Signatures bacterianes com a eines de diagnòstic diferencial i monitoratge de les malalties inflamatòries intestinals 

    Amoedo Cibeira, Joan (Fecha de defensa: 2020-12-15)

    Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a group of immune-based pathologies that affect the digestive tract, causing chronic inflammatory diseases processes. In recent years, the microbial communities that inhabit the human ...

    Structural and functional characterization of Apoptin and design of a monomeric variant with antitumor activity 

    Ruiz Martínez, Santiago (Fecha de defensa: 2016-07-08)

    The main aim of the present study is to characterize the biological and biophysical properties of Apoptin, a viral protein that selectively induces apoptosis of a wide range of tumor cells. Apoptin has been produced and ...

    Study of the anticancer activity of a nuclear directed HP-RNase variant and different metal-based compounds 

    Bravo Bonilla, Marlon Rolando (Fecha de defensa: 2022-06-16)

    Cancer is the leading cause of death due to non-communicable diseases worldwide. Despite the advances in the development of new antitumor drugs, there are still problems such as the resistance that tumor cells acquire ...

    Towards the implementation of a biotechnology for biogas upgrading: role of bacteria in siloxane removal 

    Boada Cahueñas, Ellana (Fecha de defensa: 2020-07-20)

    Biogas is a highly recognized alternative to fossil fuels towards a sustainable energy production. Massive use of biogas depends on the removal of contaminants that may affect performance of processing equipment and energy ...

    Variabilitat genètica i estructura poblacional en tres espècies de la família Scombridae, Sarda sarda, Thunnus alalunga i Thunnus thynnus, basada en la regió control del DNA mitocondrial 

    Viñas de Puig, Jordi (Fecha de defensa: 2001-07-23)

    Aquest treball es centra en el coneixement de l'estructura poblacional de tres espècies piscícoles de la família Scombridae, el bonítol (Sarda sarda), la bacora (Thunnus alalunga) i la tonyina (Thunnus thynnus) en la seva ...

    Variability in the health status and reproductive traits of European sardine stocks in the Mediterranean. Implications for fishery management 

    Caballero-Huertas, Marta (Fecha de defensa: 2023-05-26)

    Small pelagic fish play an important ecological role mainly due to their contribution in transferring energy from low to higher trophic levels. Likewise, the capture of these species is in many cases an important nutritional ...

    Vitrification of in vitro produced porcine blastocysts: the effects of culture medium and antioxidants 

    Castillo Martín, Miriam (Fecha de defensa: 2014-07-09)

    In the present Thesis, we observed that vitrifying-warming porcine embryos had detrimental effects. Indeed, vitrification and warming were seen to reduce developmental ability and quality of in vitro produced porcine ...