Charting the Spatiotemporal Landscape of Species’ Responses to Climate Change | October 28, 2024 • 4:00 PM | Dr. Morgan W. Tingley
SDSU Alumnus Dedicated to Promoting Fellow Athletes with Disabilities and Improving Healthcare
Peter Phillips uses microbiology and business degrees, plus a passion for athletics and sailing, to give back to the community
Don’t Lose Your Head Over It!
“We could see the whole bodies of the nematodes, but the head was just like detached from the body,” said chemistry major Yesenia Rodriguez Reyes, a workshop participant. She says no one in the Luallen lab had ever seen this before.
Preparing the Next Generation of Sustainable Scientists
SDSU scientists received $5 million from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for growing and increasing diversity among researchers who are contributing to sustainable food systems along the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Why Biology at SDSU?
The Department of Biology at San Diego State University has excellent degree programs with courses taught by over 50 full-time, research-active faculty members. We serve and mentor approximately 1,300 undergraduate majors in Biology and Microbiology, 80 minors, 150 graduate students, and thousands of students from other departments. SDSU offers various coursework in cellular and molecular biology, ecology, evolution, and related fields. In a typical semester, undergraduates have access to over 50 courses. Nearly all of these classes are small, with fewer than 30 students, or have associated laboratory sections with fewer than 25 students.
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Recent Thesis Defenses
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The Immunogenic Signatures in Bacteriophage Genomes and the Gut Virome
Lukeman Kharrat | Tuesday, October 29, 2024
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Elucidating the Genome-Scale Metabolic Network of Trichomonas Vaginalis
Zimri Mena | Monday, October 28, 2024
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Drug Transporter Knockout and Gut Microbiome Analysis in Lytechinus Pictus
Lauren Stoeltje | Wednesday, October 23, 2024
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Phenological Variation and Evolution Across Space and Time in Erythranthe Cardinalis
Jordan Waits | Friday, October 18, 2024.
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Effects of P38 Docking Domain Mutation on the Function of MEF2 in Drosophila Melanogaster
Bhumika Gode | Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
Announcements
Robert Luallen Awarded as a Presidential Research Fellow
Robert Luallen’s research focuses on understanding the beneficial and pathogenic interactions between natural microbiota and their hosts, using small nematodes as model animals. By combining outreach, ecological sampling, and laboratory research, he and his students aim to uncover the molecular interactions occurring between hosts and bacteria, and explore potential applications […]
Pardon the Dust, We Just Launched our New Website
Welcome! Pardon the dust as we unveil our brand-new website! We’re delighted to have you explore our updated online home. If you’re searching for something specific, please check the menu, which now features enhanced navigation to assist you in finding information more efficiently. Exciting new features and content are on […]
Cristal Zuniga Recognized at U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Scientists Awards
Funding for the Early Career Research Program (ECRP) Supports the Next Generation of America’s Scientific Workforce The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 91 early career scientists from across the country who will receive a combined $138 million in funding for research covering a wide range of topics including […]