Chiesa, Giulio (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)
Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a member of the polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion diseases family; the most famous of which is Huntington disease (HD). SBMA is caused by the expansion of the ...
Parkkola, Hanna (Date of defense: 2014-12-01)
Novel stategies are needed to improve the limited efficacy of current cancer therapies. High expectations are directed towards nanotechnology-based applications in cancer medicine. We have developed a ...
Szulc, Elizbieta Maria (Date of defense: 2020-01-09)
Androgen receptor is a transcription factor that plays a key role in prostate cancer development and progression. Its N-terminal intrinsically disordered activation domain is an example of ill- structured ...
Lúcia Pérez, Marc (Date of defense: 2015-02-14)
Despite the outstanding progress made in the understanding of the immune response against viral pathogens as well as on the care-management of transplant patients since the beginning of organ transplantation, ...
Vidal Fuentes, Pedro (Date of defense: 2022-03-04)
This PhD thesis explores the quasi one dimensional Sb2Se3 absorber material and its application in substrate thin film solar cells in a SLG/Mo/Sb2Se3/CdS/i-ZnO/ITO configuration. The body of the thesis ...
Ruiz Lozano, Tania Pamela (Date of defense: 2016-11-30)
Currently, the most effective treatment for severe obesity resulting in a large and marked weight loss is bariatric surgery (BS) (Courcoulas, AP et al. 2013).However, several studies have shown that ...
Sandoval Sandoval, Viviana Paz (Date of defense: 2020-02-20)
The excess of fat deposits are originated by a prolonged imbalance between the energy intake and the energy expenditure. The current food pattern based on a high consumption of saturated fats, simple ...
Galgoczy, Roland (Date of defense: 2013-12-03)
The extracellular matrix (ECM) hinders diffusion in both tissues and hydrogels used in 3D cultures. However, how geometric and non-geometric ECM properties contribute to diffusion hindrance remains ...
Sacarlal, Jahit (Date of defense: 2009-07-13)
Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium, Plasmodiidae family, transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female Anopheles.spp mosquitoes. It is one of the major global ...
Aseeri, Mazen (Date of defense: 2023-03-13)
[eng] The main goals of this PhD thesis are closely related within the field of CDases and their key role in the regulation of sphingolipid metabolism. Thus, the roles of ACER3 and AC in different human ...