Classes started this week for CSUN’s Spring 2026 semester, and Biology Department labs and lecture halls are welcoming back hundreds of students returning from winter…
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Watch MariaElena Zavala “Diving into the Discourse” on plant development and a career of breaking barriers in STEM
CSUN Professor of Biology MariaElena Zavala, a plant biologist specializing in roots’ development and stress resistance, joins the first series of CSUN’s “Diving into the…
View More Watch MariaElena Zavala “Diving into the Discourse” on plant development and a career of breaking barriers in STEMZavala joins conference on broadening participation in the biomedical sciences
Before the start of the spring semester, CSUN Professor of Biology MariaElena Zavala was among the featured speakers at the Broadening Biomedical Research Workforce Participation…
View More Zavala joins conference on broadening participation in the biomedical sciencesPuebla chosen for Toluca Lake Garden Club’s Richard Duenckel Scholarship
Martin Puebla, a MSci. student working with CSUN Professor of Biology MariaElena Zavala, received the prestigious Richard Duenckel (Toluca Lake) Garden Club Scholarship. In his…
View More Puebla chosen for Toluca Lake Garden Club’s Richard Duenckel ScholarshipColloquium: Zavala on studying plant development and making sure no one is left behind
The Biology Colloquium seminar series launches for the fall semester with CSUN’s own professor of Biology María Elena Zavala. Dr. Zavala studies the genetics of…
View More Colloquium: Zavala on studying plant development and making sure no one is left behindNIH grant funds five years of undergraduate research experiences at CSUN
The National Institutes of Health has awarded five years of support, totaling more than $2.8 million, for a new program providing undergraduate research experiences in…
View More NIH grant funds five years of undergraduate research experiences at CSUNCSUN biologist named one of the most inspiring Hispanic/ Latinx scientists in America
CSUN Professor of Biology MariaElena Zavala is one of 100 inspiring Hispanic and Latinx scientists in the US recognized by Cell Mentor for their “scholarly…
View More CSUN biologist named one of the most inspiring Hispanic/ Latinx scientists in AmericaHow scientific societies can make science more inclusive — through travel
Travel awards — small grants to support attendance of scientific conferences — offer a unique opportunity to recruit and support underrepresented minorities into scientific research and careers,…
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CSUN Biology faculty report on summer program’s success in closing achievement gaps
More than a decade of results from a summer program designed to prepare incoming CSUN freshmen for university-level classwork has closed much of the “achievement…
View More CSUN Biology faculty report on summer program’s success in closing achievement gaps$2.2 million NIH grant provides “Bridges to the Doctorate” for CSUN students
The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $2.2 million in support for a project linking CSUN Master’s students to PhD programs at Stanford…
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