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 ...
Mangione, Federica (Date of defense: 2016-12-13)
Within multicellular organism, mature tissues and organs reach high degrees of order in the arrangement of their constituent cells. During morphogenesis the emergence of long-range order is subjected ...
Fernández Guerra, Antonio (Date of defense: 2013-02-15)
Ammonia oxidation, the first and the rate-limiting step in nitrification, is one of the cornerstones of the cycle. Members from the bacterial and archaeal domains are key players in ammonia oxidation ...
Mineo, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2016-10-24)
The establishment of the embryonic axis in the Drosophila embryo relies on four maternal systems. Anterior and posterior axes rely on morphogens located at the poles that will generate a gradient of ...
Carrió Gaspar, Elvira (Date of defense: 2015-03-19)
Myogenesis is the differentiation process which encompasses the formation of skeletal muscle during development, regeneration and tissue homeostasis throughout life. Arising from embryonic or adult stem ...
Hernández Vega, Amayra Noemi (Date of defense: 2015-10-05)
Epithelial layers constitute the skeleton of early embryos and most tissues and organs and their remodelling during development is essential for reshaping the embryo and for tissue architecture. ...
Escoda Assens, Lídia (Date of defense: 2018-05-11)
Knowledge of the genealogical relationships among individuals of a population and their dispersal patterns are essential to many studies of endangered species, especially those with small and fragmented ...