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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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Alumni Publications

Oppenheimer’s work to broaden student participation in research featured in two new papers

Biosphere Editor 9 March, 2022 Steven Oppenheimerstudent research

The first issue of the journal Frontiers in Education Technology features not one but two contributions by CSUN Professor Emeritus of Biology Steven Oppenheimer, highlighting…

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Publications Research

Open expression of LGBTQ identity may promote productivity

Biosphere Editor 9 March, 2022 LGBTQscience careers

LGBTQ scientists publish more papers if they’re “out” at work, according to survey results analyzed by CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Jeremy Yoder and colleagues…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Special seminar: Yeimy Cifuentes on the vital importance of spiders

Biosphere Editor 4 March, 2022 BEER Clubspiders

The Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution Research (BEER) Club hosts a special seminar this Friday, featuring Yeimy Cifuentes. Cifuentes is an ecologist and environmental educator with…

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Colloquium: CSUN MARC alumna Briones on the development of a new treatment for chronic pain

Biosphere Editor 4 March, 2022 Marisa Brionespain managementpharmaceutical development

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be presented by Marisa Briones, co-founder of BDH Pharma. Dr. Briones is a graduate of the…

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Colloquium: Alderate on the microbial link from our environment to our gut to our health

Biosphere Editor 25 February, 2022 microbiomeTanya Alderate

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be presented by Tanya Alderate, Assistant Professor of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.…

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A mottled green and brown tree frog sitting on mossy ground with fern fronds in the background
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Hoke on frogs’ ears

Biosphere Editor 18 February, 2022 convergent evolutionfrogsKim Hoke

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be presented by Kim Hoke, the Professor of Biology at Colorado State University. Hoke studies the…

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Awards

Puebla chosen for Toluca Lake Garden Club’s Richard Duenckel Scholarship

Biosphere Editor 16 February, 2022 MariaElena Zavala

Martin Puebla, a MSci. student working with CSUN Professor of Biology MariaElena Zavala, received the prestigious Richard Duenckel (Toluca Lake) Garden Club Scholarship. In his…

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Colloquium: Maduro on the development of a worm’s gut

Biosphere Editor 11 February, 2022 C. elegansdevelopmentMorris Maduro

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series launches will be presented by Morris Maduro, professor and chair of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology at…

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Alumni Featured Publications Research

CSUN marine biologists measure the ecological cost of losing “foundation species”

Biosphere Editor 10 February, 2022 ecosystem functionNyssa Silbigerspecies lossestidepools

The loss of species changes living communities, but some species losses have bigger impacts than others — such as “foundation species”, which contribute resources or…

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Colloquium: Marqusee on reading a protein’s energy

Biosphere Editor 4 February, 2022 protein foldingSusan Marqusee

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series launches will be presented by Susan Marqusee, a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UC Berkeley.…

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