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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: Ramanan on the ways mothers shape their children’s immunity

Biosphere Editor 15 November, 2024 Deepshika RamananimmunologyMicrobiology Student associationmicrobiome

The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by Deepshika Ramanan, an Assistant Professor at the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial…

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

Biosphere Editor 14 November, 2024 Chhandak BasuCucurminoidsCurcuma longa

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…

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CSUN Biology students shone in the 2024 Sigma Xi campus research symposium

Biosphere Editor 14 November, 2024 Sigma Xiundergraduate research

Last Friday the CSUN Chapter of Sigma Xi held its 24th Annual Student Research Symposium, in which 26 students across the College of Science and Math…

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Colloquium: Borkovich on the dynamism of cells’ interior “skeleton”

Biosphere Editor 8 November, 2024 filamentous fungiKatherine Borkovich

The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by Katherine Borkovich, Professor of Microbiology and Plant Pathology at the University of California,…

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Colloquium: Ruiz Rueda on the gene expression underlying antibiotic resistance

Biosphere Editor 1 November, 2024 antibiotic resistanceCristian Ruiz Rueda

The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Cristian Ruiz Rueda. Dr. Ruiz studies bacterial antibiotic…

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Colloquium: Takahashi on the regulatory role of small RNAs

Biosphere Editor 25 October, 2024 Melissa Takahashismall RNAs

The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by CSUN Assistant Professor of Biology Melissa Takahashi. Dr. Takahashi studies the role of…

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Colloquium: Mullins on the dynamism of cells’ interior “skeleton”

Biosphere Editor 18 October, 2024 cellular architectureDyche Mullins

The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by Dyche Mullins, Professor of Department of Cellular Molecular Pharmacology in the UC San…

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Colloquium: Rodriguez-Verdugo on how microbial communities evolve together

Biosphere Editor 11 October, 2024 Alejandra Rodriguez-Verdugomicrobial ecology

The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by Alejandra Rodriguez-Verdugo, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Irvine. Dr.…

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Colloquium: Rebolleda Gómez on the rules of microbial community assembly

Biosphere Editor 4 October, 2024 BEER ClubMaría Rebolleda Gómezmicrobial ecology

The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by María Rebolleda Gómez, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Irvine.…

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Colloquium: Thoms talks toxic triggering in plant immune responses to microbes

Biosphere Editor 27 September, 2024 David Thomshost-microbe interactions

The Fall 2024 Biology Colloquium Series continues Friday with a seminar by David Thoms, Assistant Professor of Biology at Florida State University. Dr. Thoms studies…

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