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Rogers and Loza-Coll awarded in BioArt competition for their image of a fruit fly ovary

Biosphere Editor 28 January, 2019 Crystal RogersMariano Loza-Coll

Two CSUN Biology faculty were among the winners of the 2018 BioArt competition held by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Assistant Professors…

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Steven Oppenheimer (second from right) with fellow awardees Earl Enzer, Bonnie Faherty, and Edward Feldman, and CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison and Alumni Association President Cindy Chernow at the Volunteer Service Awards. (Photo via CSUN Today.)
Alumni Awards In the news

Professor Emeritus Oppenheimer honored for service to the university

Biosphere Editor 5 December, 2018 Dean Ed Peckham Award for Emeritus ServiceSteven Oppenheimer

CSUN Biology Professor Emeritus Steve Oppenheimer was among those honored at the CSUN Volunteer Service Awards last Friday, receiving the Dean Ed Peckham Award for…

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A giant sea bass at the California Academy of Sciences aquarium (Flickr: Caitlin Childs)
In the news Research

CSUN Biology professor’s quest for singing sea bass

Biosphere Editor 6 November, 2018 giant sea bassLarry Allen

Professor of Biology Larry Allen was recently featured in a long-form profile by UC Santa Cruz ScienceNotes, which delves into Allen’s long history spent studying the…

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Sa La Kim, with an earlier poster presentation of her research
Awards In the news

CSUN Master’s student recognized at SACNAS

Biosphere Editor 1 November, 2018 Jonathan KelberSa La KimSACNAS

Biology Master’s student Sa La Kim was recognized for her research presentation at the 2018 meeting of SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference, held…

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Bluebanded gobies near San Clemente Island, California (Wikimedia: Clark Anderson)
Conference Events In the news Research

CSUN graduate research presented at AAUS annual meeting

Biosphere Editor 24 October, 2018 George JarvisMark Steele

Biology graduate student George Jarvis presented results from his Master’s thesis research in the lab of Mark Steele earlier this month at the annual symposium…

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Danielle Becker, diving (AAUS website)
Awards In the news

CSUN graduate student wins AAUS Foundation support for thesis project

Biosphere Editor 23 October, 2018 AAUSDanielle BeckerNyssa Silbiger

Biology graduate student Danielle Becker has received the second-place Master’s Research Scholarship from the American Academy of Underwater Sciences. The award recognizes Becker, a first-year…

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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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A honeybee collects nectar from ornamental sage in a planting along Lindley Avenue
In the news Projects Research

Mackelprang’s beehives now producing honey for sale

Biosphere Editor 24 September, 2018 honeybeesRachel Mackelprang

CSUN Today reports that honey from beehives maintained on the CSUN campus by Associate Professor of Biology Rachel Mackelprang will soon be available for sale…

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Members of the Pellmyr Lab in 2008: grad student Will Godsoe, postdoc Chris Smith, PI Olle Pellmyr, and grad student Jeremy Yoder
In the news

Reflections on starting the grad student-advisor relationship

Biosphere Editor 10 September, 2018 Jeremy YodermentoringOlle Pellmyr

My PhD advisor, Olle Pellmyr, passed away in December after a long illness. After attending his memorial service in May, I wrote down some thoughts…

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Dr. Kerry Nickols explains how hotter oceans may harm sea life on KPCC

Biosphere Editor 6 September, 2018 climate changeKerry NickolsKPCC

In August, Assistant Professor of Biology Kerry Nickols appeared on Southern California Public Radio station KPCC’s Take Two to explain how sea life may be affected…

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