Comas Casellas, Emma (Date of defense: 2013-03-08)
The main goal of this thesis was to investigate the function of the endogenous CD300f. Initially, CD300f was described as an inhibitory receptor, although some data generated in our lab strongly suggested ...
Oliveira Nunes, Sdena (Date of defense: 2018-12-12)
Despite their small size, phytoplankton represents up to 50% of the global primary production of the Earth and serves as a connector between oceanic and atmospheric processes. Therefore, phytoplankton ...
Sabbaghi Mehrjardi, Mohammad Ali (Date of defense: 2017-09-19)
Trastuzumab-emtansine (T-DM1) is an antibody-cytotoxic agent (DM1) conjugated drug. DM1 delivery by trastuzumab inside the HER2 positive cells affects microtubule polymerization, cell cycle arrest and ...
Serrano i Gras, Eduard (Date of defense: 2018-02-19)
Shallow-water rocky ecosystems in temperate areas are dominated by macroalgae, whilst zooxanthellate corals are extremely rare. In an era of global change, sea warming plays a crucial role in the ...
Santos Tapia, Celia (Date of defense: 2019-10-30)
Aneuploidy, defined as a chromosome number that deviates from a multiple of the haploid set, is a common feature in human cancer, and around 70% of human solid tumours are aneuploid. The resulting ...
Tristán Noguero, Alba (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
Monoamine Neurotransmitter diseases are a rare group of inherited disorders of metabolism that encompass 12 different genetic defects leading to abnormal dopamine and/or serotonin brain homeostasis. ...
Lacasta Marín, Anna (Date of defense: 2013-02-20)
La peste porcina africana (PPA) es una enfermedad hemorrágica altamente infecciosa que afecta principalmente a cerdos domésticos, causando verdaderos estragos en la producción porcina en los países ...
Tecchio, Samuele (Date of defense: 2013-02-14)
The Mediterranean Sea can be considered an excellent natural laboratory for benthic ecologists, due to its peculiar environmental conditions, its broad-scale gradients, and its deep-sea fauna. Primary ...
Serra Vinardell, Jenny (Date of defense: 2015-09-18)
La malaltia de Gaucher (GD) forma part d'un conjunt de malalties que es coneixen amb el nom de "malalties d'acumulació lisosómica". La GD n'és la més prevalent i en la majoria de casos és causada per ...
Metallinou, Margarita (Date of defense: 2014-07-17)
The arid areas of North Africa and Arabia cover a surface of more than 13 million square kilometers and are characterized by their extreme temperatures, diversity of desert habitats and well-adapted ...