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    Development and application of computer-aided strategies for virtual screening and hit-to-lead 

    Perez Lopez, Carles (Date of defense: 2022-07-13)

    The incremental application of supercomputers to offer solutions to complex problems has motivated the usage of computational modeling tools in drug design pipelines. Specifically, small low-affinity compounds are modified ...

    Development and application of in-vitro assays for the study of the biological activity of pharmaceutical products 

    Cañellas Santos, Mariona (Date of defense: 2022-11-03)

    [eng] This industrial Ph.D. thesis aimed to illustrate the presence of the cell-based bioassays throughout the whole life of a drug product and to demonstrate its importance for a complete characterization of a pharmaceutical ...

    Development and application of methodologies and infrastructures for cancer genome analysis within Personalized Medicine 

    Royo Garrido, Romina (Date of defense: 2023-03-31)

    [eng] Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized biomedical sciences, especially in the area of cancer. It has nourished genomic research with extensive collections of sequenced genomes that are investigated to ...

    Development and application of novel model-driven and data-driven approaches to study metabolism in the framework of systems medicine 

    Marín de Mas, Igor Bartolomé (Date of defense: 2015-03-20)

    The general aim of this thesis is to develop and apply new computational tools to overcome existing limitations in the analysis of metabolism. This thesis is focused on developing new computational strategies to overcome ...

    Development and application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy and chemometric methods for the analysis of the metabolome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae under different growing conditions 

    Puig Castellví, Francesc (Date of defense: 2018-07-10)

    Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is able to produce by a single direct measurement a very high amount of chemical information. However, this information is not always easy to interpret. In fact, the complexity ...

    Development and application of xenograft models to predict the prognosis and study the treatment-driven evolution of pediatric sarcomas 

    Castillo Écija, Helena (Date of defense: 2022-03-22)

    Therapy development in cancer involves several consecutive steps including (1) the identification of the unmet medical need (disease or clinical question), (2) the establishment of clinically relevant resources or models ...

    Development and applications of photoswitchable muscarinic ligands 

    Riefolo, Fabio (Date of defense: 2020-07-29)

    Modern medical treatments are largely based on the ability of pharmacological drugs to interact with a molecular target in the human body (e.g., receptors) in order to evoke a physiological response. Such targets are ...

    Development and applications of photoswitchable small molecules and peptides to control protein-protein interactions and GPCR activity 

    Prischich, Davia (Date of defense: 2021-02-23)

    Photopharmacology is an emerging field that relies on the development of photosensitive compounds to enable precise spatiotemporal control over endogenous proteins. Photochromic ligands· are designed to respond ...

    Development and characterization of in vivo models for Photopharmacology 

    Gomila Juaneda, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2021-09-20)

    The main aim of this thesis is setting up and using in vivo screening techniques to identify and characterize new photopharmacological compounds targeting endogenous proteins. In order to achieve that aim, the thesis ...

    Development and characterization of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) as a vehicle of biomolecules 

    Bustos Araya, Marta Eduviges (Date of defense: 2023-02-24)

    [eng] The interest of this work was to manufacture solid lipid nanoparticles that serve as a vehicle for biomolecules, specifically Chondroitin sulfate and pEGFP plasmid DNA. In the experimental part, the reagents and ...

    Development and implementation of strategies for process data fusion, modelling and control 

    Rocha de Oliveira, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2022-01-20)

    With the emergence of Industry 4.0 and the increasing availability of sensors and data acquisition systems, modern manufacturing processes are now generating large amounts of process data on a scale as never seen before. ...

    Development and neural bases of the spatial recoding of acoustic pitch 

    Fernández Prieto, Irene (Date of defense: 2016-12-22)

    Our perceptual system tends to associate higher-pitched sounds with upper spatial positions and smaller visual sizes, and lower pitched-sounds with lower positions and bigger visual sizes. This processes, known as crossmodal ...

    Development and optimization of a Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic suspension for Mask-Image-Projection-based Stereolithography 

    Fernandes, Joana Gonçalves (Date of defense: 2019-06-20)

    This dissertation has the main goal of developing ceramic materials for Mask-Image- Projection-based Stereolithography (MIP-SLA) technology, focused on electronic applications. To accomplish this aim, a low temperature ...

    Development and optimization of high-performance computational tools for protein-protein docking 

    Jiménez García, Brian (Date of defense: 2016-07-21)

    Computing has pushed a paradigm shift in many disciplines, including structural biology and chemistry. This change has been mainly driven by the increase in performance of computers, the capacity of dealing with huge amounts ...

    Development and optimization of inkjet printing based technologies for hybrid printed circuit boards 

    Arrese Carrasquer, Javier (Date of defense: 2019-07-23)

    The main goal of this doctoral thesis is the development and optimization of inkjet- based technologies for hybrid electronic circuits manufacturing, as well contribute on the development of the incoming low cost electronics. ...

    Development and optimization of silicon based light sources for integration into a sensor platform 

    Juvert Sández, Joan (Date of defense: 2014-07-04)

    We have characterized electroluminescent devices based on silicon rich oxide and/or silicon rich nitride. We have discussed the photoluminescence and structural characterization of the active layers and the electrical and ...

    Development and regeneration of Drosophila wing imaginal discs: the role of IncRNAs and the stress sensor D-GADD45 

    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 ...

    Development and Validation of a Clinic Screening Tool to Improve Clinical Management of Symptoms and Health-related Concerns in People Living with HIV in Spain 

    Safreed Harmon, Kelly (Date of defense: 2022-03-09)

    INTRODUCTION: Almost 38 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2020, 73% of whom were estimated to be receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). The face of HIV has changed greatly since the first highly effective ...

    Development and validation of a sequencing panel for translocations, copy number alterations and mutations with clinical relevance in mature B-cell neoplasms 

    Gómez Llonin, Andrea (Date of defense: 2021-04-30)

    The application of NGS techniques to the study of mature B-cell neoplasms at the research level is providing a large amount of new information, in certain cases with clinical implications, which includes the identification ...

    Development of 3D in vitro platforms for the study of muscle function and axonal growth and regeneration 

    Wells Cembrano, Karen Isabel (Date of defense: 2023-10-27)

    [eng] The use of in vitro models in biomedical research offers an invaluable tool for exploring biological processes of health and disease. While animal models remain highly informative and necessary to ensure clinical ...