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Elitza Tocheva

Elitza Tocheva

Associate Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Email: elitza.tocheva@ubc.ca

Office Tel: 604-822-0073

Office Location: 2508 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Microbial ultrastructure; cryo-electron tomography; bacterial physiology; secretion systems; novel bacterial phyla; functional and structural proteomics

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Carolina Tropini

Carolina Tropini

Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
School of Biomedical Engineering

Email: carolina.tropini@ubc.ca

Office Tel: 604-827-2860

Office Location: 3557 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Gut microbiota; synthetic biology, inflammatory bowel disease; bioengineering; bioinformatics; intestinal disease; colorectal cancer; microbiome; bacteriophages

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Thea Whitman

Thea Whitman

Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Email: thea.whitman@ubc.ca

Office Location: 2558 - 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Life Sciences Centre

Soil biogeochemistry; microbial ecology; fire; pyrogenic organic matter; biochar; carbon cycling; climate change

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