Missarova, Alsu (Date of defense: 2018-04-09)
Isogenic cells exhibit a large degree of cell-to-cell heterogeneity in proliferation, with a subpopulation of cells growing at a substantially lower rate. We conducted a high throughput microscopy screen ...
Pardo Pastor, Carlos (Date of defense: 2018-01-24)
The mechanical dependence of transformation and metastasis is an emerging field, but the role of mechanosensitive channels has been largely omitted. This thesis focuses on the roles played by the ...
Wei, Jianxing (Date of defense: 2018-06-25)
This thesis focuses on the issue of bank funding structure and its implications for financial instability. The first chapter investigates how the dynamic interaction between the regulator and banks can ...
Pant, Devesh Chandra (Date of defense: 2018-10-05)
In spite of recent advances in understanding the genetic bases of leukodystrophies, a large number of clinical cases remain unexplained, suggesting that many leukodystrophy-associated genes have yet to ...
Figueiredo, Ana (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)
This thesis studies the mechanisms behind talent misallocation, how it varies over the business cycle and its implications for wage cyclicality. The first chapter shows that uncertainty about education ...
Rai, Madhulika (Date of defense: 2018-01-29)
Genetically tractable model organisms may help to identify new approaches to stop malignant growth. During the first part of my doctoral thesis, I have participated in a high content screen carried ...
Daniele, Federica (Date of defense: 2018-11-05)
This thesis is composed of three essays in which I analyze how heterogeneity in productivity, either on the worker or on the firm side, interacts with the size of local labor markets and a set of outcomes ...
Gómez Marín, Daniel (Date of defense: 2018-04-15)
This thesis presents original research carried out in the topic of electronic dance music (EDM) drum sequencing, a fundamental and yet underdeveloped subject in the music production literature. The work ...
Castellano García, Manuel Alejandro (Date of defense: 2018-01-09)
Concluir la guerra de Sucesión española supuso un ingente esfuerzo que obligó al gobierno de Robert Harley a usar todos los medios a su alcance. El presente trabajo estudia los movimientos diplomáticos ...
Vargas Ovalle, María Alejandra (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)
El Código penal español reconoce desde 2010 la responsabilidad penal de las personas jurídicas, aunque limitada a un catálogo cerrado de delitos. La configuración del sistema de numerus clausus -como ...