Cardona Valles, Mariona (Date of defense: 2020-12-16)
This work argues that in mineral exploitation we encounter recurring forms of violence, referred to as “mineral violence”. This mineral violence is perpetrated by industries, armed groups, criminal ...
Mixão, Verónica de Pinho (Date of defense: 2020-10-20)
Candida species are among the most important fungal pathogens. Although Candida albicans is the most common cause of Candida infections, many other Candida species have emerged as pathogens. How ...
Woiczyk, Thomas Karl Alfred (Date of defense: 2020-05-25)
In this thesis I explore how people form and are affected by judgments about objects, people, and categories. In particular, I show how the implications are affected by the level of aggregation; both ...
Solé, Anna (Date of defense: 2020-02-11)
The EMS negotiations were centred on the debate on symmetry. High inflation countries struggled to introduce elements to force a more symmetrical functioning of the system than the Snake. However, these ...
Tassinari, Andrea (Date of defense: 2020-05-19)
Mendieta Esteban, Julen (Date of defense: 2020-12-10)
Genome spatial organisation and transcriptional activity are tightly coordinated to ensure the correct function of the cell. Thus, proper understanding of the chromatin organisation is needed to deepen ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mestre-Farrera, Aida (Date of defense: 2020-02-27)
Tumors are complex tissues composed by multiple cell types, such as cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs), that facilitate the invasive behavior of tumor cells. When we examined their nutrient requirements, ...