Elizabeth Villa

Title(s)	Professor, Molecular Biology
School	Vc-academic Affairs
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Research

Research Activities and Funding

Molecular and cellular biology of the phage nucleus and spindle
NIH R01GM129245Sep 6, 2018 - Jul 31, 2022
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Opening Windows into the Cell: Revealing the Molecular Architecture of the Nuclear Periphery
NIH DP2GM123494Sep 30, 2016 - May 31, 2021
Role: Principal Investigator

Forespore engulfment during B. subtilis sporulation
NIH R01GM057045Jan 1, 1998 - Dec 31, 2021
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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Publications

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ExoSloNano: Multi-Modal Nanogold Tags for identification of Macromolecules in Live Cells & Cryo-Electron Tomograms. bioRxiv. 2024 Oct 13. Young LN, Sherrard A, Zhou H, Shaikh F, Hutchings J, Riggi M, Rosen MK, Giraldez AJ, Villa E. PMID: 39416124; PMCID: PMC11482945.

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The molecular architecture of the nuclear basket. Cell. 2024 Sep 19; 187(19):5267-5281.e13. Singh D, Soni N, Hutchings J, Echeverria I, Shaikh F, Duquette M, Suslov S, Li Z, van Eeuwen T, Molloy K, Shi Y, Wang J, Guo Q, Chait BT, Fernandez-Martinez J, Rout MP, Sali A, Villa E. PMID: 39127037; PMCID: PMC11416316.

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Cel Cell Biology
Translation:Animals Cells
Expanding insights from in situ cryo-EM. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2024 Oct; 88:102885. Hutchings J, Villa E. PMID: 38996624.

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Bio Biochemistry Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Humans
An intron endonuclease facilitates interference competition between coinfecting viruses. Science. 2024 Jul 05; 385(6704):105-112. Birkholz EA, Morgan CJ, Laughlin TG, Lau RK, Prichard A, Rangarajan S, Meza GN, Lee J, Armbruster E, Suslov S, Pogliano K, Meyer JR, Villa E, Corbett KD, Pogliano J. PMID: 38963841.

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Sci Science
Translation:Cells
Cryo-electron tomography reveals the microtubule-bound form of inactive LRRK2. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 20. Chen S, Basiashvili T, Hutchings J, Murillo MS, Suarez AV, Louro JA, Leschziner AE, Villa E. PMID: 38948781; PMCID: PMC11212993.

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Asesino: a nucleus-forming phage that lacks PhuZ. bioRxiv. 2024 May 11. Prichard A, Sy A, Meyer J, Villa E, Pogliano J. PMID: 38766163; PMCID: PMC11100802.

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An essential and highly selective protein import pathway encoded by nucleus-forming phage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 May 07; 121(19):e2321190121. Morgan CJ, Enustun E, Armbruster EG, Birkholz EA, Prichard A, Forman T, Aindow A, Wannasrichan W, Peters S, Inlow K, Shepherd IL, Razavilar A, Chaikeeratisak V, Adler BA, Cress BF, Doudna JA, Pogliano K, Villa E, Corbett KD, Pogliano J. PMID: 38687783; PMCID: PMC11087766.

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Sci Science
Translation:Cells
The Molecular Architecture of the Nuclear Basket. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 28. Singh D, Soni N, Hutchings J, Echeverria I, Shaikh F, Duquette M, Suslov S, Li Z, van Eeuwen T, Molloy K, Shi Y, Wang J, Guo Q, Chait BT, Fernandez-Martinez J, Rout MP, Sali A, Villa E. PMID: 38586009; PMCID: PMC10996695.

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Sequential membrane- and protein-bound organelles compartmentalize genomes during phage infection. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 21. Armbruster EG, Lee J, Hutchings J, VanderWal AR, Enustun E, Adler BA, Aindow A, Deep A, Rodriguez ZK, Morgan CJ, Ghassemian M, Charles E, Cress BF, Savage DF, Doudna JA, Pogliano K, Corbett KD, Villa E, Pogliano J. PMID: 37781618; PMCID: PMC10541120.

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Identification of the bacteriophage nucleus protein interaction network. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2023 Nov; 30(11):1653-1662. Enustun E, Deep A, Gu Y, Nguyen KT, Chaikeeratisak V, Armbruster E, Ghassemian M, Villa E, Pogliano J, Corbett KD. PMID: 37667030; PMCID: PMC10643120.

