Skip to content
CSUN Biosphere

CSUN Biosphere

News of the living world from the Department of Biology at CSU Northridge
CSUN Biosphere
  • Home
  • CSUN
    • Dept of Biology
    • College of Science & Math
  • Events
  • Research
    • Projects
    • Publications
    • Patents
  • Opportunities
    • Fellowships
    • Scholarships
    • Grants
    • Education
    • Jobs
  • In the news
  • Alumni
  • Contribute news
  • Awards Campus Events Featured

    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
    View More
  • Featured Publications Research

    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
    View More
  • Featured Publications Research

    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
    View More
  • Awards Departmental Events Featured

    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
    View More
  • Featured Publications Research

    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
    View More

Awards In the news

San Fernando Valley Audubon Society awards scholarships to three CSUN students

Biosphere Editor 3 December, 2020 Elliot BloomNatalie Beckman-SmithRichard RachmanSan Fernando Valley Audubon

CSUN Biology senior Natalie Beckman-Smith, MSci student Elliott Bloom, and MSci student Richard Rachman have been selected to receive the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society’s…

View More San Fernando Valley Audubon Society awards scholarships to three CSUN students
Kelp forest (Flickr: NOAA)
Publications Research

Kelp forests could fight ocean acidification, CSUN marine biologists find

Biosphere Editor 2 December, 2020 kelpKerry Nickolsocean acidification

Kelp forests are the biological foundation of marine ecosystems all along California’s coastline, and their collective biochemical activity may help offset ocean acidification, according to…

View More Kelp forests could fight ocean acidification, CSUN marine biologists find
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Gray talking about crickets, apparently

Biosphere Editor 20 November, 2020 cricketsDavid Gray
View More Colloquium: Gray talking about crickets, apparently
Modified visualization of an IF-stained tumor section (Courtesy of the Kelber Lab).
Colloquium Departmental Events

Special seminar: Kelber on the molecular genetics of cancer progression

Biosphere Editor 19 November, 2020 cancer biologyJonathan Kelber

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

View More Special seminar: Kelber on the molecular genetics of cancer progression
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Jones on adhesion and the cell cycle

Biosphere Editor 13 November, 2020 cell matrix adhesionMatt Jones
View More Colloquium: Jones on adhesion and the cell cycle
Awards In the news People

CSUN biologist named one of the most inspiring Hispanic/ Latinx scientists in America

Biosphere Editor 12 November, 2020 MariaElena Zavala

CSUN Professor of Biology MariaElena Zavala is one of 100 inspiring Hispanic and Latinx scientists in the US recognized by Cell Mentor for their “scholarly…

View More CSUN biologist named one of the most inspiring Hispanic/ Latinx scientists in America
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Ruiz Rueda on antibiotic resistance in the wild

Biosphere Editor 6 November, 2020 antibiotic resistanceChristian Ruiz Rueda
View More Colloquium: Ruiz Rueda on antibiotic resistance in the wild
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Steele on the population dynamics of fish in Southern California’s wetlands

Biosphere Editor 30 October, 2020 fishMark Steelereproductive ecology
View More Colloquium: Steele on the population dynamics of fish in Southern California’s wetlands
Publications Research

CSUN molecular biologist aims for virality with review of COVID biochemistry

Biosphere Editor 29 October, 2020 Steve Oppenheimer

The sugars making up part of the viral capsule of the SARS-Cov-2 are an underexplored target for antiviral drugs, CSUN Professor Emeritus of Biology Steven…

View More CSUN molecular biologist aims for virality with review of COVID biochemistry
a small purple flower
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Hanzawa on the genes that guide flowering

Biosphere Editor 23 October, 2020 floweringgeneticssoybeanYoshie Hanzawa

Image: A soybean flower (Flickr: Mizzou CAFNR)

View More Colloquium: Hanzawa on the genes that guide flowering

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 … Page 49 Next page

Get Biosphere by e-mail

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 2 other subscribers

Archives

January 2026
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« May    

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
CSUN Biosphere | Designed by: Theme Freesia | WordPress | © Copyright All right reserved