Theofanopoulou, Constantina (Date of defense: 2019-03-21)
In my thesis I investigate the evolution of human sociality and its possible role for providing a scaffold to the evolution of language. My approach is multidisciplinary and includes studies ranging ...
Archila Diaz, Luis Diego (Date of defense: 2015-07-13)
Allergies are emerging as a major public health concern in the westernized world as they are increasing for reasons that remain poorly understood. Allergies involving polysensitization and multiple organ ...
Roura Frigolé, Helena (Date of defense: 2018-07-27)
Adenosine deaminase acting on transfer RNA (ADAT) is a human heterodimeric enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of adenosine (A) to inosine (I) at the first position of the anticodon of transfer RNAs ...
Crespo Santiago, Juan (Date of defense: 2016-07-21)
La ingeniería tisular cardíaca ha evolucionado rápidamente en los últimos años, desde los primeros ensayos con diferentes especies animales hasta la producción de la primera generación de tejidos cardíacos ...
Montiel Achong, Juan Andrés (Date of defense: 2016-12-20)
Durante este trabajo de tesis doctoral se ha demostrado que las cloroacetamidas son intermedios de gran utilidad para la síntesis de heterociclos nitrogenados a través de procesos radicalarios o no ...
Popa, Crina Mihaela (Date of defense: 2015-10-16)
The soil-borne plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is the causing agent of bacterial wilt, a devastating disease of wide geographical distribution and host range with enormous economic impact worldwide. ...
Torre Corominas, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2004-11-03)
The main objectives of this thesis were to analyse the relative roles of food availability and predation on the distribution, population dynamics and habitat selection of small mammals in Mediterranean ...
Katuri, Jaideep (Date of defense: 2018-09-20)
Living organisms and systems are continually converting energy, either internally stored or transduced from their surroundings, into motion. This activity and the resulting self-propulsion constantly ...
Vega Domínguez, Lorena (Date of defense: 2021-12-21)
Nanoparticles are highly relevant for catalysis due to their nanostructure, which increases the fraction of surface atoms, and the size dependent morphology and properties. Catalytic properties of ...
Torres Cano, Alejo (Date of defense: 2021-04-30)
Wt1 is a complex gene that encodes a protein whose best described function is to act as a transcription factor. Wt1 plays a crucial role in several organ developments, including kidneys, liver, heart ...