Villa, Elizabeth
Structural Cell Biology, Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Multiscale modeling

Contact Information
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Office: Natural Sciences Bldg 4326
Phone: 858-246-1843
Email: evilla@ucsd.edu
Web: villalab.ucsd.edu
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Education
2008 Ph.D., Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests
We are interested in imaging the structures of macromolecular complexes in their natural environment, the cell. To this end, we develop and use novel methods in cryo-electron microscopy, image processing, and molecular modeling at different scales.
Primary Research Area
Physical/Analytical Chemistry
Interdisciplinary interests
Biophysics
Cellular Biochemistry
Macromolecular Structure