Deniz, Ozgen (Date of defense: 2014-05-06)
The nucleosome is the fundamental structural unit of DNA compaction in eukaryotic cells and is formed by the wrapping of 147 bp double stranded DNA around a histone octamer. Nucleosome organization plays ...
Arroyo Sánchez, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2014-06-20)
Network and systems biology disciplines could revolutionize the study of complex diseases by taking proteins back to their context, considering a much broader perspective of their environment without ...
Pinacho Garcia, Raquel (Date of defense: 2015-07-17)
Psychotic disorders including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are a leading cause of disability across the world but the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms remain poorly understood. Available ...
Dimastrogiovanni, Giorgio (Date of defense: 2015-09-18)
Many chemicals are continuously entering into the aquatic environment, as a result of their widespread use, disposal and accidental release. Several of these xenobiotics may disrupt reproductive functions ...
Gonzàlez Juncà, Alba (Date of defense: 2013-11-15)
The TGF-beta oncogenic effect has been widely studied. In glioma, TGF-beta has an oncogenic role increasing cell proliferation and glioma-initiating cell (GIC) self-renewal capacity. During the investigation ...
Turón Rodrigo, Gemma (Date of defense: 2019-04-25)
Colorectal tumors are not homogeneous entities but rather composed of a mixture of cells with different phenotypes, reminiscent of healthy intestinal epithelium cell types. Intestinal epithelium is one ...
Pagès Fauria, Jordi (Date of defense: 2013-09-16)
Overall, this thesis aims at approaching macrophyte herbivory and community ecology from a behavioural landscape perspective. Our study system, the seascape mosaic of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows ...
Aragón Altarriba, Eric (Date of defense: 2013-12-13)
Cell fate is controlled by a multitude of signals and loss of this control has devastating consequences for living organisms. One of the key players in this network of signals is the TGF-beta family of ...
Mecho Lausac, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2014-10-15)
The study of the non-crustacean invertebrates dwelling on the deep Mediterranean Sea is of interest for different marine science disciplines, being the diversity of species and their distributions largely ...
Alibakhshi, Esmaeil (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
INTRODUCTION: Patients with chronic respiratory disease (CRDs) have a disorder in muscle structure and function, but their function increases with physical progress and decreases the risk of general and ...