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    CSUN Biology students take the prize at the 2025 CSUNposium

    The Biology Department was well represented at last week’s 2025 CSUNposium, with undergrad researchers and Master’s students presenting their research in dozens of talks and…

    Biosphere Editor 17 April, 2025
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    Matador Microbiologists Merge Mycology with Mahjong

    Do toxic, glowing fungi play Mahjong? Mycologists Rudy Diaz, Resident Mycologist of the Los Angeles Mycological Society, and CSUN Professor of Biology David Bermudes didn’t…

    Biosphere Editor 17 April, 2025
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    CSUN plant biologists document effects of drought stress on a spice-cabinet staple

    Turmeric, the fragrant and colorful spice used in a number of cuisines, has also had uses in traditional medicine, which are increasingly under investigation by…

    Biosphere Editor 14 November, 2024
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    Check out the winners of the 2024 Biosphere Summer Photo Contest

    The votes are in, and congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Biosphere Summer Photo Contest: First place goes to Angelina Piette’s view of two-toed…

    Biosphere Editor 20 September, 2024
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    CSUN biologists reconstruct more than a century of Joshua tree flowering events to reveal the impacts of recent climate change

    Climate change has already shifted global temperatures and precipitation patterns from historical conditions, but tracking how these changes have impacted vulnerable species and ecosystems is…

    Biosphere Editor 12 September, 2024
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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)
Grants Opportunities

California Native Plants Society offers student funding

Biosphere Editor 6 April, 2023 California Native Plants Society

The Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains chapter of the California Native Plants Society is offering two scholarships of $1500 for students currently studying conservation or plant…

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Southern California Garden Club offers scholarship for students cultivating green thumbs

Biosphere Editor 6 April, 2023 Southern California Garden Club

The Southern California Garden Club, the longest established, largest and most active garden club in the San Fernando Valley is pleased to announce the opening…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Ehrenreich on using gene editing to learn how the DNA code builds traits

Biosphere Editor 17 March, 2023 gene editinggenetic variationIan M. Ehrenreich

This week the Spring 2023 Biology Colloquium hosts Ian M. Ehrenreich, Professor of Biological Sciences at USC. Dr. Ehrenreich studies how variation in DNA sequences…

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Grants Opportunities Scholarships

Newhall Scholarship for Terrestrial Ecology Research reopens for applications

Biosphere Editor 16 March, 2023 Newhall Land and Farming Scholarship

Applications for the 2023 Newhall Land and Farming Southern California Scholarship in Support of Terrestrial Ecology remain open through Thursday, March 30. The Newhall Scholarship…

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Fellowships Opportunities Scholarships

Graduate Fellowships for Outstanding Research Promise open applications for 2023-24 school year

Biosphere Editor 16 March, 2023 College of Science and Mathematics

The Graduate Fellowships for Outstanding Research Promise are offered by the CSUN College of Science and Mathematics each year to support continuing graduate students with…

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Awards Opportunities

CSUN Graduate Student awards seek applicants representing research promise and academic excellence

Biosphere Editor 16 March, 2023 Graduate Studies

CSUN Graduate Studies offers a trio of major awards each year recognizing achievement in graduate thesis research and academic work, and potential in a future…

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Education Opportunities

Wrigley Institute offers paid summer experience in ocean research for undergraduates

Biosphere Editor 16 March, 2023 REUWrigley Institute

The USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies is seeking undergraduates with interest in oceanography and marine science for a 10-week research experience this summer. Successful…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Sage on what happens when lung cancer reaches the brain

Biosphere Editor 10 March, 2023 cancer biologyJulien Sage

This week the Spring 2023 Biology Colloquium hosts Julien Sage, the Elaine and John Chambers Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics at Stanford University. Dr. Sage…

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Colloquium: Dias on therapeutic possibilities of Gal3

Biosphere Editor 3 March, 2023 galectin-3Kristen Dias

This week the Spring 2022 Biology Colloquium hosts Kristen Dias, a genomicist and bioinformatician at Truebinding. Dr. Dias, a CSUN Biology alumnus, now works on…

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Colloquium: Weil on the ecology of disease in coral reef systems

Biosphere Editor 24 February, 2023 coral reefsdisease ecologyErnesto Weil

This week the Spring 2023 Biology Colloquium hosts Ernesto Weil, Professor in the Department of Marine Science at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. Dr.…

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