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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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Medicago polymorpha (Carol Witham, via CalPhotos)
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Colloquium: terHorst on the limits of eco-evolutionary interactions

Biosphere Editor 21 September, 2018 Casey TerHorstclimate changespecies invasions

This week’s seminar in the Biology Department colloquium series will be presented by CSUN Associate Professor of Biology Casey terHorst. terHorst studies the ecological impacts of…

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Medicago polymorpha (Carol Witham, via CalPhotos)
Publications Research

Invasive wildflower grows bigger, but not more competitive, in new territory

Biosphere Editor 20 September, 2018 Casey TerHorstMedicago polymorphaspecies invasions

The invasive wildflower Medicago polymorpha has evolved to grow more rapidly in its new range, but this change is not associated with stronger competitive ability against…

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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 19 September, 2018 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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Glass of wine (Flickr: Quinn Dombrowski
Departmental Events

Discover the microbes behind your Merlot at Wine 101

Biosphere Editor 19 September, 2018 Larry BaresiMicrobiology Student association

The Microbiology Student Association (MSA) would like to welcome you to our first event of the Fall 2018 semester. This Friday, September 21st we will…

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Closeup of Medicago polymorpha flowers. (Steve Matson, via CalPhotos.)
Publications Research

This invasive plant succeeds by evolving to compete

Biosphere Editor 17 September, 2018 Camdilla WirthCasey TerHorstMedicago polymorphaspecies invasions

Experiments with the invasive wildflower Medicago polymorpha show that the plant evolved to be a tougher competitor as it established itself in new habitats, including California.…

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Curator Greg Pauly
Departmental Events

Colloquium: Pauly will discuss citizen science

Biosphere Editor 14 September, 2018 citizen scienceGreg Pauly

This week’s Biology Colloquium series seminar will be given by Greg Pauly, Curator of Herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Pauly will…

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ASPB seeks proposals for projects “Transforming education in plant biology”

Biosphere Editor 13 September, 2018 ASPBplant biology

The American Society of Plant Biologists is seeking applications for its 2019 Transforming Education in Plant Biology grant, which provides up to $4500 for faculty teaching…

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Fleisher et al. (2018), detail from Figure 7
Alumni Publications Research

terHorst Lab alumnus publishes model of predator-prey dynamics

Biosphere Editor 13 September, 2018 Casey TerHorstcoevolutionJing Lipredator-preySamuel Fleischertheory

Biology alumnus Sam Fleischer, now a Ph.D. student at UC Davis, has published results from his undergraduate research with Associate Professor Casey terHorst in the…

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Meet the new Biosphere

Biosphere Editor 10 September, 2018 Biosphere

Biosphere, the newsletter for the Department of Biology at California State University Northridge, officially re-launches this week as a departmental news site, at csunbiosphere.org. The…

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Members of the Pellmyr Lab in 2008: grad student Will Godsoe, postdoc Chris Smith, PI Olle Pellmyr, and grad student Jeremy Yoder
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Reflections on starting the grad student-advisor relationship

Biosphere Editor 10 September, 2018 Jeremy YodermentoringOlle Pellmyr

My PhD advisor, Olle Pellmyr, passed away in December after a long illness. After attending his memorial service in May, I wrote down some thoughts…

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