RCMI International Symposium on Health Disparities
November 12-15, 2000
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Scientific Presentations
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Morning Session

Molecular Genetics

Invited Speakers

Dr. Richard Spritz
University of Colorado
Health Science Center

Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Genetics Program
Children's Hospital, Boston

Oral Presentations
(click on titles for abstracts)

• Loss of mitochondrial RNA after oxidative damage: Evidence for a post-transcriptional mechanism controlling mRNA levels
  Dr. Sylvette A. Torres

• Role of yeast Rad5 Protein in Post-Replicational Repair of UV-Damaged DNA
  Dr. Carlos A. Torres-Ramos

• Molecular and Biochemical Properties of the Trypanosome Alternative Oxidase, A potential Target for Trypanocidal Drugs
  Dr. George C. Hill

• The Yeast hnRNP-like Protein Hrpl/Nab4 marks A Transcript for nonsense-mediated mRNO Decay
  Dr. Carlos I. Gonz´lez

• Genome Screen for a New HPS Gene in the Puerto Rican Pediatric Population
  Dr. Carmen L. Cadilla