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Category: Research

California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)
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CSUN Biology Herbarium receives funding to support digitization of specimens

Biosphere Editor 18 October, 2018 herbariumJim HoguePaul Wilson

Earlier this month, Drs. Jim Hogue and Paul Wilson attended a conference of museum and herbarium curators who are publishing information about their specimens online.…

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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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Cyrtodactylus meersi sp. nov., one of the new species described in the article. (Grismer et al. 2018, Figure 7.)
Publications Research

New geckoes described by CSUN Biology professor and colleagues

Biosphere Editor 25 September, 2018 CyrtodactylusgeckoRobert Espinoza

In an article published in the open-access journal PeerJ, Professor of Biology Robert Espinoza and colleagues at La Sierra University, the University of Kansas, Universiti Sains Malaysia,…

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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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Medicago polymorpha (Carol Witham, via CalPhotos)
Publications Research

Invasive wildflower grows bigger, but not more competitive, in new territory

Biosphere Editor 20 September, 2018 Casey TerHorstMedicago polymorphaspecies invasions

The invasive wildflower Medicago polymorpha has evolved to grow more rapidly in its new range, but this change is not associated with stronger competitive ability against…

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Closeup of Medicago polymorpha flowers. (Steve Matson, via CalPhotos.)
Publications Research

This invasive plant succeeds by evolving to compete

Biosphere Editor 17 September, 2018 Camdilla WirthCasey TerHorstMedicago polymorphaspecies invasions

Experiments with the invasive wildflower Medicago polymorpha show that the plant evolved to be a tougher competitor as it established itself in new habitats, including California.…

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Fleisher et al. (2018), detail from Figure 7
Alumni Publications Research

terHorst Lab alumnus publishes model of predator-prey dynamics

Biosphere Editor 13 September, 2018 Casey TerHorstcoevolutionJing Lipredator-preySamuel Fleischertheory

Biology alumnus Sam Fleischer, now a Ph.D. student at UC Davis, has published results from his undergraduate research with Associate Professor Casey terHorst in the…

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Malibu Creek Rock Pool, one site sampled in Harmon et al. (2018). (Flickr: Tony Hoffarth)
Publications Research

CSUN researchers find antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ponds and lakes across Los Angeles

Biosphere Editor 6 September, 2018 antibiotic resistanceCristian Ruiz RuedaDana Harmon

Biology Lecturer Dana Harmon, Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda and a team of CSUN graduate and undergraduate students trace the presence of antibiotic-resistant…

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Research

Dr. Crystal Rogers appointed to society Board of Directors

Biosphere Editor 6 September, 2018 Crystal RogersSociety for Developmental Biology

Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal Rogers has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Society for Developmental Biology as the Primarily Undergraduate Institution…

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Images from a proximity ligation assay examining interactions between the focal proteins. (Figure 1, Rogers 2018)
Publications Research

Rogers Lab publications examine balance of key proteins in neural development

Biosphere Editor 6 September, 2018 Crystal RogersLisa Sorrellsneural development

Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal Rogers, graduate student Lisa Sorrells, and a colleague at the California Institute of Technology published a new paper in the…

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