Puig Tintó, Marta (Date of defense: 2023-05-02)
The exocyst is an heterooctameric protein complex that tethers secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane during exocytosis. Each exocytic event is mediated by 10-15 exocysts. However, how multiple ...
Yarkin, Derya Buǧra (Date of defense: 2022-06-08)
El post-anarquismo es un intento de revitalizar y reintroducir la teoría anarquista como una opción radical de politización por medio de su fusión con el posestructuralismo. Esta fusión expande la ...
Dasti, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2020-01-22)
The molecular basis that sustain embryonic stem cell (ESCs) pluripotency and their differentiation in all the types of somatic cells is subject of intensive research. Recently, the potential involvement ...
Brouwer, Claire (Date of defense: 2023-03-17)
Individuals who deviate from majority practices based on moral objections can be crucial catalyzers of social change. However, according to prior work, these “moral rebels” are commonly met with ...
Yamamoto, Shohei (Date of defense: 2020-06-29)
This thesis consists of three chapters exploring how individuals make decisions (mostly in relation to time), how decisions are influenced by subtle behavioral interventions called nudges, and under ...
Pérez Núñez, Iván (Date of defense: 2023-03-13)
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) fuels tumours and are involved in therapy resistance, yet their contribution immunotherapy resistance and immunological properties are poorly understood. Herein, we show that ...
De Freitas, João (Date of defense: 2021-05-10)
This thesis explores a peculiar phenomenon of urban governance: namely, the recent rise of strategic city planning. Over the last decades, a growing number of cities adopted strategic plans that—following ...
Vaca Dempere, Mireia (Date of defense: 2022-07-21)
Daily time-keeping of tissue functions promotes efficient organ function and systemic metabolic homeostasis, processes integral to life which are subject to decline with aging. To ensure the correct ...
Pinto Gil, Kevin (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)
Despite the investment of vast amounts of money over the last decades, drug discovery and development remains an inefficient process, which can be stopped at different steps, leading to the loss of ...
Urru, Andrea (Date of defense: 2022-07-28)
Perinatal medicine has drawn increasing attention by the neuroscientific research community, as an early detection of most pathologies leads to more effective therapies and treatments. Monitoring fetal ...