Piticchio, Serena (Date of defense: 2021-05-11)
Efficient discovery of bioactive molecules is an essential goal of Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD). The molecules can be used as chemical probes, to validate novel targets, or as starting points for ...
Poblador Bonet, Francesc (Date of defense: 2022-12-22)
[spa] Los virus de ADN de gran tamaño, como son los herpesvirus, contienen una gran cantidad de material genético aun sin caracterizar. Estos virus han desarrollado múltiples estrategias que les permiten ...
Castellá Giner, Moisés (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)
[emg] Alternative splicing (AS) is a gene expression regulatory mechanism that enables generation of multiple mRNA isoforms from a single gene which commonly are translated into proteins. This mechanism ...
Salinas Pena, Mónica (Date of defense: 2023-09-20)
[eng] The histone H1 family comprises up to seven members in human somatic cells. However, H1 studies have been limited by the lack of specific ChIP-grade antibodies. Here, we have mapped six endogenous ...
Proaño Pérez, Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2022-11-30)
[eng] KIT (CD117) is a tyrosine kinase receptor expressed in hematopoietic progenitors, melanocytes, germ cells, mast cells, and interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) of the digestive tract. KIT gain-of-function ...
Bustos Araya, Marta Eduviges (Date of defense: 2023-02-24)
[eng] The interest of this work was to manufacture solid lipid nanoparticles that serve as a vehicle for biomolecules, specifically Chondroitin sulfate and pEGFP plasmid DNA. In the experimental part, ...
Mendoza Blanco, Mónica (Date of defense: 2023-11-24)
[eng] Neurons are highly polarized cells that require protein synthesis in distal dendrites to fulfil local protein requirements on short timescales. The regulation of this process relies in two major ...
Giroud-Gernetant Deus, Judith (Date of defense: 2023-11-20)
[eng] Lysinuric Protein Intolerance (LPI) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the SLC7A7 gene, which encodes the y+LAT1 transporter. LPI presents a pleiotropic phenotype that ...
Pérez Olives, Catalina (Date of defense: 2023-11-17)
[eng] Adenosine and endocannabinoids are regulatory molecules that are present in all organ and physiological systems. They act via specific receptors belonging to the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) ...
Trujillano Fernández, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2024-02-08)
[eng] DYRK1A is a kinase that is expressed in virtually all tissues and cell types and is implicated in human diseases. Several studies indicate that DYRK1A is a dose-dependent gene with a prevalent ...