Tocheva, Elitza
Assistant Professor
Stomatology
Université de Montréal
Canada
Biography
Professor Elitza Tocheva holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of British Columbia. She then completed postdoctoral studies at the California Institute of Technology and worked for several years, including two as a Senior Research Fellow. At the Université de Montréal, Elitza Tocheva heads a laboratory where she carries out research on bacterial ultrastructure, cryotomography in electron microscopy and correlated optical and electron microscopy.
Research Interest
cryotomography in electron microscopy
Publications
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Sporulation, bacterial cell envelopes and the origin of life.
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Polyphosphate granule biogenesis is temporally and functionally tied to cell cycle exit during starvation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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Uncharacterized bacterial structures revealed by electron cryotomography.
