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Rogers Lab identifies protein’s role in early nervous system development

Biosphere Editor 3 September, 2019 Crystal Rogersneural crest cellsneural development

Image: Figure 2 from Chacon and Rogers (2019), presenting immunohistochemistry staining to track the expression of Tubulin Beta-III in the neural plate

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CSUN biologists show how cancer cells make themselves at home in healthy tissue

Biosphere Editor 1 May, 2019 cancer biologyJonathan KelberKayla Meade

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…

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CSUN students’ research presented at Experimental Biology 2019 conference

Biosphere Editor 16 April, 2019 cell clumpingGreg ZemSteve Oppenheimer

Thirteen 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…

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Alumni Publications Research

CSUN ecologists track the nightlife of the urban bobcat

Biosphere Editor 10 April, 2019 bobcatrabbitSean DunaganTim Karelsurban ecology

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,…

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CSUN microbiologists separate the quick and the dead in frozen Arctic soil

Biosphere Editor 14 March, 2019 Alex BurkertMicrobiologypermafrostRachel Mackelprang

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…

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Alumni Publications Research

CSUN biologists test whether coral symbionts can beat the heat

Biosphere Editor 19 February, 2019 Casey TerHorstcoral reefsShannon BaylisssymbiosisZoe Scott

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…

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Alumni Publications Research

Bermudes Lab discovery could aid in engineering cancer-fighting bacteria

Biosphere Editor 12 February, 2019 David BermudesJamie CarrafaLena VincentSalmonella

Bacteria engineered to produce and deliver drug compounds could be a new powerful new tool for cancer therapy and many other medical applications. A new…

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Amoroso and Wilson compared populations of Dudleya cymosa cymosa growing in Yosemite National Park and Sequoia National Park, as one of ten paired-population comparisons in their study. (Barry Breckling, via CalPhotos)
Alumni Publications Research

CSUN botanists find 10 different ways that Dudleyas do all right in dry conditions

Biosphere Editor 7 February, 2019 Danielle AmorosoDudleyaPaul Wilson

Natural selection is very good at finding solutions to the challenges organisms face in varying environments. Often, selection acting on different species that face the…

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

CSUN marine biologists track down “baby giants”

Biosphere Editor 29 January, 2019 Larry Allen

The giant sea bass is one of the most striking inhabitants of southern California’s coastal marine areas, but an important part of its life cycle…

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Alumni Publications Research

Kelber Lab dissects a protein’s role in regeneration

Biosphere Editor 24 January, 2019 Farhana RunaJonathan KelberMalachia HooverSa La Kim

CSUN biologists have traced interactions between Cripto, a signaling protein associated with development and stem cell regulation, and other molecules that direct tissue regeneration. The…

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