Elitza Tocheva

Associate Professor

mail elitza.tocheva@ubc.ca

call 604-822-0073

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Research Focus Teams

Ecosystem Health, Tuberculosis, Antimicrobial Resistance

Research Interests

Microbial Ultrastructure

Departments

Microbiology & Immunology

Bio

Dr. Elitza Tocheva was recruited as an Assistant Professor to the UBC Department of Microbiology and Immunology in January 2019. Prior to this she was Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal, Department of Stomatology, and Associate Director of the FEMR cryo-EM facility, also at the University of Montreal. Dr. Tocheva received her BSc and PhD In Microbiology and Immunology from the University of British Columbia, and her Postdoctoral training in Biology and Biological Engineering Caltech and HHMI, Pasadena, CA, USA.

Recent Publications

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Deletion of ESX-3 and ESX-4 secretion systems in Mycobacterium abscessus results in highly impaired pathogenicity

Cell envelope diversity and evolution across the bacterial tree of life.

The diversity of clinical Mycobacterium abscessus isolates in morphology, glycopeptidolipids and infection rates in a macrophage model.

The cell envelope architecture of Deinococcus: HPI forms the S-layer and SlpA tethers the outer membrane to peptidoglycan

The cell envelope of Mycobacterium abscessus and its role in pathogenesis

The cell envelope of Thermotogae suggests a mechanism for outer membrane biogenesis

Interdigitated immunoglobulin arrays form the hyperstable surface layer of the extremophilic bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans

Thermophilic Dehalococcoidia with unusual traits shed light on an unexpected past

Advanced imaging techniques: microscopy

Cryo-EM structure of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens T4SS-associated T-pilus reveals stoichiometric protein-phospholipid assembly

Cryptosporulation in Kurthia spp. forces a rethinking of asporogenesis in Firmicutes

A picture is worth a thousand words: Direct in vivo visualization of the bacterial chromosome segregation protein, PopZ

Super-resolution confocal cryo-CLEM with cryo-FIB milling for in situ imaging of Deinococcus radiodurans