Martinez Sarmiento, Jose Angel (Date of defense: 2023-05-04)
Elucidating the mechanism of somatic cell reprogramming has been hampered by the limitations of iPSC systems to uncover the correctly reprogramming cells. Here, by using the highly efficient heterokaryon ...
Herrero Vicente, Jorge (Date of defense: 2024-02-26)
Cancer cells exhibit a synthetic lethal (SL) phenotype when Myc upregulation is combined with antitumor drugs targeting the splicing factor SF3B1. However, the molecular events and mechanisms responsible ...
López Polo, Vanessa (Date of defense: 2024-03-07)
The pathologic role of senescent cells is well established in a variety of diseases. Despite the ample evidence that mitochondria play a central role in cellular senescence, the understanding of the ...
Condemi, Livia (Date of defense: 2024-03-07)
Polycomb repressive complex (PRC) 2 is one of the key regulators of the transcriptional programs, it maintains stem cell properties and guides cell lineage specification. It is a multiprotein complex ...
Sondermann, Nathalie Allegra Faye (Date of defense: 2024-03-21)
Polycomb repressive complexes (PRC1/2) are key chromatin regulators in development. Their deregulation is implicated in various cancers including leukaemia. Meanwhile, MLL-rearrangements by chromosomal ...
Suárez Ara, Patricia (Date of defense: 2024-04-12)
The origin of animals has puzzled scientists for centuries. The transition from a unicellular eukaryote to animals is undoubtedly one of the biggest evolutionary transitions in Earth’s history. To unravel ...
Lim, Jia Le (Date of defense: 2024-07-09)
Temperature affects all processes, including development, and yet, it remains unknown how and/or if underlying mechanical and biochemical events are coordinated to slow down development robustly at lower ...