Boglino, Anaïs (Date of defense: 2013-07-25)
Skeletal deformities and pigmentary disorders, occurring from the early larval stages, affect the external appearance of fish, downgrade the market value of the final product and reduce the intensive ...
Koenig, Samuel (Date of defense: 2012-10-29)
The deep-sea has long been considered the last region one Earth to be untouched from anthropogenic disturbances. However, studies have shown that the deep-sea is not as pristine as once assumed and it ...
Carnicer Castaño, Olga (Date of defense: 2014-11-14)
The toxic epi-benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis includes several species producers of palytoxin-like compounds, one of the most potent marine toxins known so far. The aims of this thesis are, a) to ...
Cardó i Vila, Marina (Date of defense: 2003-07-25)
Macrophages require presence of M-CSF to survive and proliferate. Incubation of bone marrow macrophages with soluble factors (LPS or IFN-gamma) or insoluble factors such as extracellular matrix proteins ...
Fürstenau, Benjamin (Date of defense: 2011-06-10)
The Chemical Ecology of four insect pests was investigated in this work. Eavesdropping of their intraspecific communication by means of pheromones or other volatile organic compounds provide important ...
Sánchez Tilló, Ester (Date of defense: 2006-05-18)
Macrophages are key regulators of immune system connecting innate and specific immune responses. Macrophages proliferate in presence of their growth factor, M-CSF. The addition of bacterial lipopolysacharide, ...
Bejaoui, Mohamed (Date of defense: 2015-12-14)
Ischemia is defined by the arrest of blood flow in the organ cutting thus oxygen and metabolite supply indispensable for its survival and function. Restoration of blood flow in hypoxic tissue, called ...