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Functional design of nanocomposites and their applications in energy conversion and storage

Du, Ruifeng (Date of defense: 2022-06-30)

[eng] This thesis focuses on the functional design and preparation of different kind of nanocomposites and their applications in energy conversion and storage technologies, particular in OER, HER, H2O2ER and LSBs. For the ...

Functional genomics of wound healing in drosophila = Genòmica funcional del procés de cicatrització en drosophila

Tamirlsa, Srlvldya (Date of defense: 2014-07-14)

La ciencia básica ha de engarzarse con las necesidades sociales. Así, nuestro laboratorio esta involucrado en identificar genes específicamente modulados durante el proceso de cicatrización mediante estudios transcriptómicos ...

Functional interplay between ER and MAF transcription factors in breast cancer bone metastasis

Llorente Lope, Alicia (Date of defense: 2021-03-23)

Metastatic breast cancer (BCa) is the leading cause of death in BCa patients. Current therapies for BCa aim at cell proliferation and, therefore, latent disseminated cells are able to escape treatment. For this reason, ...

Functional interplays of proteins and proteases: AD13-VWF, TGFβ2-α2M, and the proteolysis of gliadin by neprosin

Amo Maestro, Laura del (Date of defense: 2021-06-11)

The present thesis has established a new and state of the art mammalian protein expression system at the laboratory which has then contributed with high-yield expression for the purification and crystallization of three ...

Functional Nanomaterials from the Bottom-up Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles. A Strategy Towards Efficient Thermoelectrics

Ibáñez Sabaté, Maria (Date of defense: 2013-03-05)

The work developed during this PhD has embraced several topics that I divide in three blocks. Each block contains two chapters in this dissertation. Additionally, a general introduction of the different topics is provided ...

Functional organization and networ resilience in self-organizing clustered neuronal cultures

Teller Amado, Sara (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)

Major dynamical traits of a neuronal network are shaped by its underlying circuitry. In several neurological disorders, the deterioration of brain's functionality and cognition has been ascribed to changes in the topological ...

Functional Profiling of PIF3 Regulated Genes in the Dark / Análisis funcional de los genes regulados por PIF3 en oscuridad

Sentandreu Benavent, Maria (Date of defense: 2013-01-18)

After germination in darkness, Arabidopsis seedlings follow a dark specific developmental pattern called skotomorphogenesis or etiolation, characterized because the plant develops long hypocotyls together with a closed ...

Functional properties and applications of plasma polymerized hexamethyldisiloxane (ppHMDSO) thin films

Benítez i Porras, Francesc (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)

Plasma Polymerization is a novel technique for the preparation of polymer-like thin film coatings at low temperatures onto almost any type of substrates: plastic, metal, semiconductors, wood, textile fibers or membranes, ...

The functional role of emergent macrophytes in nature-based solutions (NBS) aiming to mitigate nutrient loading in freshwater ecosystems

Nikolakopoulou, Myrto-Georgia (Date of defense: 2021-01-29)

Freshwater degradation has been largely attributed to excess nutrient concentrations of anthropogenic origin. Freshwater degradation in combination with water scarcity are the reason of severe stress on water resources ...

Functional role of extracellular matrix proteins and their receptors in apoptosis and cell survival

Cardó i Vila, Marina (Date of defense: 2003-07-25)

Macrophages require presence of M-CSF to survive and proliferate. Incubation of bone marrow macrophages with soluble factors (LPS or IFN-gamma) or insoluble factors such as extracellular matrix proteins (Decorin, FN) ...

Functional Role of Glycogen synthase Kinase-3β on Glucocorticoid-mediated signaling

Rubio Patiño, Camila (Date of defense: 2012-10-31)

Glucocorticoids (GC) induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in different cell types and therefore are widely used to treat a variety of diseases including autoimmune disorders and cancer. This effect is mediated by the GC ...

Functional role of pentose phosphate pathway and glutamine in cancer cell metabolism

Polat, Ibrahim H. (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)

In this thesis, tumor metabolic reprogramming has been exploited in order to propose new targets in cancer treatment. On one hand, we explored the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) enzymes as putative therapeutic targets ...

Functional studies of 4F2hc-CD147 interaction = Estudios funcionales de la interacción 4F2hc‐CD147

Delgado Martin, Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2014-07-14)

We identified proteins that interacted with the ectodomain of 4F2hc, a plasma membrane protein with dual function as heavy subunit of the amino acid transporters and positive regulator of β1 and β3 integrins. Initially, ...

Functional study of the NIMA protein kinases Nek9, Nek6 and Nek7 at the onset of mitosis. Control of the kinesin Eg5 and prophase centrosome separation

Eibes González, Susana (Date of defense: 2016-09-13)

Mitosis is a tightly regulated process that aims to ensure the correct distribution of the chromosomes between the two newly generated cells. Many protein kinases have been defined as essential for this process: cyclin- ...