Bertran Junqué, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2018-10-25)
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc-containing endopeptidases involved in the degradation of the extracellular matrix. They make a major contribution to the progression of a vast number ...
Bednarczuk, Lukasz (Date of defense: 2017-01-11)
In this work, the effect of CO2 on the hydrogen production under substoichiometric ethanol steam reforming (ESR) conditions over nickel based catalysts was studied. A special emphasis was focused on the ...
Gandioso Ubieto, Albert (Date of defense: 2018-11-12)
In the present Thesis, it has been carried out the development of new chemical tools for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer through the use of light as an external factor. On the one hand, light can ...
Borilović, Ivana (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
Combining the judiciously designed bis−β-diketone and polypyrazolyl scaffolds with the crystal field effects on the 3d metal ions, this manuscript exposes different methods of selective preparation of ...
Díaz Torres, Raúl (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology have become research areas that promote the design and fabrication of novel devices with a number of different applications with the aim of satisfying the growing demand ...
Gallen Ortiz, Albert (Date of defense: 2019-02-01)
The Thesis deals with the preparation, coordination chemistry and use in asymmetric homogeneous catalysis of several optically pure P-stereogenic ligands containing a tert-butylmethylphosphino fragment. In ...
Alonso Gil, Santiago (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)
Carbohydrates are one of the most important biochemical molecules due to their role as energetic resource for non-photosynthetic organisms, cell-cell recognition and adhesion, protection of cell membranes ...
Darawsheh, Mohanad D. (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)
The results obtained in this thesis demonstrate the importance of supramolecular chemistry for the design of potential new SCO clusters. Starting from synthesizing the suitable ligands with suitable ...
Fuster Juncà, Cristina (Date of defense: 2019-06-14)
The research work presented in this thesis aims to understand the transport mechanism of two described BBB-shuttles, THRre and MiniAp-4. To achieve these objectives, different techniques have been used ...
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 ...