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. Now, as the founder of Genoma, I am dedicated to advancing gene therapies to cure disease.

Upcoming Speaking Engagements & Events

November 5th – 7th, 2026 · Grinnell Alumni Council Meeting

Host: Grinnell Alumni Council · Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA

News

Attended the Databricks Data + AI Summit in San Francisco, California, hosted by Databricks.
Attended the Asilomar for the Brain and Mind Conference at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California, hosted by BrainMind.
Invited Speaker for the Fall 2025 ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins (CCeMMP) Seminar Series. A huge thanks to Dr.Sepideh Valimehr for inviting me.
Invited Speaker for the Fall 2025 Chemistry Department Seminar Series at San Jose State University (SJSU). A huge thanks to Dr. Emma Carroll for inviting me.
Attended the 2025 Structural Biology Symposium at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. 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.

Research

Structural basis of epitope selectivity and potent protection from malaria by PfCSP antibody L9

G.M. Martin, M.L. Fernández-Quintero, W.H. Lee, T. Pholcharee, L. Eshun-Wilson, …

Nature Communications 14(1), 2815 · 2023

Structure of the hepatitis C virus E1E2 glycoprotein complex

A. Torrents de la Peña*, K. Sliepen*, L. Eshun-Wilson*, M.L. Newby, J.D. Allen, …

Science 378 (6617), 263–269 · 2022

Structural and functional insight into regulation of kinesin-1 by microtubule-associated protein MAP7

L.S. Ferro*, Q. Fang*, L. Eshun-Wilson*, J. Fernandes*, A. Jack, D.P. Farrell, …

Science 375 (6578), 326–331 · 2022

Effects of α-tubulin acetylation on microtubule structure and stability

L. Eshun-Wilson, R. Zhang, D. Portran, M.V. Nachury, D.B. Toso, T. Löhr, M. Vendruscolo, M. Bonomi, J.S. Fraser, E. Nogales

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(21), 10366–10371 · 2019

Structural studies of the microtubule and its regulation

L. Eshun-Wilson

University of California, Berkeley · 2019

Tissue Expansion for Organ Construction and Tissue Regeneration

L. Eshun-Wilson, D. Gerosa, H.F. Mehnert Stadeler, A. Ryason

Caltech Undergraduate Research Journal 15(1) · 2014