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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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CSUN microbiologist on l’histoire of bacteria as cancer treatment

Biosphere Editor 7 October, 2021 cancerDavid BermudesSalmonella

CSUN Professor of Biology David Bermudes was featured in the French science magazine Epsiloon, in an article by Jean-Baptiste Veyrieras recounting the history of the…

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Colloquium: Colón-Carmona on Arabidopsis’s closest microbial friends

Biosphere Editor 1 October, 2021 Adán Colón-CarmonaArabidopsis thalianaplant-microbe interactions

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series launches will be presented by Adán Colón-Carmona, a Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Boston.…

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Grants Opportunities

San Fernando Valley Audubon Society scholarships help young conservationists take wing

Biosphere Editor 27 September, 2021 San Fernando Valley Audubon Society

The San Fernando Valley Audubon Society is sponsoring three scholarships of $500 to help young conservationists with tuition, lab fees, or other educational expenses during…

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Colloquium: de Bellard on the evolutionary genetics of neural crest cells

Biosphere Editor 24 September, 2021 evolutionary developmentMaria Elena de Ballardneural crest

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series launches will be presented by CSUN Associate Professor of Biology María Elena de Bellard, who studies the…

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Grants Opportunities

San Fernando Valley Iris Society offers support for plant-curious students

Biosphere Editor 23 September, 2021 San Fernando Valley Iris Society

The San Fernando Valley Iris Society is sponsoring three scholarships of $500 to support the next generation of plant biologists, landscape architects, and plant conservationists…

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CSUN developmental biologists find a molecular pathway that makes this worm behave like a kid again

Biosphere Editor 22 September, 2021 Ray Hong

All living things must respond to changing environmental conditions, and make use of different parts of their genetic code in different situations. The genetic programming…

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Featured Publications

CSUN plant biologists describe gene expression changes that could help biofuel trees beat the heat

Biosphere Editor 21 September, 2021 Chhandak Basuheat stresstranscriptomics

Climate change challenges global agricultural systems with hotter temperatures and altered rainfall patterns, and understanding how plants cope with heat and drought stresses has direct…

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Colloquium: Lucas on the genetics of glial development in the spleen

Biosphere Editor 17 September, 2021 MARCspleen gliaTawaun Lucas

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series launches will be presented by Tawaun Lucas, a postdoctoral research fellow at Genetech, and an alumnus of…

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Amorim Lab opens at CSUN with $1.7 million in NIH funding to study ancient epidemics

Biosphere Editor 15 September, 2021 ancient DNAEduardo Amorimgenomics

Assistant Professor Eduardo Amorim, the newest member of the Biology Department faculty, is launching his CSUN lab with a big boost from the National Institutes…

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Awards

Lacap wins COAST award supporting thesis research in the ocean

Biosphere Editor 14 September, 2021 Maria Elena de BallardRoland Lacap

Biology MSci. student Roland Lacap received a COAST Graduate Student Research Award for 2021 over the summer. The award, from the CSU Council on Ocean…

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