Zoe Lygerou

Zoi Lygerou obtained her first degree from the Department of Biology, University of Athens in 1991. She was awarded a PhD degree by the University of Heidelberg in 1995 (magna cum laude) for her work at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Gene Expression Program. She held postdoctoral researcher appointments at the EMBL (under Dr. B. Seraphin) and at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London (under Dr. Paul Nurse). In 1999 she became a Lecturer of Biology at the School of Medicine, University of Patras, where she is currently an Assistant Professor. Her research team in Patras, currently numbering 5 members, is studying DNA replication control during the cell cycle, in fission yeast and human cells in culture. She is the PI on 3 international and 2 national grants. She was awarded the status of EMBO Young Investigator in 2000.