Department News

Developing Ultrafast Movement: using ontogeny to understand biological spring-latch mechanisms. Dr. Jacob Harrison, Georgia Institute of Technology. 4:00pm via Zoom.

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Keck Foundation to increase enrollment and retention from first-generation and underrepresented students.

CNSM students win six awards at 2021 ABRCMS – a research conference designed for underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

In response to the oil spill off Huntington Beach, CSULB's Shark Lab and Whitcraft Wetlands Lab took part in field sampling along various Southern California shorelines to assess the damage to native marine life and sensitive ecological systems.

"Phil" the corpse flower put on a show just two years after its last bloom in 2019 and again released its well-documented rotten flesh stench.

Dr. Renaud Berlemont recently contributed to research analyzing samples of ancient soil trapped in Arctic ice from roughly 33,000 years ago.

The Biological Sciences Department celebrates with our recent graduates, their family and friends, and our faculty and staff. We created a video compilation for everyone to enjoy. Congratulations to the graduating class of 2020!

The Biological Sciences Department would like to digitally celebrate with our students, their family and friends, and our faculty and staff. Using video and image submissions, we will create a video compilation for everyone to enjoy. Submissions due May 25.

Our Biological Sciences Department conducts a wide variety of research throughout the year including projects designed to save our coastal wetlands, exploring the evolution of armored mammals, and discovering whether bees have an impact on native plant life.

Dr. Whitcraft's lab focuses on quantifying the effects of human activities on the structure and function of wetlands. The lab also works with land owners and resource agencies to design solutions that prevent further degradation and restore these ecosystems.

Biology Professor Amanda Fisher has received $1.8 million in NSF funding to digitize the university's plant collection as part of a large California-wide collaboration to understand the effects of climate change on flowering time.

JUNE 3: Thank you again to everyone who came out to see Phil today. Phil is now back up in his greenhouse, where he will finish his decline. He will not be put on display again.