Domínguez Carrió, Carlos (Date of defense: 2018-07-12)
Aiming to improve the conservation status of the European seas, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) was adopted in 2008, establishing a general framework for all EU countries in the field of ...
Ruiz Cánovas, Eugenia (Date of defense: 2018-12-10)
Compound F has been reported to possess important antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti- diabetic and anti-cancer effects, among other interesting properties. Although Compound F has been extensively ...
Oliveira Nunes, Sdena (Date of defense: 2018-12-12)
Despite their small size, phytoplankton represents up to 50% of the global primary production of the Earth and serves as a connector between oceanic and atmospheric processes. Therefore, phytoplankton ...
Serrano i Gras, Eduard (Date of defense: 2018-02-19)
Shallow-water rocky ecosystems in temperate areas are dominated by macroalgae, whilst zooxanthellate corals are extremely rare. In an era of global change, sea warming plays a crucial role in the ...
Vitos Faleato, Jessica (Date of defense: 2018-01-19)
Tumors evolve by sequentially acquiring genetic abnormalities, like K-Ras activation and Tp53 loss of function, which enable transformed cells to survive, proliferate, invade, and reprogram their ...
Carella, Mirco (Date of defense: 2018-07-13)
The Antarctic bottoms harbour rich communities of sponges, which play an important role in structuring benthic habitats. Many Antarctic sponge species have been discovered in the past but most of them ...
Romero Durana, Miguel Alfonso (Date of defense: 2018-11-26)
Proteins play a crucial role in virtually every biological process taking place within our cells. Most of the times, proteins do not participate in these processes alone but forming complexes of two or ...
Carvalho Simoes, Francisco Manuel de (Date of defense: 2018-07-06)
Glucose transporters (GLUTs) are extremely important for glucose metabolism. Glucose transporters uptake glucose from blood stream into the cells where it can be metabolized. Among the glucose transporters ...