Goldflam, Michael (Date of defense: 2013-05-02)
The capacity of proteins to interact with each other rests at the core of biology. Given the ubiquitous nature of these interactions they have attracted the attention of scientists for the development ...
Concia, Alda Lisa (Date of defense: 2013-03-08)
Section 1 (Introduction) is a comprehensive review of the subjects discussed in this thesis: biocatalysis, aldolases and iminocyclitols. It contains a description of the application of dihydroxyacetone ...
Just Baringo, Xavier (Date of defense: 2013-11-25)
The present doctoral thesis has been devoted to the development of a new synthetic strategy to obtain a new member of the thiopeptide, or thiazolyl peptide, family of antibiotics. This new member, ...
Alvira Torre, Margarita (Date of defense: 2010-10-25)
Oligonucleotides are short fragments of DNA (10-100nt) which are of great interest because their applications in molecular biology, biomedicine and nanotechnology. As a result of their ability to base ...
Doran, Seán (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)
This doctoral thesis was focused on the design and synthesis of novel chiral ligands for application in asymmetric catalysis. One of the best examples of asymmetric catalysis is the asymmetric hydrogenation ...
Donoghue, Craig (Date of defense: 2019-07-24)
The thesis consists of two main projects: a) the development of a novel strategy to gain genetic control with spatiotemporal precision, and b) the optimisation of inhibitors of the protein kinase p38α, ...
Guardiola Bagán, Salvador (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) and protein surfaces are considered challenging targets for drug discovery. In this field, conventional medicinal chemistry (i.e. small molecules) has largely failed ...
Castellanos Ortega, Sonia (Date of defense: 2010-05-07)
Molecular electronics is an emergent area of the new technologies related to the use of organic and biological materials in optoelectronic and electronic devices. Among the materials used in electronic ...
Blasi Pérez, Daniel (Date of defense: 2013-02-27)
Several drug discovery approaches has been performed to find new compounds able to interact with high affinity with the hormone binding site of the homotetrameric protein transthyretin (TTR), and stabilize ...
Martín-Gago, Pablo (Date of defense: 2013-10-11)
Somatostatin, a peptidic hormone also known as somatotropin release-inhibiting factor (SRIF), is implicated in multiple biological functions, mediated by direct interaction of the peptide with a family ...