Vizán-Rico, Helena Isabel (Date of defense: 2022-01-28)
The molecular evolution of genes, joined to the differences between sexes, is a matter of interest poorly investigated across the class Insecta from a global perspective. The abundance of insect species, ...
Lafzi, Atefeh (Date of defense: 2020-05-29)
Single-cell RNA sequencing has revolutionized the way molecular mechanisms were being studied by allowing the dissection of gene expression at single-cell resolution. The data acquired from scRNA-seq ...
Amador Rios, Raziel (Date of defense: 2022-02-10)
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have proven biological roles in plethora cellular contexts. Nonetheless, only a handful have been clearly characterized, leaving thousands of newly discovered lncRNAs without ...
Lagarde, Julien (Date of defense: 2020-01-17)
The human genome contains an astonishingly large fraction of noncoding DNA, which is pervasively transcribed into thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) -- long transcripts with no discernible ...