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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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A diagram of the anterior nervous system of Pristionchus pacificus, and different forms of neural cell in different regions
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Hong Lab seeks undergraduate researchers to study developing neurons

Biosphere Editor 8 September, 2021 Pristionchus pacificusRay Hong

CSUN Professor of Biology Ray Hong is seeking undergraduate research assistants for work on an NIH-funded study of neuron development in a model nematode, Pristionchus…

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CSUN Biology celebrates award-winning students

Biosphere Editor 24 May, 2021 Commencement 2021Garden Club Scholarshipsstudent awards

The CSUN Biology Department is pleased to announce the winners of student awards and scholarships for the 2020-2021 school year, recognized in an online awards…

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Here’s how to join the Biology Department’s online awards and honors ceremony on Monday afternoon

Biosphere Editor 21 May, 2021

The Department of Biology will hold its annual awards and honors ceremony, recognizing student accomplishments in the 2020-21 school year, next Monday, May 24, at…

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Colloquium: Young on what we lose when we lose wildlife diversity

Biosphere Editor 7 May, 2021 community ecologyConservation BiologyHillary Youngmammals
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Runa accepted into NIH professional development program

Biosphere Editor 7 May, 2021 Farhana RunaJonathan Kelber

Dr. Farhana Runa, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jonathan Kelber’s Developmental Oncogene Lab, has been selected to participate in the National Institutes of Health-funded ASCB Accomplishing…

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Tomaneng recognized as a CSUPERB Presidents’ Commission Scholar

Biosphere Editor 6 May, 2021 Jonathan KelberLuke Tomaneng

Luke Tomaneng, an undergraduate researcher working with Dr. Jonathan Kelber, has been selected to receive a 2021 CSUPERB Presidents’ Commission Scholar Award. The award will…

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Colloquium: Banner on cytokines’ role linking the immune system to the nervous system

Biosphere Editor 30 April, 2021 cytokinesLisa Bannerneroimmune interactions
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Colloquium: Hogue on an aquatic host-parasite pair

Biosphere Editor 23 April, 2021 Cheryl Courtney-Hoguehost-parasite interactions
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Colloquium: Karginov on gene regulation after transcription

Biosphere Editor 16 April, 2021 gene regulationTed Karginov
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CSUN Dreamers scholarships offer support for undocumented students

Biosphere Editor 16 April, 2021 Dreamers

The CSUN Dream Center is soliciting applications for a number of scholarships for the coming academic year that are either specific to or have preference…

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