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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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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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NIH grant provides new support for upcoming CSU Interdisciplinary Cancer Meeting

Biosphere Editor 27 August, 2020 CSU-ICMDaniel TamaeDavid BermudesJonathan KelberMaria Elena de Ballard

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health R13 mechanism will fund a meeting of cancer researchers across the California State Univeristy system this…

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USDA funds Basu Lab in project to develop turmeric as a cash crop

Biosphere Editor 26 August, 2020 Chhandak BasuCucurma longa

CSUN plant biologist Chhandak Basu and colleagues at Alabama A&M University have received funding to continue a project developing turmeric as a cash crop for…

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CSUN microbiologist Gilberto Flores receives NIH funding to study how bacteria help us get the most out of milk

Biosphere Editor 26 August, 2020 AkkermansiaGilberto Flores

CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Gilberto Flores received a big new grant from the National Institutes of Health this summer, which will support his lab’s…

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CSUN Biology holds virtual graduation and awards ceremony

Biosphere Editor 15 May, 2020 Graduation 2020

CSUN Biology concludes a spring semester reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic with a virtual graduation and student awards recognition ceremony this afternoon. The ceremony, to…

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CSUN Biology celebrates award-winning students

Biosphere Editor 15 May, 2020 Commencement 2020Garden Club Scholarshipsstudent awards

The CSUN Biology Department is pleased to announce the winners of student awards and scholarships for the 2019/2020 school year. Graduate students From the College…

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Zavala contributes to assessment of diversity efforts at the American Society for Cell Biology

Biosphere Editor 14 May, 2020 broadening participationMARCMariaElena ZavalaRISE

Scientific societies have an important role to play in broadening the diversity of people who participate in research, and their potential impacts can be substantial,…

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Oppenheimer and students publish large-scale experiment in cellular de-clumping

Biosphere Editor 14 May, 2020 cancer biologySteven Oppenheimer

Cancer cells have different properties in groups than they do solo, including greater risk of metastasis — establishing in parts of the body far from a…

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CSUN biology research immersion class tackles COVID-19 vaccine design

Biosphere Editor 13 May, 2020

Every spring semester class at CSUN has had to retool to cope with the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic; but Biology Professor David Bermudes’s…

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