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Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Cells
Identification of the bacteriophage nucleus protein interaction network. bioRxiv. 2023 May 18. Enustun E, Deep A, Gu Y, Nguyen KT, Chaikeeratisak V, Armbruster E, Ghassemian M, Villa E, Pogliano J, Corbett KD. PMID: 37292858; PMCID: PMC10245766.

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Bringing Structure to Cell Biology with Cryo-Electron Tomography. Annu Rev Biophys. 2023 05 09; 52:573-595. Young LN, Villa E. PMID: 37159298; PMCID: PMC10763975.

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Bio Biophysics
Identifying the core genome of the nucleus-forming bacteriophage family and characterization of Erwinia phage RAY. Cell Rep. 2023 05 30; 42(5):112432. Prichard A, Lee J, Laughlin TG, Lee A, Thomas KP, Sy AE, Spencer T, Asavavimol A, Cafferata A, Cameron M, Chiu N, Davydov D, Desai I, Diaz G, Guereca M, Hearst K, Huang L, Jacobs E, Johnson A, Kahn S, Koch R, Martinez A, Norquist M, Pau T, Prasad G, Saam K, Sandhu M, Sarabia AJ, Schumaker S, Sonin A, Uyeno A, Zhao A, Corbett KD, Pogliano K, Meyer J, Grose JH, Villa E, Dutton R, Pogliano J. PMID: 37120812; PMCID: PMC10299810.

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Cel Cell Biology Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Cells
A cytoskeletal vortex drives phage nucleus rotation during jumbo phage replication in E. coli. Cell Rep. 2022 08 16; 40(7):111179. Birkholz EA, Laughlin TG, Armbruster E, Suslov S, Lee J, Wittmann J, Corbett KD, Villa E, Pogliano J. PMID: 35977483; PMCID: PMC9891218.

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Cel Cell Biology Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Cells
Architecture and self-assembly of the jumbo bacteriophage nuclear shell. Nature. 2022 08; 608(7922):429-435. Laughlin TG, Deep A, Prichard AM, Seitz C, Gu Y, Enustun E, Suslov S, Khanna K, Birkholz EA, Armbruster E, McCammon JA, Amaro RE, Pogliano J, Corbett KD, Villa E. PMID: 35922510; PMCID: PMC9365700.

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Sci Science
Translation:Cells
Subcellular organization of viral particles during maturation of nucleus-forming jumbo phage. Sci Adv. 2022 05 06; 8(18):eabj9670. Chaikeeratisak V, Khanna K, Nguyen KT, Egan ME, Enustun E, Armbruster E, Lee J, Pogliano K, Villa E, Pogliano J. PMID: 35507660; PMCID: PMC9067925.

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Sci Science
Translation:Cells
Entropy-regularized deconvolution of cellular cryotransmission electron tomograms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 12 14; 118(50). Croxford M, Elbaum M, Arigovindan M, Kam Z, Agard D, Villa E, Sedat J. PMID: 34876518; PMCID: PMC8685678.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Selective transport of fluorescent proteins into the phage nucleus. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0251429. Nguyen KT, Sugie J, Khanna K, Egan ME, Birkholz EA, Lee J, Beierschmitt C, Villa E, Pogliano J. PMID: 34111132; PMCID: PMC8191949.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Cells
Asymmetric localization of the cell division machinery during Bacillus subtilis sporulation. Elife. 2021 05 21; 10. Khanna K, Lopez-Garrido J, Sugie J, Pogliano K, Villa E. PMID: 34018921; PMCID: PMC8192124.

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Bio Biology
Translation:Cells
The SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid phosphoprotein forms mutually exclusive condensates with RNA and the membrane-associated M protein. Nat Commun. 2021 01 21; 12(1):502. Lu S, Ye Q, Singh D, Cao Y, Diedrich JK, Yates JR, Villa E, Cleveland DW, Corbett KD. PMID: 33479198; PMCID: PMC7820290.

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Bio Biology Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
Practical Approaches for Cryo-FIB Milling and Applications for Cellular Cryo-Electron Tomography. Methods Mol Biol. 2021; 2215:49-82. Lam V, Villa E. PMID: 33367999; PMCID: PMC8836527.

