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Category: Research

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

CSUN marine biologists’ “baby giants” are returned to the sea

Biosphere Editor 13 October, 2022

Three years ago, CSUN Marine Biology graduate students Emily Ladin and Elizabeth Burns were surprised by the arrival of hundreds of baby giant sea bass,…

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Opportunities Projects

New N-COMPASS program sets CSUN Biology students on course for careers in regenerative medicine

Biosphere Editor 22 September, 2022 Cindy MaloneGabriel ChaviraGilberto FloresN-COMPASSstem cells

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded almost $3 million to CSUN Biology faculty Dr. Cindy Malone, with Drs. Gilberto Flores and Gabriela Chavira,…

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Projects Research

CSUN undergrad researcher spent summer studying how bees beat the heat

Biosphere Editor 13 September, 2022 Natalie Castillopollinationthermal ecology

Natalie Castillo, a CSUN Biology major working in Professor Robert Espinoza’s Laboratory of Integrative and Comparative Herpetology, spent her summer on a unique research internship…

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

CSUN graduate students present Giant Sea Bass studies at JMIH

Biosphere Editor 7 September, 2022 Elizabeth BurnsEmily Ladingiant sea bassJMIH

Emily Ladin and Elizabeth Burns, Marine Biology graduate students from the Allen-Franklin lab, presented papers based on their Master’s theses at the Joint Meeting of…

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Waves beating against a rocky shoreline under a blue sky
Featured Publications Research

CSUN marine biologist contributes to systematic evaluation of US marine protected areas

Biosphere Editor 7 September, 2022 Conservation BiologyKerry NickolsMarine Protected Areas

CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Kerry Nickols joined a large team of marine biologists at institutions across the U.S. and Australia in developing a sweeping…

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Medicago polymorpha (Carol Witham, via CalPhotos)
Publications Research

CSUN biologists pinpoint evolutionary changes that help this weed invade new territory

Biosphere Editor 1 September, 2022 Carmen HoffbeckCasey TerHorstMedicago polymorpha

Humans have, deliberately and accidentally, moved many species into habitats far from their original homes — and some of these introduced species become invasive, out-competing local…

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Departmental Events Projects

Tropical Biology students present research projects from a semester abroad

Biosphere Editor 13 May, 2022 Tropical Biology Semester

Students in the CSUN Tropical Biology Semester develop and conduct research projects as part of a six-week trip through the diverse ecosystems of Ecuador, and…

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Projects Research

CSUN RSCA supports octocoral surveys by marine biology grad students

Biosphere Editor 4 May, 2022 Elizabeth BurnsGeorgios TsounisKiran Reedoctocoral

CSUN graduate students Kiran Reed and Elizabeth Burns are conducting octocoral population surveys in along the Coast of Southern California as part of a CSUN…

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Publications Research

CSUN plant biologists track tomato plants’ heat stress at the molecular level

Biosphere Editor 20 April, 2022 Chhandak BasuKirill Musaev

If you’ve ever smelled the minty scent of a breeze passing over a flowerbed full of salvia, or caught a whiff of creosote in the…

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Featured In the news Projects

CSUN biologist discusses plans to protect Joshua trees in report for “Planet Possible” series

Biosphere Editor 19 April, 2022 Jeremy YoderJoshua Tree Genome Project

CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Jeremy Yoder was among the experts interviewed for a recent report on plans to protect Joshua trees against climate change…

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