Doctor in Chemistry, Margarita Salas, was commissioned yesterday afternoon to address the second conference of the Nobel Prizes.
His presentation was carried out by the praise to genetic advances in recent decades.
The rapporteur, who from early in the morning met with the mayor, Jose Lopez, to exchange views on the conference, approached the citizenship elPremio Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 awarded to Thomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for their relevantescontribuciones to discovery of the mechanisms of DNA repair.
The event was presented by the councilor of the Culture, Ricardo Segado, talk also attended the councilman of the Quality of Life, Francisco Calderon, as well as the driving cycle, Maria Cascales.
The conference offered a comprehensive explanation of the composition and repair DNA, he attracted a large audience that packed the Ceremonial Hall of the Town Hall as a sign of welcome from the citizens of the Lecture of the Nobel 2015 Awards.
Salas wanted to bring attendees the particularities that has the medal Nobel Chemistry, delivered last December 10, 2015, a medal that matches the Nobel Prize in Physics but is different from other specialties.
The medal represents on the reverse nature in the form of a goddess emerging from the clouds and carrying in his arms the cornucopia, with a veil on her head which is supported by the genius of science, the rapporteur said.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena