Department of Biology, Fresno State

So proud of my graduate students presenting at their first meeting. Rocking new data from their thesis.

Invertebrate Zoology at Monterey Bay Aquarium to end the semester

Miguel Estrada Caballero presenting his Masters thesis research. Now moving into PhD

Jason Williams opening the Larval Diversity and Ecology Symposium at ICC10

Miguel Estrada Caballero made his first oral presentation at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology conference

Our LSAMP & RISE research fellows went all the way to Puerto Rico for SACNAS NDiSTEM Conference!

Today is Fresno State's Day of Giving! Please help support our college!

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Fresno State Employee Spotlight of Biology Department's Dr. Steve Blumenshine, our interim executive Director of CSU-WATER (water advocacy for education and research). Congrats, Steve!

Fresno State Campus News | Employee spotlight: Steve Blumenshine, CSU-WATER We hope you enjoy this series where we meet and get to know employees from across campus. Would you like to be featured? Contact us at [email protected].

Professors’ discovery of sick birds leads to research funding - Fresno State News The quarantines and remote work culture of the COVID-19 pandemic brought many back to nature. […]

Very exciting news!

http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2022/03/04/fresno-state-chaffee-zoo-celebrate-expanded-partnership-opportunities/

Fresno State, Chaffee Zoo celebrate expanded partnership opportunities - Fresno State News To signal a strengthening of ties between multiple Fresno State academic departments and Fresno Chaffee […]

Thinking about registering for an independent study (BIOL 190) course? Check out Ramon’s experience!

Check out Ramon's experience taking an independent study (190) course in Fall 2021!

Taking units in a BIOL 190 is a great way to gain research experience with a faculty member in the biology department!

A struggle for survival ...
https://stories.fresnostate.edu/battling-extinction

Battling extinction by Fresno State Despite the dry, desolate appearance of the Panoche Hills, the desert landscape is full of life and home to the blunt-nosed leopard lizards — one of the first species to be federally protected under the Endangered Species Act. With the existing populations rapidly declining, Kathryn Ramirez is det...

A big congratulations to our students! This is an exciting time in your life and we are wishing you all the best!

https://csmfresno.com/dr-tricia-van-laar-sheds-light-on-the-misconceptions-of-covid-19/

Dr. Tricia Van Laar Sheds Light On the Misconceptions of COVID-19 *Featured photo was taken prior to COVID-19* Dr. Tricia Van Laar teaches classes on vector-borne diseases at Fresno State. Vector-borne diseases can infect a human when transmitted through arthropo…

Are fish in high mountain lakes of Sequoia National Park impacted by copper toxicity, and what are the potential links to valley agriculture? Kelly Martin (MS Biology student; Blumenshine lab) is addressing this question as part of a NPS team lead by Erik Meyer (MS Biology 2013) and collaborators at the Univ. of Missouri. Copper is an active ingredient in pesticides used in Central Valley agriculture. Copper can be transported in the atmosphere and deposited over Sierra Nevada mountain landscapes including pristine alpine lakes. The team is tracing copper from the Central Valley through the mountain lake water and food webs including algae, invertebrates, amphibians, and ultimately fish. Even small amounts of copper can have significant impacts on organisms in these lakes.