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Fernández Piñán, Sandra (Date of defense: 2018-04-13)
The periderm is a complex structure that protects plants’ secondary organs and wounded tissues. This function is given by the phellem, a multilayered tissue formed by cells with suberized cell walls located on the outer ...
Planella Albí, Laia (Date of defense: 2018-06-27)
The blue and red shrimp, Aristeus antennatus, is a commercially important crustacean in the Western Mediterranean Sea and has been listed as a priority species for fishery management. In this thesis, 97 potential and novel ...
González Bártulos, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-03-17)
Nowadays, cancer is one of the leading causes of death in developed countries. Therefore, there is great interest of developing new therapeutic strategies to improve the efficiency of current cancer treatments. The ...
Prieto Martínez, Noelia (Date of defense: 2017-03-17)
Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteins involved in the transport of water and some other solutes across plasma membranes. The fact that mammalian spermatozoa are highly permeable to water suggests the presence of these proteins. ...
Noguerola Solà, Imma (Date of defense: 2016-07-29)
This doctoral thesis studies the abundance, diversity, seasonal dynamics and activity of Epsilonproteobacteria in a meromictic basin of Lake Banyoles during three year cycles. We applied a complementary array of molecular ...
Vilagran Martí, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
Sperm cryopreservation is currently the most suitable technique to store boar sperm samples for a long period of time. However, not all boar ejaculations present the same freezability, this allows the classification of ...
Boher Genís, Pau (Date of defense: 2017-02-06)
We have developed new molecular tools to characterize the FHT and StRIK genes in the tuber periderm. Regarding FHT gene, our results demonstrated that is induced very specifically in suberizing tissues what makes FHT a ...
Peñarrubia Lozano, Luis (Date of defense: 2016-10-21)
The zebra mussel and the Asian clam are two invasive aquatic species worldwide. Both species are present in the Iberian Peninsula for several years. However, introduction history and colonization routes of these two invasive ...
Buján Murlà, Núria (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
The diagnose of a mitochondrial disease implies biochemical studies such as the enzymatic activities of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) and the quantification of the amount of CoQ10 in energetic tissues. Throughout ...
Sepúlveda, Lilian (Date of defense: 2016-09-30)
Boar semen is not collected under sterile conditions,so boar ejaculates are commonly contaminated with a broad range of microorganisms, which may affect sperm quality and lead to a low reproductive performance and severe ...
García Galindo, Glòria (Date of defense: 2016-07-19)
Les ribonucleases són enzims que presenten citotoxicitat selectiva per a cèl·lules tumorals. S'ha proposat l’ús de ribonucleases dirigides a nucli (ND-RNases) com a fàrmacs antitumorals. En aquest treball s'ha caracteritzat ...
Ruiz Martínez, Santiago (Date of defense: 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 ...
Balmaña Esteban, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2016-07-07)
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by high intrinsic aggressiveness and late diagnosis, causing poor prognosis and resulting in the lowest ...
Sànchez Melsió, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2015-06-05)
Nowadays, the combination of the autotrophic nitrification together with heterotrophic denitrification is the most common process for N-removal in the WWTPs. However, when the C:N ratio is low, this two-step process does ...
Panosa Roqueta, Clara (Date of defense: 2015-12-14)
The members of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) / ErbB family are prime targets for cancer therapy. However, the therapeutic efficiency of the existing anti-ErbB agents is limited. Thus, identifying new molecules that ...
López Siles, Mireia (Date of defense: 2016-01-25)
In this PhD thesis Faecalibacterium prausnitzii populations of patients with gut disease and healthy individuals have been characterized. First, isolates from healthy volunteers have been phenotypically characterised, ...
Viñas i Teixidor, Xavier (Date of defense: 1993-04-01)
Hem dut a terme l'estudi de la flora i la vegetació de la l'Alta Garrotxa, territori situat a la part oriental de la serralada pirinenca que abasta aproximadament les terres compreses entre el curs mitjà del riu Fluvià i ...
Díez del Molino, David (Date of defense: 2015-06-05)
Mosquitofish is a small, voracious, highly fecund freshwater fish species originated from northeaster America, that was introduced worldwide to control mosquito populations. In this thesis we have studied the genetics of ...
Cufí González, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2015-05-22)
Aquest és el primer informe que demostra que l'autofàgia està mecànicament vinculat al manteniment de les cèl•lules tumorals que expressen alts nivells de CD44 i baixos nivells de CD24, que són típics de les cèl•lules mare ...
Callís i Figueres, Mariona (Date of defense: 2015-04-17)
El disseny i la producció de zimògens de ribonucleases que puguin ser específicament activats per la proteasa d’un patogen, constitueix un enginyós mecanisme per controlar la seva activitat enzimàtica i, conseqüentment, ...