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Elizabeth Villa

De La Salle University – Dasmariñas ·
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Structural Biology
Research interest
Research interests include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, and RNA modifications and cancer.
h-index
46
citations
27,389
works
214
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Sequential membrane- and protein-bound organelles compartmentalize genomes during phage infection
Cell Host & Microbe 2025cited by 18position: middledoi
Multiscale structure of chromatin condensates explains phase separation and material properties
Science 2025cited by 15position: middledoi
Erwinia phage Asesino is a nucleus-forming phage that lacks PhuZ
Scientific Reports 2025cited by 9position: middledoi
Integrative mapping reveals molecular features underlying the mechanism of nucleocytoplasmic transport
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Cryo-electron tomography reveals the microtubule-bound form of inactive LRRK2
eLife 2025cited by 1position: lastdoi
ExoSloNano: multimodal nanogold labels for identification of macromolecules in live cells and cryo-electron tomograms
Nature Methods 2025cited by 1position: lastdoi
The molecular architecture of the nuclear basket
Cell 2024cited by 77position: lastdoi
An intron endonuclease facilitates interference competition between coinfecting viruses
Science 2024cited by 20position: middledoi
Expanding insights from in situ cryo-EM
Current Opinion in Structural Biology 2024cited by 15position: lastdoi
Cryo-Focused Ion Beam Milling of Cells
Focus on structural biology 2024cited by 3position: lastdoi
Bringing Structure to Cell Biology with Cryo-Electron Tomography
Annual Review of Biophysics 2023cited by 132position: lastdoi
Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY
Cell Reports 2023cited by 63position: middledoi
Identification of the bacteriophage nucleus protein interaction network
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2023cited by 26position: middledoi
Molecular architecture of LRRK2 in association with cellular organelles
Biophysical Journal 2023cited by 1position: lastdoi
Investigating the early stages of infection of nucleus-forming jumbo phage
Biophysical Journal 2023cited by 1position: lastdoi
Comprehensive structure and functional adaptations of the yeast nuclear pore complex
Cell 2022cited by 187position: middledoi
The material properties of a bacterial-derived biomolecular condensate tune biological function in natural and synthetic systems
Nature Communications 2022cited by 130position: middledoi
Architecture and self-assembly of the jumbo bacteriophage nuclear shell
Nature 2022cited by 111position: lastdoi
Subcellular organization of viral particles during maturation of nucleus-forming jumbo phage
Science Advances 2022cited by 46position: middledoi
A cytoskeletal vortex drives phage nucleus rotation during jumbo phage replication in E. coli
Cell Reports 2022cited by 42position: middledoi
Revealing bacterial cell biology using cryo-electron tomography
Current Opinion in Structural Biology 2022cited by 24position: lastdoi
The material properties of a bacterial-derived biomolecular condensate tune biological function in natural and synthetic systems. Source data
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2022cited by 1position: middledoi
The material properties of a bacterial-derived biomolecular condensate tune biological function in natural and synthetic systems. Source data
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2022cited by 0position: middledoi
The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid phosphoprotein forms mutually exclusive condensates with RNA and the membrane-associated M protein
Nature Communications 2021cited by 453position: middledoi
HSP70 chaperones RNA-free TDP-43 into anisotropic intranuclear liquid spherical shells
Science 2021cited by 366position: middledoi
Asymmetric localization of the cell division machinery during Bacillus subtilis sporulation
eLife 2021cited by 57position: lastdoi
Generating Chromosome Geometries in a Minimal Cell From Cryo-Electron Tomograms and Chromosome Conformation Capture Maps
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 2021cited by 33position: middledoi
Structure of LRRK2 in Parkinson’s disease and model for microtubule interaction
Nature 2020cited by 244position: middledoi
The In Situ Structure of Parkinson’s Disease-Linked LRRK2
Cell 2020cited by 218position: lastdoi
Preparing samples from whole cells using focused-ion-beam milling for cryo-electron tomography
Nature Protocols 2020cited by 211position: lastdoi

Grants

MRI: Acquisition of Aquilos Dual-Beam Microscope
NSF1920374$898,5712019–2022PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Joe Pogliano · University of California San Diego10 papers (2017–2025)Joshua Hutchings · University of California San Diego7 papers (2023–2025)Emily G. Armbruster · University of San Diego7 papers (2022–2025)Digvijay Singh · Bihar Agricultural University7 papers (2020–2025)Kanika Khanna · Gladstone Institutes6 papers (2017–2022)Kevin D. Corbett · La Jolla Institute For Molecular Medicine6 papers (2021–2025)Kit Pogliano · University of California San Diego6 papers (2017–2025)Sergey Suslov · University of California, San Diego5 papers (2022–2024)Vinson Lam · University of Michigan5 papers (2020–2022)Keren Lasker · Scripps Research Institute5 papers (2012–2022)Thomas G. Laughlin · Adelphi Technology (United States)5 papers (2022–2025)Vorrapon Chaikeeratisak · Chulalongkorn University4 papers (2017–2023)Eray Enüstün · University of California San Diego4 papers (2022–2025)Katrina Nguyen · Central Queensland University4 papers (2017–2023)Andrej Săli · QB34 papers (2012–2025) · 4 papers (2012–2016)Amy Prichard · University of Minnesota4 papers (2022–2025)Reika Watanabe · La Jolla Institute for Immunology4 papers (2016–2020)Aaron D. Gitler · Stanford University3 papers (2022–2022)Lucy Shapiro · Palo Alto University3 papers (2022–2022)