Elitza Tocheva

Assistant Professor

Email: elitza.tocheva@ubc.ca
Lab Website: www.tochevalab.org
Publications: Elitza Tocheva's Publications
Twitter: @ElitzaTocheva

Lab #: 604-822-6982
Lab: 2540 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Office #: 604-822-0073
Office: 2508-9 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Associated Departments

• Department of Microbiology and Immunology
   

Research Groups

• Pathogenesis
• Bacterial Physiology
• Microbial Ecology, Diversity, and Geochemistry
• Antibiotic Resistance & Biofilms

Research Interests

The Tocheva lab focuses on bridging the scales between individual proteins, macromolecular assemblies and neighboring cells. By applying new correlative fluorescence light microscopy (fLM) and cryo electron tomography (cryo-ET) we aim to generate much needed insight into the structure and function of major macromolecular assemblies such as the bacterial cell envelope, morphological changes due to stress responses, and DNA transfer and segregation machines.

The main areas of research in the lab are:

1. Evolution of the outer membrane in bacteria
2. Sporulation in Firmicutes and Actinobacteria
3. Secretion systems in Mycobacteria
4. Host-pathogen interactions
5. Characterization of novel bacterial phyla