March 29th - April 1st, 2026 · Asilomar for the Brain and Mind
Dr. Lisa Eshun-Wilson
Protein biochemist & structural biologist passionate about health and longevity.
I received my B.S. in Biological Chemistry magna cum laude from Grinnell College and my Ph.D. with Honors from UC Berkeley in the Department of Molecular Cell Biology and the Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements & Events
News
- Invited to the ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP) for the 2025 Fall Seminar Series. A huge thanks to Dr.Sepideh Valimehr for inviting me.
- Invited Speaker for the Fall 2025 Chemistry Department Seminar at San Jose University (SJSU). A huge thanks to Dr. Emma Carroll for inviting me.
- Attended the 2025 Structural Biology Symposium, A huge thanks to Dr. Elizabeth Kellogg for inviting me.
- Attended the 2024 IAS Frontiers Conference on Genome Engineering in Singapore, A huge thanks to Dr. Elizabeth Kellogg for inviting me.
- I received the 2024 Paul T. Englund Emerging Scholars Award from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
- Invited to speak at the 2024 Women in Microscopy Conference at Northwestern University, thanks to Drs. Stephanie Ribet and Tirzah Abbott for hosting me.
- Featured in the NY Times (April 2024) for being on the Profluent Bio team, an AI-first protein design start-up based in Berkeley, CA.
- I received 2024 and 2023 Travel Awards from the Scripps Network for Women in Science and was featured in their 2024 Spring Newsletter as well as the 2024 UC Berkeley Public Education Spring Newsletter.
- I received the 2024 Pioneer Award from Grinnell College.
- I received the 2023 Joseph F. Wall ’41 Service Award from Grinnell College.
- I received the 2023 Cryo-EM Bronze Award from ThermoFisher Scientific, Inc.
Research
Structural basis of epitope selectivity and potent protection from malaria by PfCSP antibody L9
Nature Communications 14(1), 2815 · 2023
Structure of the hepatitis C virus E1E2 glycoprotein complex
Science 378 (6617), 263–269 · 2022
Structural and functional insight into regulation of kinesin-1 by microtubule-associated protein MAP7
Science 375 (6578), 326–331 · 2022
Effects of α-tubulin acetylation on microtubule structure and stability
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(21), 10366–10371 · 2019
Structural studies of the microtubule and its regulation
University of California, Berkeley · 2019
Tissue Expansion for Organ Construction and Tissue Regeneration
Caltech Undergraduate Research Journal 15(1) · 2014