The Bermudes Lab in the Department of Biology has received a grant from the NIH for the project entitled: “Tumor-targeting Salmonella expressing tumor-selective cytotoxic proteins in combination with…
View More Bermudes Lab receives NIH funding to work towards cancer-fighting bacteria
CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Jeremy Yoder presented new results in an ongoing study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and otherwise “queer”-identified professionals working in…
View More CSUN biologist reports on queer experiences in STEM careers at Out to Innovate conference
Microbiologists in the CSUN Department of Biology have carefully sifted the microbial community living in permafrost — the permanently frozen layer of soil below Arctic tundra…
View More CSUN microbiologists separate the quick and the dead in frozen Arctic soil
Climate change has warmed ocean temperatures, increasing the risk and frequency of coral bleaching, a stress response in which corals expel the colorful algal symbionts…
View More CSUN biologists test whether coral symbionts can beat the heatBacteria engineered to produce and deliver drug compounds could be a new powerful new tool for cancer therapy and many other medical applications. A new…
View More Bermudes Lab discovery could aid in engineering cancer-fighting bacteria
Natural selection is very good at finding solutions to the challenges organisms face in varying environments. Often, selection acting on different species that face the…
View More CSUN botanists find 10 different ways that Dudleyas do all right in dry conditionsCSUN Biology undergraduate researcher Chris Cerda has been awarded a travel grant to present at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists…
View More CSUN Biology undergraduate researcher wins travel grant for conference presentation
The giant sea bass is one of the most striking inhabitants of southern California’s coastal marine areas, but an important part of its life cycle…
View More CSUN marine biologists track down “baby giants”
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…
View More Rogers and Loza-Coll awarded in BioArt competition for their image of a fruit fly ovary
CSUN biologists have traced interactions between Cripto, a signaling protein associated with development and stem cell regulation, and other molecules that direct tissue regeneration. The…
View More Kelber Lab dissects a protein’s role in regeneration