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Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
HSP70 chaperones RNA-free TDP-43 into anisotropic intranuclear liquid spherical shells. Science. 2021 02 05; 371(6529). Yu H, Lu S, Gasior K, Singh D, Vazquez-Sanchez S, Tapia O, Toprani D, Beccari MS, Yates JR, Da Cruz S, Newby JM, Lafarga M, Gladfelter AS, Villa E, Cleveland DW. PMID: 33335017; PMCID: PMC8286096.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Animals Cells
Structure of LRRK2 in Parkinson's disease and model for microtubule interaction. Nature. 2020 12; 588(7837):344-349. Deniston CK, Salogiannis J, Mathea S, Snead DM, Lahiri I, Matyszewski M, Donosa O, Watanabe R, Böhning J, Shiau AK, Knapp S, Villa E, Reck-Peterson SL, Leschziner AE. PMID: 32814344; PMCID: PMC7726071.

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Sci Science
Translation:Humans Cells
The In Situ Structure of Parkinson's Disease-Linked LRRK2. Cell. 2020 09 17; 182(6):1508-1518.e16. Watanabe R, Buschauer R, Böhning J, Audagnotto M, Lasker K, Lu TW, Boassa D, Taylor S, Villa E. PMID: 32783917; PMCID: PMC7869717.

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Cel Cell Biology
Translation:Humans Cells
The SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid phosphoprotein forms mutually exclusive condensates with RNA and the membrane-associated M protein. bioRxiv. 2020 Jul 31. Lu S, Ye Q, Singh D, Villa E, Cleveland DW, Corbett KD. PMID: 32766587; PMCID: PMC7402048.

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Preparing samples from whole cells using focused-ion-beam milling for cryo-electron tomography. Nat Protoc. 2020 06; 15(6):2041-2070. Wagner FR, Watanabe R, Schampers R, Singh D, Persoon H, Schaffer M, Fruhstorfer P, Plitzko J, Villa E. PMID: 32405053; PMCID: PMC8053421.

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Cli Clinical Laboratory Techniques Sci Science
Translation:Animals Cells
The molecular architecture of engulfment during Bacillus subtilis sporulation. Elife. 2019 07 08; 8. Khanna K, Lopez-Garrido J, Zhao Z, Watanabe R, Yuan Y, Sugie J, Pogliano K, Villa E. PMID: 31282858; PMCID: PMC6684271.

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Bio Biology
Translation:Cells
Viral Capsid Trafficking along Treadmilling Tubulin Filaments in Bacteria. Cell. 2019 06 13; 177(7):1771-1780.e12. Chaikeeratisak V, Khanna K, Nguyen KT, Sugie J, Egan ME, Erb ML, Vavilina A, Nonejuie P, Nieweglowska E, Pogliano K, Agard DA, Villa E, Pogliano J. PMID: 31199917; PMCID: PMC7301877.

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Cel Cell Biology
Translation:Cells
Chromosome Translocation Inflates Bacillus Forespores and Impacts Cellular Morphology. Cell. 2018 02 08; 172(4):758-770.e14. Lopez-Garrido J, Ojkic N, Khanna K, Wagner FR, Villa E, Endres RG, Pogliano K. PMID: 29425492; PMCID: PMC6370482.

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Cel Cell Biology
Translation:Cells
Biography of Klaus Schulten. J Phys Chem B. 2017 04 20; 121(15):3206. Amaro RE, Villa E, Luthey-Schulten Z. PMID: 28423903.

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Che Chemistry
Assembly of a nucleus-like structure during viral replication in bacteria. Science. 2017 01 13; 355(6321):194-197. Chaikeeratisak V, Nguyen K, Khanna K, Brilot AF, Erb ML, Coker JK, Vavilina A, Newton GL, Buschauer R, Pogliano K, Villa E, Agard DA, Pogliano J. PMID: 28082593; PMCID: PMC6028185.

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Sci Science
Translation:Cells
Finding the right fit: chiseling structures out of cryo-electron microscopy maps. Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2014 Apr; 25:118-25. Villa E, Lasker K. PMID: 24814094.

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Bio Biochemistry Mol Molecular Biology
Translation:Humans Animals Cells