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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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Sherman Oaks Garden Club offers scholarship for students of the green world

Biosphere Editor 3 March, 2020 Garden Club Scholarshipsplant biology

The Sherman Oaks Garden Club is offering a scholarship of $1,000 for one lucky CSUN undergraduate or graduate student studying plant biology, environmental science, ecology, or…

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Colloquium: Kearny on the legacy and future of U.S. government support for science

Biosphere Editor 28 February, 2020 AAASMaureen KearneyScience policy
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Twin “flumes” placed over patches of coral reef to allow manipulation of the water chemistry
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CSUN marine biologists launch new rig to study climate change under the sea

Biosphere Editor 27 February, 2020 Bob CarpenterGriffin SrednickPeter Edmunds
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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Neal on the endoplasmic reticulum’s recycling system

Biosphere Editor 21 February, 2020 endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradationSonya Neal
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CSUN Biology graduate student receives Richard Duenckel Scholarship

Biosphere Editor 20 February, 2020 Paula SchiffmanRichard Rachman
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A coyote crosses a city street, lit by streetlights (National Park Service)
Alumni Publications Research

CSUN ecologists determine what’s on the menu for LA’s coyotes

Biosphere Editor 20 February, 2020 coyotesRachel LarsonTim Karelsurban ecology

Urban coyotes eat more garbage, fruit, and domestic cats, and are less picky than neighboring suburban and rural coyotes, according to the results of a…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Putnam on marine organisms’ responses to changing oceans

Biosphere Editor 14 February, 2020 climate changeecophysiologyHollie Putnam
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CSUN student researcher presents at Keystone Symposium

Biosphere Editor 14 February, 2020 MARCMaria Elena de BallardRoland Lacap
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A schematic of the components of the bacterial RNA polymerase and the role of a sigma factor in transcription (Srivastava et al. 2020, Figure 1)
Publications Research

CSUN microbiologist reviews the potential of a molecule that could help turn bacteria into biological factories

Biosphere Editor 14 February, 2020 cyanobacteriaMichael Summerssigma factors
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California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)
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Statewide coalition will study plants’ responses to climate change using pressed flowers

Biosphere Editor 13 February, 2020 CAP TCNPaul Wilsonphenology

Image: California poppies bloom in the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, 2009 (Flickr: Michael Huey)

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