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Category: Research

Publications Research

Oppenheimer and students publish large-scale experiment in cellular de-clumping

Biosphere Editor 14 May, 2020 cancer biologySteven Oppenheimer

Cancer cells have different properties in groups than they do solo, including greater risk of metastasis — establishing in parts of the body far from a…

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CSUN biology research immersion class tackles COVID-19 vaccine design

Biosphere Editor 13 May, 2020

Every spring semester class at CSUN has had to retool to cope with the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic; but Biology Professor David Bermudes’s…

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Illustration of cancerous cells entering the circulatory system
Publications Research

CSUN biologist develops new method to detect cancer in its earliest stages

Biosphere Editor 30 April, 2020 cancer biologyChristian Ruiz Rueda

Knowing specific cancer-causing mutations offers the possibility to nip cancer in the bud — detecting and treating it before a tumor can proliferate and threaten…

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Conference Events Research

Here’s how to watch Biology students’ presentations in this year’s online CSUNposium

Biosphere Editor 27 March, 2020 CSUNposium
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CSUN marine biologists help restore “baby giants” to the Santa Monica Bay

Biosphere Editor 13 March, 2020 giant sea bassLarry Allen

Image: Some of the baby sea bass. (Photo by Michael Couffer, via CSUNshine Today)

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Twin “flumes” placed over patches of coral reef to allow manipulation of the water chemistry
Alumni Projects Publications Research

CSUN marine biologists launch new rig to study climate change under the sea

Biosphere Editor 27 February, 2020 Bob CarpenterGriffin SrednickPeter Edmunds
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A coyote crosses a city street, lit by streetlights (National Park Service)
Alumni Publications Research

CSUN ecologists determine what’s on the menu for LA’s coyotes

Biosphere Editor 20 February, 2020 coyotesRachel LarsonTim Karelsurban ecology

Urban coyotes eat more garbage, fruit, and domestic cats, and are less picky than neighboring suburban and rural coyotes, according to the results of a…

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Conference Events Research

CSUN student researcher presents at Keystone Symposium

Biosphere Editor 14 February, 2020 MARCMaria Elena de BallardRoland Lacap
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A schematic of the components of the bacterial RNA polymerase and the role of a sigma factor in transcription (Srivastava et al. 2020, Figure 1)
Publications Research

CSUN microbiologist reviews the potential of a molecule that could help turn bacteria into biological factories

Biosphere Editor 14 February, 2020 cyanobacteriaMichael Summerssigma factors
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California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)
Projects Publications Research

Statewide coalition will study plants’ responses to climate change using pressed flowers

Biosphere Editor 13 February, 2020 CAP TCNPaul Wilsonphenology

Image: California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)

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