 50,000 records of animals visiting flowers, biologists at CSUN have found evidence of a pattern botanists have discussed since before the days…
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Colloquium: Hertel on the diversity of hummingbirds on Chilean islands
Image: The green-backed firecrown, a hummingbird found in Argentina and Chile, and on islands off the Chilean coast (Wikimedia Commons: Felipebernala)
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