Ricolo, Delia (Date of defense: 2017-05-19)
The embryonic tracheal system of Drosophila melanogaster consists of a network of interconnected epithelial tubes of different size and architecture characterized by different cellular mechanisms of ...
Rovira Lorente, Paula (Date of defense: 2020-09-23)
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental, complex and highly heritable disorder characterised by age-inappropriate symptoms of inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity ...
Santos Tapia, Celia (Date of defense: 2019-10-30)
Aneuploidy, defined as a chromosome number that deviates from a multiple of the haploid set, is a common feature in human cancer, and around 70% of human solid tumours are aneuploid. The resulting ...
Farrán Díaz-Cano, Aina (Date of defense: 2017-09-21)
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease characterized by a progressive degeneration and eventual failure of the synovial joint functionality. Although it has been traditionally considered as an ...
Chiodin, Marta (Date of defense: 2013-02-15)
The mesoderm is the third germ layer, which is formed at gastrulation between the endoderm and the ectoderm in triploblastsc animals (Bilateria). The mesoderm differentiates into muscles, connective ...
Sousa, Nidia de (Date of defense: 2017-07-17)
A successful cell renewal, which occurs throughout the life of an organism, relies on multiple events, including proliferation and differentiation of progenitor cell populations, and death of unnecessary ...
Rojo Laguna, José Ignacio (Date of defense: 2017-07-21)
Some animals have incredible regenerative abilities which kept researchers fascinating during decades. How these animals are able to regenerate missing parts and restore damaged tissues can give researchers ...
Espart Herrero, Anna (Date of defense: 2015-09-16)
Metallothioneins (MTs) are a superfamily of ubiquitous and small cysteine rich metalloproteins present in all eukaryotes and some prokaryotes organisms, that exhibit preferences to coordinate divalent ...
Tamirlsa, Srlvldya (Date of defense: 2014-07-14)
La ciencia básica ha de engarzarse con las necesidades sociales. Así, nuestro laboratorio esta involucrado en identificar genes específicamente modulados durante el proceso de cicatrización mediante ...
Rivera Brugués, Núria (Date of defense: 2012-03-20)
Genomic microarray analysis is rapidly replacing conventional chromosome analysis by molecular karyotyping due to the significant increase in the power to detect causative CNVs. Here, we extensively ...