Terré Torras, Berta (Date of defense: 2016-12-13)
The suppression of genome instability by the DNA damage response (DDR) is critical for preventing human diseases characterized by developmental defects, infertility and in some cases, elevated cancer ...
Pulido Villamil, Ximena Carolina (Date of defense: 2014-07-21)
El estudio de los gamma-péptidos miméticos basados en cis-gamma-amino-L-prolina con capacidad de atravesar la membrana celular en diferentes organismos, constituye una temática de gran interés en el ...
García Cruz, Roseli Marlen (Date of defense: 2013-10-03)
H-Ras es un protooncogen que codifica para dos proteínas por splicing alternativo la p19 y la p21 (1,2). La p21 presenta mayor tamaño y se localiza en la membrana en donde realiza la función de GTPasa ...
Pallara, Chiara (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)
Proteins are large biomolecules that play essential functional and structural roles within cells and that typically act through their interaction with other proteins and biomolecules, forming highly ...
De Mol, Eva (Date of defense: 2014-06-26)
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men after lung cancer. Around 1.1 million men worldwide were diagnosed with PCa in 2012. PCa depends essentially on androgen stimulation for ...
Faria da Silva, Joana Raquel (Date of defense: 2017-03-24)
One of the most fundamental events in the history of life is the origin of mitochondria. It was firstly proposed by Ivan Wallin, and later popularized by Lynn Margulis, as part of the endosymbiotic ...
Picchioni, Daria (Date of defense: 2014-10-23)
Our research group focuses on protein translation and more specifically on the mechanism of transfer RNA (tRNA) aminoacylation by a family of essential and universal enzymes called aminoacyl-tRNA ...
Pieretti, Simone (Date of defense: 2016-06-02)
Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. An estimated 2.9 million of cases and about 100000 cholera deaths occur annually all over the world. Upon ingestion of ...
Salzer, Marion Claudia (Date of defense: 2019-04-10)
Aging is accompanied by cellular, extracellular and systemic changes that impair tissue function. Stromal alterations, such as degeneration of the extracellular matrix, are thought to contribute to organ ...
Latil de Ros, Derek (Date of defense: 2017-03-07)
Chitosans are a family of linear polysaccharides generally obtained from the chemical deacetylation of chitin derived from crustacean shells that have been reported to have a wide range of bioactivities. ...