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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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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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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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Biology Department awards offer recognition and support for undergraduate and graduate students

Biosphere Editor 3 February, 2022 student awards

The Biology Department and the College of Science and Mathematics have opened applications for awards and scholarships recognizing achievement by undergraduate and graduate students with…

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Colloquium: Van Hoven on the neural development of learning

Biosphere Editor 28 January, 2022 Miri Van Hovenneural development

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series launches will be presented by Miri Van Hoven, an Associate Professor of Biology at San José State…

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Apply to present in the 2022 Virtual CSUNposium

Biosphere Editor 28 January, 2022 CSUNposium

Applications to present research results in the 2022 Virtual CSUNposium come due next week, by noon on Tuesday Feb 1. The CSUNposium is a campus-wide…

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Southern California Garden Club offers scholarship for students cultivating green thumbs

Biosphere Editor 27 January, 2022 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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CSUN Biology grad student’s work monitoring monarch butterflies featured in the LA Times

Biosphere Editor 27 January, 2022 monarch butterfliesRichard Rachman

CSUN Biology Master’s student Richard Rachman is at the center of a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, covering the work of monitoring west…

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Richard Duenckel Garden Club Scholarship offers $1500 for students studying the green world

Biosphere Editor 9 December, 2021 Garden Club Scholarshipsplant biology

The Richard Duenckel Garden Club Scholarship from the Toluca Lake Garden Club provides up to $1,500 for undergraduate and graduate students studying the biology of plants,…

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