The University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus celebrated its XXVI Annual Forum in Research and Education on April 5th-7th, 2006. This year's forum emphasizes the importance of health education in Puerto Rico and its impact on the community. As part of the event, faculty and students had the opportunity to attend lectures offered on new research paradigms and also exposed their research work to the scientific community through oral and poster presentations. The BioMed Innovation Laboratory was represented by Lisa Del Valle Mojica, Ph.D. Candidate, who presented a poster focusing on the partial characterization of the insulin receptor gene from pink convict cichlids. This is part of the design of an insulin receptor-enhanced green fluorescent protein construct using a new fish species, offering a unique model for studying fusion protein localization and in vivo gene targeting, as well as for conducting research in toxicology and genomics. This research is partially sponsored by the RCMI Program (Grant No. G12-RR03105).
