Hidalgo Galiana, Amparo (Date of defense: 2014-12-19)
This thesis studies a group of aquatic beetles (Agabus brunneus complex) that present important differences in the size of their geographic ranges. This complex is composed by an insular species (A. ...
Tamirlsa, Srlvldya (Date of defense: 2014-07-14)
La ciencia básica ha de engarzarse con las necesidades sociales. Así, nuestro laboratorio esta involucrado en identificar genes específicamente modulados durante el proceso de cicatrización mediante ...
Barrio Guerrero, Lara (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)
The integration of nutrient status to metabolic homeostasis at the cellular and organismal level is a complex process performed in multicellular organisms, and the ability of an organism to respond to ...
Torruella i Cortés, Guifré (Date of defense: 2014-12-19)
To understand the origin of opisthokonts or infer evolutionary transitions within the group that contains two multicellular lineages (animals and fungi), it is first fundamental to understand the ...
Vilarrasa Blasi, Josep (Date of defense: 2014-07-18)
The present PhD thesis work reports the molecular and genetic dissection for the role of plant steroid hormones Brassinosteroids (BRs) in root growth and development of Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). ...
Solà Vàzquez, Eduard (Date of defense: 2014-07-15)
Dugesia is a genus of free-living flatworms which species inhabit freshwater bodies across a wide distribution range that includes Africa, Madagascar, Eurasia and Australasia. They do not survive in ...
Garrido Antequera, Georgina (Date of defense: 2014-09-16)
Heterotrimeric G proteins are masters regulators of cell homeostasis. They coordinate the signaling between G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their intracellular effectors. Heterotrimeric G proteins ...
Okenve Ramos, Pilar Moyong (Date of defense: 2014-10-31)
How a chemoattractant can act on a tissue to induce its migration towards that source? I have tried to answer this question in this research using as migratory tissue model the Drosophila respiratory ...
Ozturk Colak, Arzu (Date of defense: 2014-12-17)
Examples of tubular organ systems like the mammalian lungs and vascular system abound in the animal kingdom. In this study we used the Drosophila melanogaster tracheal system to study tubular organ ...
Martorell Aleman, Òscar (Date of defense: 2014-03-25)
During last decades many researchers have tried to elucidate the different causes of tumour initiation and progression. For this purpose, multiple animal models have been developed to understand the ...