Carbonell Núñez, Caterina (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)
Cells have the ability to respond and adapt to environmental changes through activation of stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs). Activation of the p38 SAPK is critical to elicit the early gene ...
Theka, Ilda (Date of defense: 2017-02-06)
Las células madre embrionarias (ESCs) derivan de la masa cellular interna de los blastocistos y son capaces de generar las tres capas germinales. Muchos factores controlan la pluripotencia incluyendo ...
Ferrando Martorell, Eva (Date of defense: 2015-11-10)
The activation of Notch1 receptor triggers differential outcomes depending on the upstream activating ligand. This way, Jag1-Notch1 activation promotes endothelial to hematopoietic transition process ...
Roset i Huguet, Ramon (Date of defense: 2008-04-04)
The aim of this thesis is the characterization of a protein involved in apoptosis. Our group has identified an early step common to different forms of intrinsic apoptosis stimuli. This step requires de ...
Lecland, Nicolas (Date of defense: 2014-04-10)
During mitotic spindle assembly, γ-tubulin ring complexes (γTuRCs) nucleate microtubules at the centrosome, around mitotic chromatin and, by augmindependent recruitment, from pre-existing microtubules. ...
Duran Nebreda, Salvador (Date of defense: 2016-01-19)
En aquesta tesi hem intentat atacar preguntes relacionades amb els orígens de la vida multicel•lular i dels comportaments cooperatius a la nostra biosfera. Particularment hem fet ús de mètodes “no ...
Tellechea Recarte, Mónica (Date of defense: 2017-05-19)
Macrophages are exquisite sensors of tissue homeostasis that can rapidly switch between pro- and anti-inflammatory or regulatory modes to respond to perturbations in the microenvironment. This functional ...
Belmonte Mateos, Carla (Date of defense: 2022-02-03)
Precise regulation of neurogenesis is achieved by differentially allocating the neurogenic competence along the tissue. In the hindbrain proneural gene expression is stereotypically confined in segment ...
Santanach Buxaderas, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2016-10-28)
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are transcriptional repressors that control cell identity and development. In mammals, at least five different Cbx prorteins are believed to associate with the core Polycomb ...
Pérez-Posada, Alberto (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
El origen de la multicelularidad animal tiene sus raíces en el proceso de división celular. Conocer las bases moleculares del control de la divisón celular en animales y en sus parientes unicelulares ...