Before they begin to spread through the body, some cancer cells secrete molecules that may make tumor-free tissues more hospitable to invading cancer cells, CSUN…
View More CSUN biologists show how cancer cells make themselves at home in healthy tissueThe CSUN Women in Science club have launched an online fundraiser to support GIST, their after-school science outreach program for girls at a local middle…
View More CSUN Women in Science launch fundraiser for after-school science outreachDanielle Becker, M.S. student in Dr. Nyssa Silbiger’s lab, has received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for her thesis research on coral’s ability…
View More CSUN grad student receives NSF fellowship to study coral reefs’ resilienceThirteen students working in CSUN Biology Professor Steve Oppenheimer’s lab contributed to work presented at the Experimental Biology 2019 conference in Orlando, Florida, earlier this…
View More CSUN students’ research presented at Experimental Biology 2019 conference
Rabbits find the Los Angeles suburbs as hospitable as nearby natural areas, but bobcats, their predators, are cautious about venturing into human-dominated landscapes to hunt,…
View More CSUN ecologists track the nightlife of the urban bobcat
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