Paula Navarro

I am interested in structural biology and cryo-electron microscopy to determine the molecular details of life by resolving the 3D structure of biomolecules in intact cells at near-atomic resolutions. A key requirement for the understanding of biological processes on a molecular scale is the determination of the structure of protein complexes and their interactions with other molecules and ligands in their native environment . To do this, I combine a strong background in molecular biology with cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy and computational image processing software tools to create novel pipelines for structural analysis of a broad range of biological samples by means of cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging.