Ferronha, Tiago Guimaràes (Date of defense: 2013-07-16)
The formation of the central nervous system (CNS) requires the generation of a remarkable diversity of neurons, which must be produced in adequate amounts in the location and timing during development. ...
Fernández Pineda, Alejandra (Date of defense: 2017-12-12)
El establecimiento de conexiones sinápticas específicas entre neuronas es esencial para la formación de los circuitos neuronales. En muchos sistemas esto requiere de una extensión hacia una capa sináptica ...
Fernández Castillo, Noelia (Date of defense: 2011-05-27)
La cocaïna i l’èxtasi (MDMA, 3,4-metilendioximetamfetamina) són drogues psicoestimulants que incrementen l’activitat del sistema nerviós central i perifèric amb efectes com l’augment de l’estat d’alerta, ...
Schunter, Celia (Date of defense: 2013-11-22)
One of the most important challenges in marine ecology is understanding the dispersal capabilities of species. Connectivity, if from en evolutionary perspective or a more current ecological perspective, ...
Santa Bárbara Ruiz, Paula (Date of defense: 2017-07-28)
Countless environmental aggressors could damage the integrity of tissues and organs. In humans, the limited regenerative ability prevents often the recovery of injured tissues, but this is not the case ...
Roca Ayats, Neus (Date of defense: 2019-11-18)
Osteoporosis is a complex disease, determined by genetic and environmental factors, characterized by a low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with a consequent decrease of ...
Yoskovitz, Guy (Date of defense: 2012-12-05)
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder and the most common metabolic bone disease. It is recognized as one of the most prevalent problems facing postmenopausal women in western society. The World ...
Solé Castellví, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2011-11-25)
"R. solanacearum" is a devastating bacterial pathogen that infects "Solanaceae" spp. such as tomato, eggplant or banana. A functional T3SS is required for virulence and more than 70 putative effectors ...
Librado Sanz, Pablo (Date of defense: 2014-04-11)
El sistema quimiosensorial (SQ) participa en la detección de nutrientes, depredadores y pareja, siendo -por tanto- fundamental en la supervivencia de los organismos y de las especies. En insectos, las ...
Alagia, Adele (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)
To direct post-transcriptionally gene silencing, RNAi machinery exploits the formation of base pairs between the loaded guide strand and the complementary mRNA. The Ago2 protein is the “slicer” effector ...