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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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Colloquium: Ruiz Rueda on antibiotic resistance in the wild

Biosphere Editor 6 November, 2020 antibiotic resistanceChristian Ruiz Rueda
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Colloquium: Steele on the population dynamics of fish in Southern California’s wetlands

Biosphere Editor 30 October, 2020 fishMark Steelereproductive ecology
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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…

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Colloquium: Hanzawa on the genes that guide flowering

Biosphere Editor 23 October, 2020 floweringgeneticssoybeanYoshie Hanzawa

Image: A soybean flower (Flickr: Mizzou CAFNR)

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A domestic rose (Flickr: Jeremy Yoder)
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Richard Duenckel Garden Club Scholarship offers $1500 for students on #TeamAutotroph

Biosphere Editor 21 October, 2020 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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This CSUN biologist is set to appear on JEOPARDY!

Biosphere Editor 20 October, 2020 Casey TerHorstJEOPARDY!

CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Casey terHorst will pursue trivia, and Daily Doubles, this Thursday on the mothership of quiz gameshows, JEOPARDY! TerHorst taped the…

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Colloquium: Méndez on environmental justice and the fight against climate change

Biosphere Editor 16 October, 2020 climate changeenvironmental justiceMichael Méndezpolicy

Image: Butterflyfish and corals on a part of the Great Barrier Reef. (Wikimedia: Wise Hok Wai Lum)

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Publications Research

How scientific societies can make science more inclusive — through travel

Biosphere Editor 15 October, 2020 MariaElena Zavalatravel awards

Travel awards — small grants to support attendance of scientific conferences — offer a unique opportunity to recruit and support underrepresented minorities into scientific research and careers,…

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Colloquium: Edmunds on the ecological physiology and resilience of coral reefs

Biosphere Editor 9 October, 2020 climate changecoral reefsPeter Edmunds

Image: Butterflyfish and corals on a part of the Great Barrier Reef. (Wikimedia: Wise Hok Wai Lum)

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CSUN Biology faculty report on summer program’s success in closing achievement gaps

Biosphere Editor 9 October, 2020 MARCMariaElena ZavalaRISESteven Oppenheimer

More than a decade of results from a summer program designed to prepare incoming CSUN freshmen for university-level classwork has closed much of the “achievement…

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