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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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Rogers Lab identifies protein’s role in early nervous system development

Biosphere Editor 3 September, 2019 Crystal Rogersneural crest cellsneural development

Image: Figure 2 from Chacon and Rogers (2019), presenting immunohistochemistry staining to track the expression of Tubulin Beta-III in the neural plate

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Special seminar: Pratchett on the state of the Great Barrier Reef

Biosphere Editor 10 May, 2019 coral reefsMorgan Pratchett

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Morgan Pratchett from the ARC Research Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef…

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Campus Education Events Opportunities

June CSUN-al Gardening class will feature tool rehab and maintenance

Biosphere Editor 8 May, 2019 Botanic Garden

On Saturday, June 1st, from 9-11 a.m., landscape designer Steve Gerischer will lead the June CSUN-al Gardening class, addressing the best gardening tools, where to get…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Stajich on the lessons from 1,000 fungal genomes

Biosphere Editor 3 May, 2019 fungusgenomicsJason Stajich

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Jason Stajich from the Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology at UC…

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Departmental Events

Special Seminar: Fischer on parental care by poison frogs

Biosphere Editor 2 May, 2019 Eva K. Fischer

Dr. Eva K. Fischer will visit the Department of Biology next Monday, May 6, to meet with department members and present her research on the…

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CSUN biologists show how cancer cells make themselves at home in healthy tissue

Biosphere Editor 1 May, 2019 cancer biologyJonathan KelberKayla Meade

Before they begin to spread through the body, some cancer cells secrete molecules that may make tumor-free tissues more hospitable to invading cancer cells, CSUN…

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Colloquium: Bernal on selective signaling for mating communication

Biosphere Editor 26 April, 2019 animal communicationsensory ecologyXimena Bernal

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Ximena Bernal from the Department of Biology at Purdue University. Bernal, who…

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Silbiger talks climate change and the challenges of science communication on Sisters of Sci-Fi podcast

Biosphere Editor 25 April, 2019 Nyssa Silbigerocean acidification

CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Nyssa Silbiger appeared on the latest episode of the Sisters of Sci-Fi podcast, talking with host L. Stephanie Tate about…

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Events Projects

CSUN Women in Science launch fundraiser for after-school science outreach

Biosphere Editor 24 April, 2019 Ruth GramajoWomen in Science

The CSUN Women in Science club have launched an online fundraiser to support GIST, their after-school science outreach program for girls at a local middle…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Rothman on animal development … in spaaaaace

Biosphere Editor 19 April, 2019 developmentJoel Rothmanspace

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Joel Rothman from the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at…

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