  The nuclear liquid-gas transition from a gas of hadrons to a nuclear phase
cannot be determined numerically from conventional lattice QCD due to the
severe sign problem at large values of the baryon chemical potential. In the
strong coupling regime of lattice QCD with staggered quarks, the dual
formulation is suitable to address the nuclear liquid gas transition. We
determine this first order transition at low temperatures and as a function of
the quark mass and the inverse gauge coupling $\beta$. We also determine the
baryon mass and discuss the nuclear interactions as a function of the quark
mass, and compare to mean field results.
