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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

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

Projects Publications Research

Statewide coalition will study plants’ responses to climate change using pressed flowers

Biosphere Editor 13 February, 2020 CAP TCN Paul Wilson phenology

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

Alumni Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Saadat on the promise of modern reproductive medicine

Biosphere Editor 7 February, 2020 Peyman Saadat reproductive medicine

Alumni Projects

Alumna’s gift supports CSUN journal of K-12 student science projects

Biosphere Editor 6 February, 2020 New Journal of Student Abstracts Steven Oppenheimer

Events Opportunities

LA Mycological Society celebrates the fungus among us this Sunday

Biosphere Editor 5 February, 2020 fungi

Image: Wild mushrooms in North Hills (Flickr: William Garret)

MRI images of a brain, with three images highlighted and color-coded

Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Mitra on the use of AI for cancer diagnosis

Biosphere Editor 31 January, 2020 Machine learning medical imaging Sushmita Mitra

Image: MRI images with analysis output for visual saliency (Sushmita Mitra)

Alumni Publications Research

Spiders spin their webs where the weather won’t bother them, CSUN Biology graduate finds

Biosphere Editor 30 January, 2020 Andrea Haberkern behavioral ecology spiders

clouds filling valleys between mountain peaks

Publications Research

Compiling data across many experiments, CSUN biologist seeks the strongest source of natural selection

Biosphere Editor 27 January, 2020 Jeremy Yoder local adaptation

A diagram of the "pangenome" inventory of genes found in 75 Akkermansia genome assemblies

Alumni Publications Research

CSUN microbiologists uncover clues to a microbe’s role in the human gut

Biosphere Editor 23 January, 2020 Akkermansia Gilberto Flores

An iPhone home screen with an angry face on the e-mail app icon

In the news Publications Research

Survey by CSUN biologist finds that mean-spirited peer reviewer comments are common — and costly

Biosphere Editor 21 January, 2020 Nyssa Silbiger peer review

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CSUN Biology students take the prize at the 2025 CSUNposium

Matador Microbiologists Merge Mycology with Mahjong

CSUN plant biologists document effects of drought stress on a spice-cabinet staple

Check out the winners of the 2024 Biosphere Summer Photo Contest

CSUN biologists reconstruct more than a century of Joshua tree flowering events to reveal the impacts of recent climate change