2026
June
02,
2026
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10:29 AM
America/Los_Angeles
One of the slowest creatures on Earth might be heading toward a scientific breakthrough at warp speed.Cal State San Marcos researchers – along with colleagues from the San Diego Natural History Museum, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles …
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May
13,
2026
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13:25 PM
America/Los_Angeles
For many students, quantum physics education centers on theory, with few opportunities for hands-on experience. Cal State San Marcos physics professor Justin Perron aims to change that. Perron is leading a three-year, $1,085,815 …
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2025
December
11,
2025
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09:16 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Unlike most children, Quetzalli Johnson wasn’t afraid of visiting the dentist. When she was growing up, her mother always made dentist trips a positive experience for Johnson and her brothers by offering them rewards for doing well in the …
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October
08,
2025
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14:17 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Carlos Luna Lopez’s typical day in the lab looks a little different from others. Dark, cool and full of machinery like 3D bio printers, the lab is home to petri dishes full of cancerous cells. Inspired by one of his students, his lab cohort is …
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September
08,
2025
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13:12 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Oscar Loyola Torres never wanted to become a doctor until he saw a sheep's brain. Growing up, Loyola Torres was interested in filmmaking and acting. But he found himself gravitating toward the medical field after taking anatomy and a …
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August
27,
2025
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09:55 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As a new academic year begins, Cal State San Marcos has received three federal grants totaling more than $1 million.The grants come from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The faculty members involved …
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May
06,
2025
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21:27 PM
America/Los_Angeles
When Valeria Castellanos Rodriguez crosses the commencement stage next week, she will be thinking about the countless hours she logged in labs en route to a biology degree.She'll be thinking about her primary Cal State San Marcos mentor, biology …
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April
24,
2025
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12:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos welcomed more than 400 participants to campus on April 12 for the 48th annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference – planned by CSUSM biology professors Jane Kim, Sergio …
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April
08,
2025
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12:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos biological sciences student Marisa Mendoza has received the 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, becoming the fourth student from the university to receive the prestigious recognition.Mendoza has worked in the lab of biology …
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March
20,
2025
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15:26 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos biology professor Erika Díaz-Almeyda is featured in a new PBS documentary for her research on microbial ecology.The documentary, “Good Natured” by filmmaker Ashley Stokes, takes viewers on a journey through Florida’s wild …
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February
17,
2025
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10:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Five years ago, when Christopher Greely first acquired a leadership position at the San Diego biotech where he works and was charged with expanding his team by almost tenfold, he knew just the profile he was looking for.Scientists who had the proper …
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January
07,
2025
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15:11 PM
America/Los_Angeles
The Committee for Undergraduate Research recognized Callie Steppat, a physiology student, and Isabel Serrano, a biochemistry student, for their outstanding achievements in faculty-mentored research, scholarship and creative activities. The …
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2024
December
12,
2024
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12:32 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Biology professor Dennis Kolosov and computer science professor Nahid Majd received the 2024-2025 Kerri Mowen Award, honoring their dedication to advancing undergraduate involvement in research and creative activities that go beyond the …
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November
15,
2024
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15:19 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Manal Yamout McDermid often feels like she’s standing on the cutting edge of California’s multibillion-dollar green economy. One day, McDermid will be meeting with a company that is developing what are effectively electric helicopters …
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November
08,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As part of "Voices of CSUSM," a new feature in Steps magazine, recent biological sciences graduate Siaje Gideon shares her story of overcoming challenges.
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November
06,
2024
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08:23 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Paola Romo and Denise Garcia were honored with the Anne Neufeldt Staff Hero Award and the Harvey Neufeldt Faculty Hero Award, respectively, during the annual Campus Heroes event on Thursday.The awards honor a staff and a faculty member for their …
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2023
October
26,
2023
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14:15 PM
America/Los_Angeles
The smallest beings in the marine world are a source of enormous fascination to Darcy Taniguchi. The plankton that she has devoted her career to researching consist of just a single cell, but the things that happen in that one cell enchant her. …
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September
22,
2023
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10:23 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When Yesenia Mora was about to graduate from high school, there was no question that she would attend Cal State San Marcos. Mora has been visiting campus from before she could even remember. Since she was 10 months old, she has accompanied her …
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September
12,
2023
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09:17 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos biological studies professor Sergio Nigenda-Morales is the lead author of the paper “The genomic footprint of whaling and isolation in fin whale populations,” which was recently accepted for publication in the scientific journal …
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September
11,
2023
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13:58 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos graduate student Yesenia Mora has been selected as the campus’ recipient of the 2023 CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, the California State University’s highest recognition of student accomplishment.Students are …
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July
19,
2023
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08:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
When Thomas Lyle Temple began searching for lab space to house his biotech startup, he wasn’t exactly enamored with his options.Temple toured private facilities in the region that failed to meet his expectations in myriad ways – whether the culprit …
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April
19,
2023
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12:32 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Tori Green always made time to watch “American Idol” with her mother when she was a child, and she always had the dream of one day auditioning. Green has been singing since she was 4 years old, but her family figured it was just a phase. They …
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April
05,
2023
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12:59 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Two Cal State San Marcos students have received a prestigious national scholarship that recognizes leadership potential in research science.Sebastian Aguero and Valeria Castellanos Rodriguez are the first students from CSUSM ever to be awarded a …
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January
31,
2023
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14:17 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos biology professor Bianca Mothé has won the 2023 Andreoli Faculty Service Award, which honors California State University faculty who have demonstrated the highest level of service to the system’s biotechnology community.Mothé …
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2022
September
16,
2022
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08:44 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cal State San Marcos has been awarded a nearly $3 million, five-year grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to invest in its newest education pillar, the COMPASS training program. COMPASS, which stands for Creating …
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September
02,
2022
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09:33 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It was back in May that Americans, still weary from the seemingly never-ending fight against COVID-19, began to hear about another contagious virus called monkeypox. Monkeypox, of course, has not spread with anything close to the speed or …
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August
16,
2022
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11:53 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Even though she was armed with a bachelor’s degree, when Ciara Sanders began a master’s program in biological sciences at Cal State San Marcos in 2020, she was accompanied by the same nagging questions that afflict many underrepresented students in …
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August
01,
2022
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Diego Sustaita, a biological sciences professor at Cal State San Marcos, has received one of the most prestigious awards available to researchers who are early in their career. Sustaita has won an Early Career Development (CAREER) award …
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April
13,
2022
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10:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Growing up, Clarissa Garcia’s parents worked multiple jobs and long hours. Garcia spent a lot of the time at her grandparents’ house while her parents worked to support the family.To pass the time, Garcia’s grandmother, Antonia, introduced her to …
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March
28,
2022
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08:24 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Growing up, Luis Hernandez had little money, even less privilege and zero examples in his immediate circle of a college degree or a career skill beyond self-motivation and hard work.But he had parents who instilled perseverance, gratefulness and the …
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