Millanes Romero, Alba (Date of defense: 2014-01-21)
Although heterochromatin is enriched with repressive traits, it is actively transcribed, giving rise to large amounts of non-coding RNAs. These transcripts are responsible for the formation and ...
Cid Samper, Fernando (Date of defense: 2020-01-27)
Ribonucleoprotein granules (RNP granules) are liquid-liquid phase separated complexes composed mainly by proteins and RNA. They are responsible of many processes involved in RNA regulation. Alterations ...
Morales Muñoz, Araceli (Date of defense: 2022-03-16)
In this thesis, we address the problem of reconstructing the 3D facial geometry of babies from uncalibrated 2D images. This topic has many different applications, but it is especially relevant for the ...
José Segarra-Martínez, Anabel (Date of defense: 2011-12-13)
Els tractaments actuals pel càncer de pàncreas presenten un eficàcia limitada de manera que es necessari el desenvolupament de noves teràpies antitumorals. La teràpia gènica pel càncer de pàncreas basada ...
Pascual Cid, Victor (Date of defense: 2010-12-20)
El gran volumen de datos que las técnicas de minería Web generan sobre espacios Web puede llegar a ser muy difícil de entender, provocando la necesidad de desarrollar nuevas técnicas que permitan ...
Golez, Benjamin (Date of defense: 2011-05-11)
This thesis consists of three essays. In the first essay, I show that information about dividends implied in derivative markets predicts future dividend growth and thereby improves the forecasts of ...
Llop Escorihuela, Esther (Date of defense: 2008-12-16)
La eritropoyetina o EPO es una hormona glicoproteica. En los seres humanos adultos, se produce principalmente en el riñón, en respuesta a la reducción de oxígeno en los tejidos (hipoxia tisular). La EPO ...
Gudmundsson, Gudmundur Stefan (Date of defense: 2018-07-11)
This thesis consists of two chapters on time series modelling. The first chapter introduces a class of vector autoregressive (VAR) models with a community structure for large panels of time series. In ...
Szóstak, Emilia (Date of defense: 2015-12-10)
Unequal dosage of X-linked genes between males (XY) and females (XX) is balanced by dosage compensation mechanisms. In Drosophila melanogaster, the dosage compensation complex specifically induces a ...
Gentile, Maurizio (Date of defense: 2014-09-19)
The marginal zone (MZ) of the spleen contains an innate-like subset of B cells that mount rapid protective antibody responses to polysaccharides and lipids from bloodborne viruses and bacteria. These ...