Blasco Gómez, Ramiro (Date of defense: 2020-07-22)
Microbial Electrochemical Technologies (METs) are a promising alternative for capturing and in-situ reducing CO2 through the use of renewable electricity. Microorganisms grown in autotrophic conditions ...
Rodríguez Hidalgo, Claudia Marina (Date of defense: 2020-09-09)
Various climatic models predict an increase in the ultraviolet (UV) radiation and a reduction in the precipitation levels reaching in the Mediterranean Basin. Exposure of plants to different levels of ...
Morales Pérez, Yeimy Liceth (Date of defense: 2016-07-12)
This thesis is focused on the application of small constraint-based models to analyze and predict the behavior of wild type and modified strains of Pichia pastoris. The presented work deals with the ...
Ribó i Panosa, Marc (Date of defense: 1994-12-16)
The answer to whether or not, human pancreatic ribonuclease may have a diagnostic value as a serum marker of pancreatic disease, depend upon the specific detection of ribonucleases originated in pancreas ...
Cabrefiga Olamendi, Jordi (Date of defense: 2004-06-22)
El fuego bacteriano, causado por Erwinia amylovora, es una enfermedad muy importante a nivel comercial y económico porque afecta a plantas de la familia de las rosáceas y es especialmente agresiva en ...
Oliveras Ferrarós, Cristina (Date of defense: 2013-06-21)
The aim of this doctoral thesis was to unravel mechanisms underlying primary resistance to trastuzumab regarding a putative new breast cancer subtype with mixed basal & ErbB2+ molecular features. Using ...
Ferri Iglesias, María José (Date of defense: 2012-09-27)
Serum levels of several molecules associated to pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) pathophysiology are evaluated in this work, in order to determine their diagnostic value, distinguishing between PDAC ...
Carrion-Salip, Dolors (Date of defense: 2014-09-17)
Most current chemotherapeutic agents are of limited use due to their side effects and the resistance to treatment that tumour cells develop. In this thesis, we have contributed to the knowledge of these ...
Montesinos Barreda, Laura (Date of defense: 2014-05-16)
A series of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from the BP134 peptide (a member of the CECMEL11 library) exhibited potent bactericidal effect and low cytotoxicity, and were selected for expression ...
Cufí González, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2015-05-22)
Aquest és el primer informe que demostra que l'autofàgia està mecànicament vinculat al manteniment de les cèl•lules tumorals que expressen alts nivells de CD44 i baixos nivells de CD24, que són típics ...