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 ...
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 ...
Ballana Guix, Ester (Date of defense: 2007-05-04)
La seqüenciació del genoma humà ha marcat una fita important en la història de la biologia. Com a conseqüència, la genètica i la genòmica han experimentat un progrés enorme. Això ha permès un millor ...
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 ...
Zadra, Ivan (Date of defense: 2022-03-17)
To ensure faithful segregation of the genetic material, cells build the mitotic spindle, a machinery made of dynamic microtubules (MTs) and MT associated proteins (MAPs). Chromosome bi-orientation is ...
Gamarra Figueroa, Gianni Paolo (Date of defense: 2024-01-26)
Acute myeloid leukemias (AMLs) are a type of cancer where undifferentiated myeloid cells abnormally proliferate. Such phenotype can be caused by the expression of chimeric proteins like PML-RARα and ...
González i Colell, Marc (Date of defense: 2024-02-23)
Engineering biology requires a clear set of rules that ensure design predictability. However, certain biological processes difficult the application of these rules, impairing prediction. In the first ...
Burriel Carranza, Bernat (Date of defense: 2024-02-26)
This thesis provides new insights into the evolution of biodiversity in arid regions by exploring the patterns and drivers of reptile diversity in the Hajar Mountains of Southeastern Arabia. We first ...
Carreras Gallo, Natàlia (Date of defense: 2023-03-24)
DNA methylation is really important because it is altered due to genetic and environmental factors, and it is associated with common diseases. In this thesis, we identified new factors altering DNA ...
Torregrosa Cortés, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)
This thesis is about development and its study from a theoretical point of view, with special interest in how to describe development as a dynamical systems' problem. The thesis digs into four directions ...