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Suárez Germà, Carme (Date of defense: 2013-11-07)
The interaction between a membrane protein and its surrounding phospholipids is thought to be crucial for the correct folding and function of the protein. This thesis is focused on the investigation of the interplay between ...
Mas Soler, Josep (Date of defense: 2017-01-09)
Optical Tweezers (OT) are a light-based non-invasive tool that has played an important role during the last decades in the field of biophotonics, together with the advances in optical microscopy techniques. Optical trapping ...
Gratacós Ginès, Jordi (Date of defense: 2024-04-23)
[eng] INTRODUCTION: Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) is the leading cause of cirrhosis in the world and the leading cause of death from liver disease in Europe. Alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) is a severe form of MHA; ...
García Serra, Anna (Date of defense: 2021-09-14)
[eng] BACKGROUND: Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a neuronal antibody-mediated disease that associates with prominent neuropsychiatric symptoms and predominantly affects women of childbearing ...
Moraschini, Tommaso (Date of defense: 2016-06-08)
This memoir is divided into two parts, devoted to two topics in (ab-stract) algebraic logic. In the first part we develop a hierarchy in which propositional logics “L” are classified according to the definability conditions ...
Milne, Joanne Leonie (Date of defense: 2016-01-14)
This thesis is an investigation into the visualization of cosmological propositions associated with string theory. Research into the work of contemporary theoretical physics led to the question, how does one visualize what ...
Castellá Giner, Moisés (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)
[emg] Alternative splicing (AS) is a gene expression regulatory mechanism that enables generation of multiple mRNA isoforms from a single gene which commonly are translated into proteins. This mechanism is tightly regulated ...
Rodríguez Urgellés, Ened (Date of defense: 2022-01-20)
Huntington’s Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor, psychiatric, and cognitive manifestations. The disease is caused by an unstable expansion of the CAG trinucleotide ...
Muñoz Roldán, Paula (Date of defense: 2020-04-24)
Environmental constraints and developmental processes in plants can lead to light energy excess in chloroplasts by lowering the threshold at which light becomes saturating by a lack of electron acceptors in the light-processing ...
Liu, Changxin (Date of defense: 2020-10-29)
The main topic of this Thesis is to investigate the contribution of polyamines to defense in Arabidopsis thaliana and the requirement of callose deposition for full expression of effector-triggered immunity in autoimmune ...
Murillo Villuendas, Ester (Date of defense: 2023-10-20)
[eng] Polyamines are small polycationic molecules that contain amino groups and are found in all living organisms. This study is aimed at acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the diverse roles of polyamines in plants, ...
Garrido Antequera, Georgina (Date of defense: 2014-09-16)
Heterotrimeric G proteins are masters regulators of cell homeostasis. They coordinate the signaling between G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their intracellular effectors. Heterotrimeric G proteins are composed of ...
Calvo Barrio, Lorenzo (Date of defense: 1999-07-16)
The goal of this dissertation is the study and characterisation of high dose Carbon (C) implantation processes into Silicon (Si) and related materials for the synthesis of Silicon Carbide (SiC). The attainment of ...
Benetó Gandia, Noelia (Date of defense: 2020-07-16)
El objetivo general de esta tesis doctoral ha sido la generación de nuevos modelos celulares para el síndrome de Sanfilippo y su utilización para ensayar una aproximación terapéutica para esta enfermedad basada en el uso ...
Montesinos Llinares, Lidia (Date of defense: 2013-12-16)
Esta tesis, planteada inicialmente como un estudio de comunidad, presenta un estudio de caso sobre relaciones de propiedad en Goizueta; un pueblo euskaldun (vascófono) de unos 700 habitantes situado en el noroeste de ...
Domostegui Fernández, Ana (Date of defense: 2019-12-05)
The oncogene MYC is altered and its expression is deregulated in up to 70% of human cancers, including B cell neoplasms. Earlier studies in a mouse model of Eμ-MYC-driven B-cell lymphomas reported that oncogenic MYC relies ...
Soler Parício, Pere (Date of defense: 2013-05-11)
Enmarcada en el estudio de la reacción internacional y la participación extranjera en la guerra civil española, esta Tesis analiza la respuesta al conflicto que se dio en Irlanda. Tal y como ocurrió en el resto de países ...
Luscieti, Sara (Date of defense: 2016-11-22)
Iron is an essential micronutrient required for many cellular reactions and a tight regulation of its metabolism is therefore crucial for health. Cellular iron homeostasis relies on the coordination of iron uptake, storage ...
Pueyo Puntí, Salvador (Date of defense: 2003-03-25)
This work is the result of a search for general (or nearly general) regularities at ecosystem level, and an exploration of their practical relevance in our relations with the environment.<br/>I began by adding some new ...
Betancourt Henríquez, Pablo Andrés (Date of defense: 2019-10-21)
Bacteria and their sub-products are the main cause of the occurrence and perpetuation of endodontic infection. However, only a few bacterial species are seen as responsible of persistent endodontic infections, among them ...