Guixà González, Ramon (Date of defense: 2014-07-23)
La composición lipídica de las membranas celulares determina en última instancia sus propiedades biofísicas, afectando así las dinámicas y organización de proteinas transmembrana claves como los receptores ...
Massanella Luna, Marta (Date of defense: 2012-06-26)
La infecció pel virus de la immunodeficiència humana (VIH) provoca una deficiència progressiva del sistema immunològic, caracteritzada per una destrucció massiva de les cèl•lules T CD4 i, una activació ...
Mandage, Rajendra (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)
The EBV has been linked to multiple human disease phenotypes and has been associated with cancers and other infections. Recently single gene analysis and genome-wide analysis studies have been exploited ...
Sengupta, Pallabi (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)
Communication amongst various regions of our brain makes it possible for us to perform a wide array of cognitive tasks. To capture these communications at a local level has remained challenging in the ...
Gomà Llairo, Eduard (Date of defense: 2014-03-07)
Residential access networks provide always-on connectivity at a constant maximum speed and constant energy consumption. However, their usage is not constant. Users combine disconnection periods with ...
Palacios Fenech, Javier (Date of defense: 2011-10-07)
Diffusion of 31 durable goods in 70 countries over a period of 32 years is analyzed using principal component analysis biplots. While marketers have focused on adoption of innovations, studying ...
Garcia-Elias Heras, Anna (Date of defense: 2011-06-30)
TRPV4 is a non-selective cation channel with a wide expression and multiple cellular and systemic functions. Described initially as an osmosensor, it can also be activated by temperature and cell swelling. ...
Carnero-Montoro, Elena (Date of defense: 2013-10-25)
The genetic basis of phenotypes that have contributed to the adaptation of species and organisms to new environments is a central question in evolutionary genetics. The recent accumulation of genetic ...
Moret Miranda, Karina (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)
During the nineteenth century, the secret societies Ekpe (Egbo) of the Cross River and Cuban Abakuá, were called "a kind of black masonry." Ekpe (Egbo) had a social, political and economic function ...
Salaverria Izaguirre, Pablo G. (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
This PhD thesis aimed to understand the impact of temperature at different levels (biology to physics) while performing live-cell imaging. A study and characterization of the role of the temperature ...