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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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two divers examine a coral formation
Publications Research

CSUN marine biologists measure runoff’s effects on coral reefs

Biosphere Editor 23 September, 2020 coral reefsDanielle BeckerNyssa Silbiger

Nutrients and sediment that wash into the ocean from agricultural lands and lawns may impact the stress tolerances of reef-building corals and their algal symbionts,…

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Colloquium: van Buskirk on the sleep habits of worms

Biosphere Editor 18 September, 2020 C. elegansCheryl van Buskirksleep
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$2.2 million NIH grant provides “Bridges to the Doctorate” for CSUN students

Biosphere Editor 18 September, 2020 Cheryl Courtney-HogueMariaElena ZavalaRay Hong

The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $2.2 million in support for a project linking CSUN Master’s students to PhD programs at Stanford…

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Apply for undergraduate research in Biology with support from BUILD PODER

Biosphere Editor 17 September, 2020 BUILD PODER

CSUN’s BUILD PODER program, which supports undergraduate students interested in practical research experience as preparation for graduate study in the sciences, is now soliciting applications…

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E coli cells
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NSF funds Ruiz Rueda’s quest to understand how bacteria spit out antibiotics

Biosphere Editor 16 September, 2020 antibiotic resistanceCristian Ruiz Rueda

CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda received a new grant from the National Science Foundation this summer, which will support his lab’s continuing…

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Patterns of gene expression visualized in individual cells of a fruit fly embryo (a href="http://mcb.berkeley.edu/labs/garcia/">Garcia Lab)
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Garcia on the physics of early development

Biosphere Editor 11 September, 2020 biophysicsdevelopmentHernan Garcia

Image: Patterns of gene expression visualized in individual cells of a fruit fly embryo (Garcia Lab)

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A blue and white violet
Publications Research

CSUN biologists help demonstrate that a flower’s shape determines who visits

Biosphere Editor 9 September, 2020 Jeremy Yoderpollination

Combing through over 50,000 records of animals visiting flowers, biologists at CSUN have found evidence of a pattern botanists have discussed since before the days…

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A green-and-white hummingbird with a bright orange crest
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Hertel on the diversity of hummingbirds on Chilean islands

Biosphere Editor 4 September, 2020 Fritz Hertelhummingbirds

Image: The green-backed firecrown, a hummingbird found in Argentina and Chile, and on islands off the Chilean coast (Wikimedia Commons: Felipebernala)

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A spiky tree bearing clusters of white flowers
Projects Research

Yoder Lab receives NSF funding as part of the Joshua Tree Genome Project

Biosphere Editor 2 September, 2020 Jeremy YoderJoshua treeJoshua Tree Genome Project

Earlier this summer the National Science Foundation awarded over $1.5million in funding support for a project to sequence the Joshua tree genome and learn how…

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Oppenheimer contributes to NSF webinar on online teaching

Biosphere Editor 28 August, 2020 online learningSteven Oppenheimer

Earlier in August, the National Science Foundation hosted a webinar on strategies for online learning in the coming semester, with alumni of the Presidential Awards…

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