Salomó i Prat, Ernest (Date of defense: 2018-10-19)
Asymmetric hydrogenation of double bonds by means of organometallic catalysis is a powerful tool for organic synthesis; it is an efficient and simple method to produce valued chiral compounds. Among the ...
Byrom, Daniel (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
During this doctoral thesis, we have synthesised hundreds of grams of the TGF-β inhibitor LY2157299 (Galunisertib). This product was used by the group of Eduard Batlle in their investigations into the ...
Escolà Jané, Anna (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)
Somatostatin (SST or SRIF14) is a peptidic hormone secreted throughout the central nervous system and in the gastrointestinal tract which has anti-secretory, anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenic ...