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Camilleri Robles, Carlos (Date of defense: 2022-07-22)
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are defined as transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides that lack protein-coding potential. Although multiple examples of functional lncRNAs have been described, particularly regulating gene ...
Benítez Álvarez, Lisandra (Date of defense: 2022-06-16)
Evolutionary Biology offers a set of methods and theories to elucidate the evolutionary processes that lead to the diversification of life. With the development of sequencing technologies, the access to genetic data has ...
Aísa Marín, Izarbe (Date of defense: 2022-05-13)
The transcription factor NR2E3 participates in photoreceptor cell fate determination as it functions as both transcriptional repressor of cone genes and activator of rod genes. Mutations in NR2E3 cause retinitis pigmentosa ...
Anfruns Estrada, Eduard (Date of defense: 2022-04-21)
L’objectiu principal d’aquesta Tesi Doctoral és caracteritzar l’impacte dels brots produïts per norovirus al nostre país i investigar possibles millores de les opcions adreçades a controlar i reduir aquest impacte. Els ...
De Giorgio, Ettore (Date of defense: 2022-03-18)
Chitin has a recognised importance in physiology but also as a biomaterial. In insects, it is the principal component of the apical extracellular matrix of epidermis, tracheae, foregut and hindgut. In these compartments, ...
Fuster i Rabat, Noemí (Date of defense: 2022-01-17)
Aquesta Tesi Doctoral té l’objectiu de facilitar la detecció de virus entèrics en mostres d’aliments i aigua, així com millorar la inferència de la seva viabilitat després de processos d’inactivació amb clor o calor. Els ...
Rosselló Xamena, Maria (Date of defense: 2021-12-10)
El manteniment de l’homeòstasi en organismes adults és cabdal per la continuïtat dels individus; desregulacions d’aquest equilibri porten a l’aparició de malalties. La planària és un model d’estudi en regeneració i remodelació ...
Buruaga Ramiro, Carolina (Date of defense: 2021-12-13)
Recientemente, el interés en la celulosa se ha desplazado hacia materiales de la nanoescala que incluyen las nanofibrillas de celulosa (NFC), los nanocristales de celulosa (NCC) y la celulosa bacteriana (CB). La CB es un ...
Jiménez Volkerink, Sara Nienke (Date of defense: 2021-11-30)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are major environmental pollutants in a number of point source contaminated sites, where they are found embedded in complex mixtures containing different polyaromatic compounds. The ...
Castilla-Vallmanya, Laura (Date of defense: 2021-11-04)
Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are a group of chronic diseases in which the development of the central nervous system is impaired, resulting in disability at the neuropsychiatric, motor and/or intellectual level. Some ...
Toulis, Vasileios (Date of defense: 2020-07-20)
The retina consists of several structured layers of highly specialized neurons that capture and process light stimuli enabling vision. Such a fine architecture turns retinal differentiation into an extremely complex event ...
Pascual Benito, Miriam (Date of defense: 2020-09-21)
El agua es esencial para el ser humano y el desarrollo de las actividades socioeconómicas, pero los recursos hídricos no están repartidos de forma equitativa en todo el planeta y la escasez hídrica afecta a muchas regiones. ...
Guirado Frías, Pedro León (Date of defense: 2020-03-12)
En aquest treball s’ha caracteritzat una col·lecció de 150 soques de C. jejuni de diferents orígens: 50 aïllaments provinents d’humans, 50 aïllaments provinents de pollastres d’engreix i 50 aïllaments provinents de diferents ...
Borrego Domènech, Elena (Date of defense: 2021-02-26)
CERKL és un gen causant de Retinosi Pigmentària, una malaltia genètica de caràcter mendelià, malaltia caracteritzada per la mort dels fotoreceptors i que, amb el pas del temps, desemboca en ceguera. Malgrat els esforços ...
Benetó Gandia, Noelia (Date of defense: 2020-07-16)
El objetivo general de esta tesis doctoral ha sido la generación de nuevos modelos celulares para el síndrome de Sanfilippo y su utilización para ensayar una aproximación terapéutica para esta enfermedad basada en el uso ...
Blanco Ortiz, Albert (Date of defense: 2021-09-07)
Besides classic enteric viruses such hepatitis A virus and norovirus, there are other viruses that can reach water sources without being part of their transmission route. Some of these pathogens are enveloped viruses, which ...
Castellano Escuder, Pol (Date of defense: 2021-09-08)
This thesis is the product of three and a half years working on the complex world of metabolomics and nutrition. All the work presented here is focussed on the problems arising from associating and integrating ...
Antón Galindo, Ester (Date of defense: 2021-09-17)
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social communication and interaction, as well as repetitive and restricted patterns of behaviour. Although growing evidence ...
Toribio Avedillo, Daniel (Date of defense: 2021-07-23)
El control de la transmisión de patógenos víricos a través de la ruta fecal-oral ha adquirido recientemente relevancia e interés público. Para mantener este control, es necesario determinar indicadores apropiados para la ...
Bernabeu Lorenzo, Manuel (Date of defense: 2021-06-08)
The pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli can be divided into two large groups: those that cause intestinal infections and those that cause extra- intestinal infections. The strains that belong to the first group are ...