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Infanzón Ramos, Belén (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
This thesis is focused in the identification and improvement of lipases for biotechnological application. The importance of lipases is increasing in several industries. However, the commercial use of lipases is still a ...
Garcia Mayea, Yoelsis (Date of defense: 2020-12-11)
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is usually diagnosed in advanced stages. The treatment has not changed much on the last decades, being limited to surgery followed by radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy [mainly ...
Forés Gil, Eva (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)
[cat] Arrel de la necessitat de garantir la disponibilitat d’aigua en un context d’escassetat i assegurar-ne un bon ús que no suposi un risc microbiològic per la població, aquesta Tesi Doctoral ha estat centrada en ...
Buj Gómez, Raquel (Date of defense: 2017-02-13)
El cáncer de tiroides bien diferenciado (WDTC) es la neoplasia más común del sistema endocrino. Aunque es uno de los tumores con mejor pronóstico, con más del 90% de los pacientes alcanzando valores de supervivencia ...
Pascual Benito, Miriam (Date of defense: 2020-09-21)
El agua es esencial para el ser humano y el desarrollo de las actividades socioeconómicas, pero los recursos hídricos no están repartidos de forma equitativa en todo el planeta y la escasez hídrica afecta a muchas regiones. ...
Prieto Durán, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2020-09-10)
En el momento del inicio de esta tesis doctoral, nuestro grupo de investigación, analizando el genoma de la cepa enteroagregativa E. coli 042 pudo comprobar que, además de los genes hha e ydgT (presentes en la mayoría de ...
Martí Solans, Josep (Date of defense: 2018-09-07)
El creixent nombre de genomes seqüenciats està posant de manifest que la pèrdua gènica és un fenomen recurrent que pot haver generat diversitat al llarg de la història evolutiva dels diferents grups d’organismes. En aquest ...
Lema Asqui, Saúl Stalin (Date of defense: 2018-06-08)
The hypersensitive response (HR) is a paradigmatic type of programmed cell death, that occurs in response to pathogen recognition at the site of attempted invasion. Notwithstanding more than a century of research on HR, ...
Farrán Díaz-Cano, Aina (Date of defense: 2017-09-21)
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease characterized by a progressive degeneration and eventual failure of the synovial joint functionality. Although it has been traditionally considered as an exclusive disease ...
Antón Galindo, Ester (Date of defense: 2021-09-17)
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social communication and interaction, as well as repetitive and restricted patterns of behaviour. Although growing evidence ...
Leiva Martinez, Carlos (Date of defense: 2019-11-20)
Benthic organisms inhabiting the shallow waters of the Southern Ocean are considered excellent models to study evolutionary processes, population connectivity patterns, and adaptation. They have evolved in an extreme ...
Rojo Laguna, José Ignacio (Date of defense: 2017-07-21)
Some animals have incredible regenerative abilities which kept researchers fascinating during decades. How these animals are able to regenerate missing parts and restore damaged tissues can give researchers insights in the ...
Planas Marqués, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-10-30)
The plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is the causal agent of the devastating disease known as bacterial wilt. This disease affects more than 200 plant species in over 50 families, including economically important crops ...
García Vázquez, David (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
CHAPTER 1: Reconstructing ancient Mediterranean crossroads in Deronectes diving beetles Aim: To reconstruct the evolutionary history of a genus of freshwater beetle with a pan- Mediterranean distribution, to test classic ...
González Sastre, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2017-07-27)
En aquesta tesi, titulada “Regeneració i homeòstasi a les planàries: gens i vies de senyalització implicats en l'organogènesi”, s’aprofundeix en l’estudi dels processos responsables de l’organogènesi a la planària d’aigua ...
Vizcaya Molina, Elena (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)
One of the most important questions in regenerative biology is how and when genes change expression to trigger regeneration programs. Resetting of gene expression patterns during injury responses is shaped by the coordinated ...
Sánchez Bellver, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
[eng] Ciliopathies encompass a broad group of heterogeneous inherited disorders associated with dysfunction of the cilium, a ubiquitous microtubule-based organelle that translates extracellular stimuli into cellular ...
López Aladid, Rubén (Date of defense: 2022-10-20)
[spa] El pulmón siempre se ha considerado estéril. Sin embargo, el campo de la microbiota pulmonar se ha visto revolucionado por el avance de las técnicas moleculares. Cada individuo tiene un perfil de microbiota único, ...
Rosselló Xamena, Maria (Date of defense: 2021-12-10)
El manteniment de l’homeòstasi en organismes adults és cabdal per la continuïtat dels individus; desregulacions d’aquest equilibri porten a l’aparició de malalties. La planària és un model d’estudi en regeneració i remodelació ...
Tell Martí, Gemma (Date of defense: 2018-05-07)
El gen MC1R (codi OMIM: #155555) codifica pel receptor de la melanocortina 1 (MC1R) que s’expressa majoritàriament a la membrana dels melanòcits i està implicat en la regulació de la síntesi de melanina. El gen MC1R és ...