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Category: Projects

E coli cells
Projects Research

NSF funds Ruiz Rueda’s quest to understand how bacteria spit out antibiotics

Biosphere Editor 16 September, 2020 antibiotic resistanceCristian Ruiz Rueda

CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda received a new grant from the National Science Foundation this summer, which will support his lab’s continuing…

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A spiky tree bearing clusters of white flowers
Projects Research

Yoder Lab receives NSF funding as part of the Joshua Tree Genome Project

Biosphere Editor 2 September, 2020 Jeremy YoderJoshua treeJoshua Tree Genome Project

Earlier this summer the National Science Foundation awarded over $1.5million in funding support for a project to sequence the Joshua tree genome and learn how…

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Opportunities Projects Research

NIH grant provides new support for upcoming CSU Interdisciplinary Cancer Meeting

Biosphere Editor 27 August, 2020 CSU-ICMDaniel TamaeDavid BermudesJonathan KelberMaria Elena de Ballard

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health R13 mechanism will fund a meeting of cancer researchers across the California State Univeristy system this…

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Bright orange-yellow powder scattered on a white surface
Projects Research

USDA funds Basu Lab in project to develop turmeric as a cash crop

Biosphere Editor 26 August, 2020 Chhandak BasuCucurma longa

CSUN plant biologist Chhandak Basu and colleagues at Alabama A&M University have received funding to continue a project developing turmeric as a cash crop for…

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Cells of a bacterium under the microscope, and a diagram of its interaction with the human gut.
Projects Research

CSUN microbiologist Gilberto Flores receives NIH funding to study how bacteria help us get the most out of milk

Biosphere Editor 26 August, 2020 AkkermansiaGilberto Flores

CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Gilberto Flores received a big new grant from the National Institutes of Health this summer, which will support his lab’s…

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Classes In the news Projects Research

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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In the news Projects

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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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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Alumni Projects

Alumna’s gift supports CSUN journal of K-12 student science projects

Biosphere Editor 6 February, 2020 New Journal of Student AbstractsSteven Oppenheimer
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