Vilela, Belmiro (Date of defense: 2012-12-18)
Plant growth and productivity are compromised by environmental stresses such as pathogens, extreme temperatures, drought and high salinity. Being sessile organisms, plants had to develop different ...
Etxebarria i Jardí, Gorka (Date of defense: 2010-10-04)
La tesis doctoral consta de dos bloques principales. El primero es un estudio metodológico donde se estudia la preparación enantioselectiva de derivados de la cetona de Wieland-Miescher que posteriormente ...
Petrov, Dmitry (Date of defense: 2015-11-20)
Global obesity is a pandemic status, estimated to affect over 2 billion people, and has resulted in an enormous strain on healthcare systems worldwide. The situation is compounded by the fact that apart ...
Valverde Murillo, Elena (Date of defense: 2015-10-30)
For over eighty years, adamantane ring has interested organic chemists for its simplicity and symmetry. The rigid tricyclo[3.3.1.13,7]decane skeleton has provided a unique structural template for ...
Ciudad Roberts, Andrés (Date of defense: 2016-01-13)
Drugs of abuse are a matter of great concern, as their use is widespread in all stratums of society, and can entail both acute and long-term negative consequences. For this reason, our research group ...