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    Celebrating student accomplishments at the end of the academic year, this week in CSUN Biology

    This is the last Biosphere of Spring 2026 — but you can send in your updates with the new streamlined contribution form — scholarship and grant opportunities,…

    Biosphere Editor 15 May, 2026
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  • Awards Campus Events Featured

    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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  • Featured Publications Research

    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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  • Featured Publications Research

    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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  • Awards Departmental Events Featured

    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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Awards In the news Research

Rogers and Loza-Coll awarded in BioArt competition for their image of a fruit fly ovary

Biosphere Editor 28 January, 2019 Crystal RogersMariano Loza-Coll

Two CSUN Biology faculty were among the winners of the 2018 BioArt competition held by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Assistant Professors…

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Fellowships Opportunities

Apply for undergraduate research in Biology with support from BUILD PODER

Biosphere Editor 25 January, 2019 BUILD PODER

CSUN’s BUILD PODER program, which supports undergraduate students interested in practical research experience as preparation for graduate study in the sciences, is now soliciting applications…

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Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Kirmiz on the infancy of the human microbiome

Biosphere Editor 25 January, 2019 MicrobiologyNina Kirmiz

The first seminar in the Biology Colloquium series for the Spring 2019 semester will be given by CSUN Biology postdoctoral researcher Nina Kirmiz. Kirmiz studies…

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Alumni Publications Research

Kelber Lab dissects a protein’s role in regeneration

Biosphere Editor 24 January, 2019 Farhana RunaJonathan KelberMalachia HooverSa La Kim

CSUN biologists have traced interactions between Cripto, a signaling protein associated with development and stem cell regulation, and other molecules that direct tissue regeneration. The…

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San Diego skyline at night (Flickr: John Sisti Photograpy
Alumni Conference Events Research

Rogers, Manohar, and Kelber to present in ASCB annual meeting in San Diego

Biosphere Editor 11 December, 2018 Alberto CamachoASCBCrystal RogersJonathan KelberSubrajaa Manohar

CSUN Biology faculty and students are in San Diego, California, for the 2018 American Society of Cell Biology Meeting.   Assistant Professor of Biology Crystal…

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The First Place winner, from the Flores Lab (Photo by Tim Karels)
Departmental Events

Biology ornaments celebrate science and the holiday season

Biosphere Editor 10 December, 2018 Holidays

Faculty, staff, and students in the Department of Biology celebrated the holiday season and showed off their creative sides by designing Christmas tree ornaments to…

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Campus Events Publications Research

New volume of the New Journal of Student Research Abstracts showcases K-12 students’ science

Biosphere Editor 6 December, 2018 New Journal of Student AbstractsSteven Oppenheimer

A new volume of the New Journal of Student Research, edited by CSUN Biology Professor Emeritus Steve Oppenheimer, has been published online through the CSUN ScholarWorks…

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Steven Oppenheimer (second from right) with fellow awardees Earl Enzer, Bonnie Faherty, and Edward Feldman, and CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison and Alumni Association President Cindy Chernow at the Volunteer Service Awards. (Photo via CSUN Today.)
Alumni Awards In the news

Professor Emeritus Oppenheimer honored for service to the university

Biosphere Editor 5 December, 2018 Dean Ed Peckham Award for Emeritus ServiceSteven Oppenheimer

CSUN Biology Professor Emeritus Steve Oppenheimer was among those honored at the CSUN Volunteer Service Awards last Friday, receiving the Dean Ed Peckham Award for…

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Campus Events Opportunities Research

Applications open for 2019 CSUNposium

Biosphere Editor 3 December, 2018 CSUNposium

Applications open today for students interested in presenting research results at the annual CSUNposium, to be held Friday, April 5, 2019. The CSUNposium is a…

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A deer tick (Chou Lab website)
Colloquium Departmental Events

Colloquium: Chou to discuss ticks and pathogen transmission

Biosphere Editor 30 November, 2018 deer tickSeemay Chouvector-borne disease

This week’s seminar in the Biology Colloquium series will be given by Dr. Seemay Chou, from the University of California, San Francisco. Chou studies animal-microbe…

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