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Philosophy Department hosts lecture on our gene-edited future

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Ruiz-Rueda Lab probes the genetics of drug resistance in an emerging pathogen

Biosphere Editor 10 October, 2019 antibiotic resistance Christian Ruiz Rueda Cupriavidus gilardii

Image: Detail of Ruiz et al (2019) Figure 1

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Help restore native plants in the Santa Monica mountains this Saturday

Biosphere Editor 10 October, 2019 habitat restoration Santa Monica Mountains

Image: California buckwheat, Eriogonum fasciculatum, in the Santa Monica Mountains (photo by Jeremy Yoder)

Education In the news

Oppenheimer’s commentary featured in NSTA Reports

Biosphere Editor 8 October, 2019 Steven Oppenheimer

Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Rougier on the disappearance of humanity’s closest cousins

Biosphere Editor 4 October, 2019 anthropology Hélène Rougier Neanderthals

Publications Research

Hong Lab describes 100 million years of evolutionary changes in worms’ neural architecture

Biosphere Editor 2 October, 2019 Pristionchus pacificus Ray Hong

Image: Electron micrograph images of sections through the amphid sensillum of P. pacificus (from Hong et al 2019, Figure 1)

Publications Research

Silbiger tests thermal tolerances of coral from different climates

Biosphere Editor 30 September, 2019 coral Nyssa Silbiger Orbicella franksi

Image: A colony of Orbicella franski in Bermuda. (Nyssa Silbiger)

Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Riestra on the the molecular basis of an intimate parasite’s virulence

Biosphere Editor 27 September, 2019 Angelica Riestra

Publications Research

Ruiz Rueda Lab describes the metabolic role of a molecular pump that helps E. coli resist antibiotics

Biosphere Editor 27 September, 2019 antibiotic resistance Christian Ruiz Rueda E coli

Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Paz tracks a gene’s role in autophagy and cellular stress

Biosphere Editor 20 September, 2019 Edwin Paz

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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

Philosophy Department hosts lecture on our gene-edited future

Ruiz-Rueda Lab probes the genetics of drug resistance in an emerging pathogen

Help restore native plants in the Santa Monica mountains this Saturday

Oppenheimer’s commentary featured in NSTA Reports

Colloquium: Rougier on the disappearance of humanity’s closest cousins

Hong Lab describes 100 million years of evolutionary changes in worms’ neural architecture

Silbiger tests thermal tolerances of coral from different climates

Colloquium: Riestra on the the molecular basis of an intimate parasite’s virulence

Ruiz Rueda Lab describes the metabolic role of a molecular pump that helps E. coli resist antibiotics

Colloquium: Paz tracks a gene’s role in autophagy and cellular stress