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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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A spiderweb beaded with dew
Alumni Publications Research

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

Biosphere Editor 30 January, 2020 Andrea Haberkernbehavioral ecologyspiders
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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 Yoderlocal adaptation
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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 AkkermansiaGilberto Flores
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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 Silbigerpeer review
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Campus Events

CSUN joins a century-old participatory science project, counting birds for the holidays

Biosphere Editor 12 December, 2019 birdwatchingSan Fernando Valley Audubon

Image: A black phoebe, one of the common songbirds on the CSUN campus (Flickr: Maggie Smith)

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A domestic rose (Flickr: Jeremy Yoder)
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National Garden Clubs offer scholarships to biology students

Biosphere Editor 11 December, 2019 National Garden Clubs

Image: A domestic rose (Flickr: Jeremy Yoder)

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Colloquium: Medina returns to CSUN to talk RNA localization

Biosphere Editor 22 November, 2019 Hugo MedinaRISE
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CSUN Biology students appointed to California Native Plant Society’s new Student Advisory Group

Biosphere Editor 21 November, 2019 Gio GomezRichard Rachman
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Alumni Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Dudgeon on marine ecology in the Gulf of Maine

Biosphere Editor 15 November, 2019 marine ecologySteve Dudgeon
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Microbiology Student Association hosts Alyson Santoro to discuss microbial life in the “dark ocean”

Biosphere Editor 13 November, 2019 Alyson SantoroMicrobiology Student association
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