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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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Silbiger receives NSF support to study how acidified oceans will change life on rocky shores

Biosphere Editor 30 March, 2021 data scienceNyssa Silbigerocean acidification

CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Nyssa Silbiger has been awarded a major new grant through the National Science Foundation’s CAREER program. The funding, totaling more…

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Colloquium: Huang describes how individual cells get into shape

Biosphere Editor 26 March, 2021 cellular architectureKC Huang
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Special seminar: Suzanne Devkota on the microbes that can move fat tissue

Biosphere Editor 25 March, 2021 Crohn's DiseaseMicrobiology Student associationmicrobiomeSuzanne Devkota
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Modified visualization of an IF-stained tumor section (Courtesy of the Kelber Lab).
Projects Research

CSUN molecular biologist receives renewed support from NIH to study breast cancer at the cellular level

Biosphere Editor 24 March, 2021 Jonathan Kelber

The Kelber laboratory has received a second cycle of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIGMS SCORE grant program to continue investigating the…

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Colloquium: Bernal returns to CSUN to explain how bacteria burrow into tomatoes

Biosphere Editor 12 March, 2021 disease resistanceEduardo Bernal
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Special seminar: Aspen Reese on the evolution of the gut microbiome

Biosphere Editor 11 March, 2021 Aspen Reesehost-microbe interactionsMicrobiology Student associationmicrobiome
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Colloquium: Coleman explains where the fishes are

Biosphere Editor 5 March, 2021 marine ecologyRichard Coleman
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Modified visualization of an IF-stained tumor section (Courtesy of the Kelber Lab).
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Special seminar: Alvin L. Smith explains how NASA will bring back samples from Mars

Biosphere Editor 1 March, 2021 Alvin L. SmithMarsMicrobiology Student associationplanetary protection

Image: Modified visualization of an IF-stained tumor section (Courtesy of the Developmental Oncogene Lab).

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Colloquium: Diaz explains the molecular basis of memory

Biosphere Editor 26 February, 2021 Elva Diazmolecular genetics
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Alumni

Hurtado accepted into Doris Duke Conservation Scholars

Biosphere Editor 24 February, 2021 Doris Duke Conservation ScholarsSierra Hurtado

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology BS student Sierra Hurtado has been accepted into the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars program at the University of Washington. The prestigious…

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