Bleda Latorre, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-11-27)
Gene regulation is a complex biological process that requires the coordinated interaction of different molecules. The integrity of the underlying mechanisms ensures the correct expression of genes that ...
Mallorquí Bagué, Joaquim (Date of defense: 2011-04-28)
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a glycoprotein hormone, the molecule comprises a single polypeptide chain of 165 aminoacids with two disulfide bonds, 1 O-linked (Ser-126), and 3 N-linked (Asn-24, 38, 83) glycans ...
Doste Beltrán, Rubén (Date of defense: 2019-11-18)
The purpose of this thesis was to develop personalised cardiovascular therapy guided by multimodal noninvasive imaging and simulations, combined with artificial intelligence tools, for the management ...
Fink, Elie Marina-Lora (Date of defense: 2017-11-23)
This thesis work explores the diversity of olfactory behaviour of Drosophila species in a comparative approach. We identify differences in the levels of attraction of the larva of eight species, towards ...
Carrasco, José Ignacio (Date of defense: 2023-09-04)
This thesis touches upon three subjects within international migration, namely: immigrants’ labour market incorporation, dynamics of remittances behaviour, and the role of migrant networks as an underlying ...
González Medina, Alberto (Date of defense: 2019-03-01)
The control of proper progression of eukaryotic cell cycle is essential if cells want to continue proliferating appropriately, and it is a conserve feature from yeast to human cells. One of the most ...
Hayes, D. Peran (Date of defense: 2016-12-13)
The vast diversity of life on Earth develops from relatively uniform beginnings via self-organised movements occurring between groups of cells. Whilst the variety of shapes resulting from morphogenesis ...
Hazan, Amaury (Date of defense: 2010-07-16)
We develop in this thesis a computational model of music expectation, which may be one of the most important aspects in music listening. Many phenomenons related to music listening such as preference, ...
Mohan, Ram (Date of defense: 2011-05-30)
El adenocarcinoma ductal pancreático (PDAC) es la quinta causa de muerte por cáncer en los países desarrollados y uno de los tumores humanos más agresivos. A pesar del papel clave de la angiogénesis ...
Chang, Jia-Ming (Date of defense: 2013-07-25)
Most evolutionary analyses are based upon pre-estimated multiple sequence alignment models. From a computational point of view, it is too complex to estimate a correct alignment, as it is to derive a ...