Avó Freixo, Francisco Duque Projecto (Date of defense: 2016-10-20)
The microtubule cytoskeleton plays essential roles during cell division, migration, differentiation, defining cell morphology and organizing intracellular transport. The properties of microtubules, such ...
Aguilar Fadó, Esther (Date of defense: 2015-02-23)
Metastasis represents the most life-threatening aspect of tumorigenesis and is the leading cause of death by cancer. Intensive research in this field has shed light on some of the molecular strategies ...
Garcia Puig, Anna (Date of defense: 2019-03-22)
Adult zebrafish (Danio rerio), in contrast to mammals, are able to regenerate their hearts in response to injury or experimental amputation. Our understanding of the cellular and molecular bases that ...
Matito Sánchez, Cecilia (Date of defense: 2006-01-13)
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in countries throughout the world. Increase in the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) has been implicated in many human disease processes, including ...
Zimmermann, Fabian (Date of defense: 2021-11-24)
The microtubule nucleator γ-tubulin ring complex (γTuRC) is essential for the function of microtubule organizing centers such as the centrosome. Since its discovery over two decades ago, γTuRC has evaded ...
López Cerro, Maria Teresa (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has emerged as a promising alternative host for recombinant protein expression. Despite its advantageous characteristics and low-cost production, its use is hampered by low ...
Hernaiz Llorens, Marc (Date of defense: 2019-11-25)
During brain development, UNC5 receptors play a key role in controlling axonal extension through their sensing of the guidance molecule Netrin-1. The correct positioning of receptors into specific ...
Antolin Fontes, Albert (Date of defense: 2019-03-07)
The mitochondrial Seryl-tRNA Synthetase (SerRS2) is a member of the class II tRNA synthetase family. The mature enzyme catalyses the ligation of serine to tRNASer in mitochondria. During the process of ...
Zuazo Gaztelu, Iratxe (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
Tumor progression is a complex conundrum of events that involve not only tumor cells, but also their surrounding microenvironment. Accounting to the natural dependency of tumors on angiogenesis, its ...
Casas Masnou, Eduard (Date of defense: 2019-11-25)
Gene regulation mechanisms control the level of transcription of each gene into RNA and the combination of expressed genes determines cell identity. Gene regulation is maintained by epigenetic mechanisms ...