Proaño Pérez, Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2022-11-30)
[eng] KIT (CD117) is a tyrosine kinase receptor expressed in hematopoietic progenitors, melanocytes, germ cells, mast cells, and interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) of the digestive tract. KIT gain-of-function ...
Subirana Granés, Marc (Date of defense: 2023-11-17)
[eng] Historically, cancer genomics has predominantly focused on coding regions. Current knowledge suggests that non-coding mutations are likely crucial in driving the mechanisms that regulate gene ...
Quirós Garzón, Carolina (Date of defense: 2023-10-18)
[spa] El objetivo general de esta tesis ha sido estudiar el comportamiento solitario y social de un grupo de ocho delfines mulares (Tursiops truncatus) en cautividad (Zoo de Barcelona), durante dos ...
Sánchez Baizán, Núria (Date of defense: 2023-10-27)
[eng] Epigenetic mechanisms play a vital role in gene expression regulation and phenotype determination. This thesis aimed to comprehensively investigate the transcriptome, the methylome and the influence ...
Otero Rodríguez, Ana Mª (Date of defense: 2023-11-28)
[eng] Meat industry and particularly pig slaughterhouses produce huge amounts of animal by- products not intended for human consumption. This residual stream appears as a potential raw material for ...
Garcia Cardona, Júlia (Date of defense: 2023-12-04)
[eng] Conventional catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells are based on Pt supported on porous carbons, generally carbon blacks. However, Pt is expensive and scarce and is poisoned by CO, which is ...
Mendoza Blanco, Mónica (Date of defense: 2023-11-24)
[eng] Neurons are highly polarized cells that require protein synthesis in distal dendrites to fulfil local protein requirements on short timescales. The regulation of this process relies in two major ...
Giroud-Gernetant Deus, Judith (Date of defense: 2023-11-20)
[eng] Lysinuric Protein Intolerance (LPI) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the SLC7A7 gene, which encodes the y+LAT1 transporter. LPI presents a pleiotropic phenotype that ...
Molina Jordán, Marc (Date of defense: 2023-12-04)
[eng] The application of mechanical force to the nucleus has been recently shown to regulate important functions, including nucleocytoplasmic transport (NCT), chromatin organization, and gene expression. ...
Prieto Carruyo, Andrea Valentina (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
[spa] Aún queda mucho por conocer sobre la regulación de la función de los transportadores concentrativos de nucleósidos hCNTs. A pesar de que se expresan en muchos tipos de tejidos, su localización no ...