Carlos Fernando Prada Quiroga
Boyaca University School of Medicine, USA
Biography
Carlos Fernando Prada Quiroga is Biologist, MSc in genetics and evolution of Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos in Brazil. He has completed his PhD in genetics at the age of 32 years from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain. He has had teaching experience in countries like 2 Brazil, Spain and Colombia. He is Associate Professor and director of Bacteriology and Clinical Laboratory research group. He has published more than 10 papers in reputed journals. His research focuses on the evolutionary origin of genomic rearrangements and its relationship to different human pathologies, using mainly bioinformatics tools.
Abstract
Abstract : Evolutionary origin of fragile regions in the human mitochondrial genome