Planas Marqués, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-10-30)
The plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is the causal agent of the devastating disease known as bacterial wilt. This disease affects more than 200 plant species in over 50 families, including economically ...
Lanuza Masdeu, Jordi (Date of defense: 2013-04-05)
Es va generar un ratolí transgènic amb la capacitat d'activar JNK específicament al pàncrees. Tot i que aquests ratolins no tenen cap afectació morfoestructural en els seus illots pancreàtics ni diferències ...
Pauné i Xuriguera, Eduard (Date of defense: 2002-11-15)
The subject of this thesis is viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells, or Hele-Shaw flows. We look for insights into the fundamental mechanisms<br/>underlying the physics of interface dynamics, which we ...
Marin Guillen, Ines (Date of defense: 2023-04-20)
[eng] Cellular senescence is a response to stress and damage, ant it is known to activate innate immune cells. However, the mechanisms by which senescent cells interact with the adaptive arm of the ...
Ballesté Delpierre, Clara Celia (Date of defense: 2015-11-13)
Infections due to Salmonella enterica are of great concern worldwide as they represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Resistance to antibiotics used to treat salmonellosis has emerged ...
Moles, Juan (Date of defense: 2016-09-23)
This thesis covers three important aspects of Antarctic heterobranchs: ecology, taxonomy, and systematics. The first section deals with ecological interactions of several nudibranchs. In Chapter 1, we ...
Rodríguez Monforte, Míriam (Date of defense: 2017-03-06)
Las enfermedades cardiometabólicas son la primera causa de muerte a nivel mundial. La prevención primaria de dichas enfermedades es el pilar fundamental para una salud óptima de los adultos, debiendo ...
Ribó Gené, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2017-12-01)
Childhood obesity and overweight can often cause severe complications, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, amongst other ...
Forero-Laverde, Germán (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
This dissertation discusses the accumulation and unwinding of financial imbalances in stock markets and credit aggregates in advanced economies since the interwar years until the present. The project ...
Aristizábal Corrales, David (Date of defense: 2012-06-13)
14-3-3 proteins have been extensively studied from yeast to mammals, and are associated with multiple roles ranging from fundamental processes such as cell cycle, apoptosis and stress response to diseases ...