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A golden eagle released with a tracking device (USGS)
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Fisher on the “three Fs” challenging conservation in SoCal

Biosphere Editor 12 October, 2018 Robert N FisherUS Geological Survey

This week’s seminar in the Biology Department Colloquium series will be given by Robert N. Fisher, a conservation biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western…

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Education Jobs Opportunities

Teaching internship offered at Coast Community Colleges

Biosphere Editor 8 October, 2018 Coast Community Colleges

The Coast Community College District seeks applicants for its Teaching Internship with Experienced Support program in the the 2018-19 school year. TIES offers graduate students…

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Scarlet gillia in Stanislaus National Forest (Flickr: Mike LaBarbera)
Jobs Opportunities

2019 summer positions with the US Forest Service open for applications

Biosphere Editor 5 October, 2018 botanyStanislaus National Forest

Stanislaus National Forest is seeking Botany Crew staff for summer 2019. Positions will last from three to six weeks, and pay at least $14.30 per…

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Coral reef
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Fong to report on human impacts on aquatic communities

Biosphere Editor 5 October, 2018 Caitlin Fong

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Caitlin Fong, a postdoctoral researcher with Professor Robert Carpenter. Dr. Fong works…

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Opportunities

Registration open for 2018 Southwestern Regional Meeting of Organismal Biologists

Biosphere Editor 5 October, 2018 SICB SWOB

Registration is now open for this year’s SICB Southwestern Regional Meeting of Organismal Biologists. The meeting will be held at California State University, San Marcos on Saturday, 10 November…

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Un-engineered Arabidopsis (left) and Arabidopsis engineered to over-express ACC oxidase (right) in flooded conditions in a climate-controlled growth chamber, compared over time since their roots were submerged in water.
Publications Research

Boosting expression of a key gene may help plants survive a soaking

Biosphere Editor 2 October, 2018 Arabidopsis thalianaChhandak BasuDinesh GuptafloodingNiveditha Ramadoss

Plants engineered to produce more of a key growth-regulating hormone tolerated flooding for almost twice as long siblings without the boost, CSUN biologists report in…

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McGraw Tower, Uris Library and Ho Plaza in fall, shot from Barnes Hall.
Education Opportunities

Cornell University offers Graduate Student Preview Weekend

Biosphere Editor 1 October, 2018 Cornell University

The Cornell University Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Entomology, and School of Integrative Plant Science are pleased to announce our second annual…

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Awards

Allen receives Meritorious Teaching Award

Biosphere Editor 28 September, 2018 Larry Allen

The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the American Elasmobranch Society, and the Meritorious Teaching Award in Ichthyology Selection Committee, selected CSUN Professor of Biology…

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Crocidura palawanensis, a new species of shrew described in a recent paper by Giarla and colleagues. (Hutterer et al 2018, fig 13)
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Giarla will discuss the evolutionary history of southeast Asian mammals

Biosphere Editor 28 September, 2018 biogeographyphylogeneticsshrewsTom Giarla

This week’s seminar in the Biology Department colloquium series will be presented by Tom Giarla, visiting from Sienna College. Giarla studies the biogeography of tropical…

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The Keys View lookout in Joshua Tree National Park (Photo by Jeremy Yoder)
Education Opportunities

CSU Desert Studies Consortium opens winter session courses for January 2019

Biosphere Editor 26 September, 2018 Baja CaliforniaDesert Studiesfield courseMojave Desert

The CSU Desert Studies program has announced three field courses in desert conservation, ecology, and geology for this year’s January winter session.  The first, a…

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