Marti Serrano, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2014-03-07)
The overuse of antibiotics has led to the selection of resistant strains. This thesis investigated the occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in aquatic microbial communities influenced by ...
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 ...
Díez del Molino, David (Date of defense: 2015-06-05)
Mosquitofish is a small, voracious, highly fecund freshwater fish species originated from northeaster America, that was introduced worldwide to control mosquito populations. In this thesis we have studied ...
Prieto Martínez, Noelia (Date of defense: 2017-03-17)
Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteins involved in the transport of water and some other solutes across plasma membranes. The fact that mammalian spermatozoa are highly permeable to water suggests the presence ...
Bassagañas i Puigdemont, Sònia (Date of defense: 2014-12-03)
Changes in the expression of Lewis-type glycan antigens, especially a predominance of sialyl-Lewis x (SLex) structure, and the glycosyltransferases involved in its synthesis, correlate with pancreatic ...
Sànchez Melsió, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2015-06-05)
Nowadays, the combination of the autotrophic nitrification together with heterotrophic denitrification is the most common process for N-removal in the WWTPs. However, when the C:N ratio is low, this ...
Mas de Xaxars Rivero, Teresa (Date of defense: 2012-10-02)
Colorectal Cancer is the main type of cancer in Spain. Up to 90% of the cases are sporadic in nature and its aetiology is still unclear. It is supposed to be a multi-factorial disease, where factors ...
Torner Bosch, Eva (Date of defense: 2014-06-20)
This thesis is about challenges that currently concern in vitro production (IVP), sex determination procedures and sex-related survival of in vitro-produced porcine embryos. Specifically, the current ...
Vilagran Martí, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
Sperm cryopreservation is currently the most suitable technique to store boar sperm samples for a long period of time. However, not all boar ejaculations present the same freezability, this allows the ...
Peñarrubia Lozano, Luis (Date of defense: 2016-10-21)
The zebra mussel and the Asian clam are two invasive aquatic species worldwide. Both species are present in the Iberian Peninsula for several years. However, introduction history and colonization routes ...