Sepúlveda, Lilian (Date of defense: 2016-09-30)
Boar semen is not collected under sterile conditions,so boar ejaculates are commonly contaminated with a broad range of microorganisms, which may affect sperm quality and lead to a low reproductive ...
Balmaña Esteban, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2016-07-07)
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by high intrinsic aggressiveness and late diagnosis, causing poor prognosis and resulting ...
Planella Albí, Laia (Date of defense: 2018-06-27)
The blue and red shrimp, Aristeus antennatus, is a commercially important crustacean in the Western Mediterranean Sea and has been listed as a priority species for fishery management. In this thesis, ...
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 ...
Casas Roqueta, Isabel (Date of defense: 2010-07-08)
L'ús d'esperma criopreservada en la inseminació artificial (IA) d'espècies d'interès productiu permet un major control sanitari i la creació de bancs de germoplasma d'alt valor genètic, entre d'altres ...
Panosa Roqueta, Clara (Date of defense: 2015-12-14)
The members of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) / ErbB family are prime targets for cancer therapy. However, the therapeutic efficiency of the existing anti-ErbB agents is limited. Thus, identifying ...
Noguerola Solà, Imma (Date of defense: 2016-07-29)
This doctoral thesis studies the abundance, diversity, seasonal dynamics and activity of Epsilonproteobacteria in a meromictic basin of Lake Banyoles during three year cycles. We applied a complementary ...
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 ...
Camprubí Font, Carla (Date of defense: 2019-07-26)
The adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) pathotype could play a role in the course of Crohn’s disease. This is characterized by its capacity to adhere to and to invade intestinal epithelial cells ...
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 ...