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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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Colloquium: Meyer on ecological restoration in a changing climate

Biosphere Editor 8 November, 2019 fire ecologyMarc Meyerrestoration ecology
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Campus Education Events Opportunities

CSUN-al Gardening offers free public class on gardening for the kitchen

Biosphere Editor 4 November, 2019 CSUN-al Gardening

Image: A colorful late-summer harvest (photo by Marion Brown).

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Colloquium: Beninde on population genetics in the urban jungle

Biosphere Editor 1 November, 2019 Joscha Benindelandscape geneticsurban evolution
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Classes In the news

CSUN Marine Biology students write and illustrate a children’s book about barnacle competition

Biosphere Editor 31 October, 2019 marine ecologyNyssa Silbiger
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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Witman on the distribution of biodiveristy in the Galapagos Marine Reserve

Biosphere Editor 25 October, 2019 Jon Witmanmarine ecology
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CSUN graduate student answers National Geographic’s “provocative questions”

Biosphere Editor 24 October, 2019 Taylorann Smith
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CSUN marine biologists surprised by the arrival of nearly 700 baby sea bass

Biosphere Editor 23 October, 2019 giant sea bassLarry Allen

Image: Some of the baby sea bass. (Photo by Michael Couffer, via CSUNshine Today)

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A domestic rose (Flickr: Jeremy Yoder)
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Richard Duenckel Garden Club Scholarship offers $1500 for students on #TeamAutotroph

Biosphere Editor 22 October, 2019 Garden Club Scholarshipsplant biology

The Richard Duenckel Garden Club Scholarship from the Toluca Lake Garden Club provides up to $1,500 for undergraduate and graduate students studying the biology of plants,…

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Colloquium: Gilbert on CRISPR’s next trick

Biosphere Editor 18 October, 2019 CRISPRLuke Gilbert
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Microbiology Student Association hosts Mohamed Donia to discuss small molecules’ role in microbiome associations

Biosphere Editor 14 October, 2019 Microbiology Student associationMohamed Donia
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