López Begines, Santiago (Date of defense: 2016-11-18)
In photoreceptor cells of the retina, light triggers a protein G-mediated enzymatic cascade that leads to hydrolysis of cGMP. The drop in cGMP levels causes the closure of cGMP-channel at the plasma ...
Torrents Vivó, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-06-07)
The last half of twentieth century has witnessed a key shift in the production process of knowledge: the most important discoveries and innovations in science and technology are not anymore the result ...
Navarrete Sánchez, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2007-01-10)
Speaking can be considered a goal-directed behavior because speakers have to retrieve the appropriate words and phonemes from their mental lexicon. However, observational and experimental evidence ...
Rosa Agostinho, Nuno Filipe (Date of defense: 2019-10-17)
For more than half a century, colliders have been in the forefront of studying the Standard Model (SM) predictions. The pinnacle of both SM and colliders occurred when on July the 4th 2012, at CERN Large ...
Casso Carrasco, Maria (Date of defense: 2020-03-12)
Invasive species constitute a major threat to global biodiversity and cause important economic losses and ecological impacts. In the marine realm, ascidians include several aggressive invasive species, ...
Mas Moruno, Carlos (Date of defense: 2009-03-05)
La sepsis es un síndrome muy complejo de definir, diagnosticar y tratar. La patología de la sepsis se deriva de una respuesta perjudicial del organismo a una infección. La exposición a endotoxinas ...
Andrade Arvizu, Jacob Antonio (Date of defense: 2021-09-10)
The main subject of this work focuses on the development of advanced technological strategies for bandgap profile engineering on Earth-abundant and eco-friendly kesterite thin film solar cells which ...
Raimondi, Giulia (Date of defense: 2020-06-08)
The general goal of this thesis has been to progress oncolytic adenovirus therapy for PDAC, by the incorporation of novel preclinical models to test for patient-specific responses and the generation of ...
Leria Florensa, Laia (Date of defense: 2019-10-28)
The main goal of the present thesis has been to shed light into the processes that shape the genetic diversity of organisms, focussing in the following factors: the type of reproduction, the morphological ...
Vila Giraut, Anna (Date of defense: 2020-12-10)
Conventional in vitro cell culture models do not possess the complexity that the native tissues offer. Because of this, the functional properties of the tissues are not properly mimicked, which causes ...