Cristina Vieira

Full Professor at the University Lyon 1, in Lyon, France, since 2010; Master Degree at the University of Lisbon, Portugal (1992); and doctorate at École Doctorale Évolution Écosystèmes Microbiologie Modélisation from Université Claude Bernarde Lyon I (1996); HDR (French post-doctoral degree allowing its holder to supervise PhD students) since 2003; Group Leader of the team "Transposable Elements, Evolution, Populations" since 2008; CNRS Delegation (2008-2009); Member of the Institut Universitaire de France - Junior (2009 to 2014). Our research consists in the study of the impact of transposable elements in the evolution of genomes and populations. The research themes are developed with combined approaches of bioinformatics and molecular biology.

graduation at Licenciatura em Biologia from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (1992) and doctorate at Évolution Écosystèmes Microbiologie Modélisation from Université Claude Bernarde Lyon I (1996). , acting on the following subjects: drosophila arizonae, transposable elements, drosophila mojavensis and hybrid incompatibilty.