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CSUN Biology inspects crime scenes and takes the temperature with an RNA motif
CSUN biologists hit the stride of the spring semester this week, with a full schedule of lectures and labs. Prospective Master’s students applying to labs…
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CSUN Biology celebrates award-winning students
The CSUN Biology Department is pleased to announce the winners of student awards and scholarships for the 2024-2025 school year, who will be recognized in…
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CSUN Biology students take the prize at the 2025 CSUNposium
The Biology Department was well represented at last week’s 2025 CSUNposium, with undergrad researchers and Master’s students presenting their research in dozens of talks and…
View More CSUN Biology students take the prize at the 2025 CSUNposiumWatch MariaElena Zavala “Diving into the Discourse” on plant development and a career of breaking barriers in STEM
CSUN Professor of Biology MariaElena Zavala, a plant biologist specializing in roots’ development and stress resistance, joins the first series of CSUN’s “Diving into the…
View More Watch MariaElena Zavala “Diving into the Discourse” on plant development and a career of breaking barriers in STEMWatch Peter Edmunds “Diving into the Discourse” on coral reefs’ future under climate change
CSUN Professor of Biology Peter Edmunds, a marine biologist specializing in the ecology of coral reefs, is a guest in the first series of CSUN’s…
View More Watch Peter Edmunds “Diving into the Discourse” on coral reefs’ future under climate changeZavala joins conference on broadening participation in the biomedical sciences
Before the start of the spring semester, CSUN Professor of Biology MariaElena Zavala was among the featured speakers at the Broadening Biomedical Research Workforce Participation…
View More Zavala joins conference on broadening participation in the biomedical sciencesCSUN Biology students shone in the 2024 Sigma Xi campus research symposium
Last Friday the CSUN Chapter of Sigma Xi held its 24th Annual Student Research Symposium, in which 26 students across the College of Science and Math…
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Check out the winners of the 2024 Biosphere Summer Photo Contest
The votes are in, and congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Biosphere Summer Photo Contest: First place goes to Angelina Piette’s view of two-toed…
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Ruiz Rueda wins funding to support new studies of bacterial antibiotic resistance
CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda has received a $1-million, four-year NSF grant to study the molecular mechanisms of how bacteria coordinate efflux,…
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