Southern California’s iconic Joshua trees are in bloom, and California State University, Northridge’s environmental biologists are asking the public’s help in figuring out why and what it means for the trees’ future.
It may still be a few years off, but California State University, Northridge biology professor Rachel Mackelprang is part of a team of scientists who are developing safety protocols for when samples collected from the martian surface by NASA’s Perseverance rover or other missions are brought to Earth.
The research, titled “Marine heatwave decimates fire coral populations in the Caribbean” appears in the latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Since 1995, K-12 students and teachers have published their research in The New Journal of Student Research Abstracts, created by Dr. Steven Oppenheimer who hopes of instilling a curiosity in science beyond the classroom.
California State University, Northridge marine biologist Peter Edmunds met for nearly a week earlier this summer with his French and US counterparts in a chateau in France to find ways in which they could continue their research on the coral reefs of French Polynesia, and perhaps identify ways to bolster support for scientific research at a time when politics takes precedence over the search for truth.
Through the CIRM Bridges CSUN Stem Cell Research and Therapy Training Program, students search for scientific breakthroughs.
Cell and molecular biologist Chhandak Basu, a professor at California State University, Northridge, is an expert in plant and microbial cellular responses to climate change and environmental extremes.
Joshua trees are only pollinated by yucca moths, but how do the moths know when it is time to pollinate? That is what Pryce Millikin, a California State University, Northridge biology graduate student, is trying to figure out, and he’s asking the public to help.
California State University, Northridge professor Jeremy Yoder has been honored in three national scholarly societies on evolutionary biology for his work advancing equity and justice in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.