González i Colell, Marc (Date of defense: 2024-02-23)
Engineering biology requires a clear set of rules that ensure design predictability. However, certain biological processes difficult the application of these rules, impairing prediction. In the first ...
Burriel Carranza, Bernat (Date of defense: 2024-02-26)
This thesis provides new insights into the evolution of biodiversity in arid regions by exploring the patterns and drivers of reptile diversity in the Hajar Mountains of Southeastern Arabia. We first ...
Lizano-Barrantes, Catalina (Date of defense: 2024-02-29)
The general aim of this doctoral thesis was to examine the impact on persons with persistent asthma of inhaled treatment use and sociodemographic factors, in terms of patient-reported outcomes. To achieve ...
Herrero Vicente, Jorge (Date of defense: 2024-02-26)
Cancer cells exhibit a synthetic lethal (SL) phenotype when Myc upregulation is combined with antitumor drugs targeting the splicing factor SF3B1. However, the molecular events and mechanisms responsible ...
Bergadà Martínez, Araceli (Date of defense: 2024-03-08)
Cognition is a physiological brain function that refers to the process of acquiring and managing knowledge and understanding. It embraces multiple domains, including memory. Intellectual disability ...
López Polo, Vanessa (Date of defense: 2024-03-07)
The pathologic role of senescent cells is well established in a variety of diseases. Despite the ample evidence that mitochondria play a central role in cellular senescence, the understanding of the ...
Kopańska, Karolina (Date of defense: 2024-02-29)
The growing importance of uncertainty analysis in toxicology stems from its role in supporting regulatory decisions regarding chemical safety. The general objective of this thesis is to identify gaps ...
Condemi, Livia (Date of defense: 2024-03-07)
Polycomb repressive complex (PRC) 2 is one of the key regulators of the transcriptional programs, it maintains stem cell properties and guides cell lineage specification. It is a multiprotein complex ...
Ivancic, Dimitrie (Date of defense: 2024-04-03)
Methods for genome engineering have enabled construction of synthetic genomes, therapeutically reprogrammed cells, synthetic organs, and modification of human genomes. Design and discovery of genome ...
Özer, Ege Ekin (Date of defense: 2024-03-21)
In this thesis, we explored neural entrainment as a potential mechanism to underline the behavioral evidence that certain phonological properties of listeners’ native language affects speech segmentation. ...