Fusaro, Stefano (Date of defense: 2021-10-27)
Besides introduction and conclusions, the thesis is composed by three empirical chapters that investigate the impact of immigration on three different outcomes of the native population, namely employment, ...
Naumova, Iuliia (Date of defense: 2021-06-29)
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a multisymptomatic disorder and the most common endocrinopathy among women of reproductive age. Psychopathological problems are a relatively new aspect of PCOS for ...
Figueras Valls, Marc (Date of defense: 2021-12-14)
Over the recent decades, several studies revealed the precarious climate situation which is threatening all Life forms on earth, including mankind, even if sometimes we tend to ignore the actual fragility ...
Nicolàs i Aragó, Adrià (Date of defense: 2022-12-14)
[eng] L-type amino acid transporters play key roles in human physiology and are involved in several human pathologies such as primary inherited aminoacidurias (Feliubadaló et al., 1999; Torrents et al., ...
González Velasco, Lorena (Date of defense: 2021-09-14)
Non-canonical activation of p38α MAPK has been associated to cardiomyocyte death in several cardiovascular pathologies, such as myocardial ischaemia-reper- fusion injury. Unfortunately, current p38α ...
Ferrández Roldán, Alfonso (Date of defense: 2021-02-22)
The bloom of genomic data has revealed a vast amount of gene losses across all life kingdoms. However, the impact of gene loss on the evolution of the mechanisms of embryo development remains an important ...
Sánchez Bestué, David (Date of defense: 2022-03-09)
The main goal of this thesis is to study the circuit for working memory maintenance from a mechanistic perspective. To do so, I combine behavioral experiments with neuroimaging techniques and neuronal ...
Montagut Cañete, Enrique José (Date of defense: 2021-02-04)
The final goal of the thesis was to improve the diagnostic of infections caused by P. aeruginosa and S. aureus through a better understanding of the bacterial communication process known as Quorum Sensing ...
García Lema, Jorge (Date of defense: 2020-10-08)
Adenosine deaminase acting on tRNAs (ADAT) is a eukaryotic heterodimer, composed by ADAT2 and ADAT3, that catalyses the deamination of adenosine-to-inosine in the anticodon loop of tRNAs. ADAT proteins ...
Peña Lozano, Elionora (Date of defense: 2020-11-13)
Based on the background showing i) that obesity have a polygenic nature with the implication of different genes of minor effect and lifestyle factors; ii) the high variability between individuals in ...