Albert Colomer, Nerea (Date of defense: 2021-01-18)
Tumor-stroma crosstalk is essential for PDAC formation. Therefore, the stroma, and specifically the carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), are the target of therapeutic alternatives to treat highly ...
Prediger, Maciel (Date of defense: 2019-11-15)
Store flyers have an extraordinary importance to marketing management and contribute to a retailer's performance (Ziliani and Ieva, 2015). They influence the intentions to visit a store, affect the ...
Ventura Ventanachs, Verònica (Date of defense: 2013-10-18)
Irosustat is a first-generation, irreversible, steroid sulfatase inhibitor currently in development for hormone-dependent cancer therapy. Its structure is a tricyclic coumarin-based sulfamate that ...
Ordóñez Vivanco, Yadira (Date of defense: 2016-09-16)
Sphingolipids (SLs) encompass a large and diverse family of lipids that are essential constituents of cellular membranes. In addition to their structural functions, SLs are also emerging as important ...
Góngora Benítez, Miriam (Date of defense: 2013-02-08)
Synthesis of Cys-containing peptides has long been posed as an attractive challenge for peptide chemist. Protecting groups for the nucleophilic beta-thiol group of Cys residues must be stable during ...
Bellmunt Giralt, Andratx (Date of defense: 2015-12-17)
The objects studied in this thesis are Hamiltonian spaces and it is assumed that the reader is familiar with them as explained in e.g. [Can, VII-IX] or [McSa1, §5]. The usual contents of first year ...
Van Der Hofstadt Serrano, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-12-21)
The large abundance of bacterial growth niches provide a rich diversity of bacterial traits. These are usually characterized using traditional microbiology research tools, and newer characterization ...
Álvarez Fernández, Carmen (Date of defense: 2013-04-26)
This thesis is based on a genomic study of the epithelial fusion and wound healing processes using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. The aimed of the work is to study the genomic differences ...
Acebes Serrano, Sandra (Date of defense: 2016-09-08)
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions and their use report multiple advantages, as they can be very selective, low polluting (biodegradable), cheap and allow working in mild conditions ...
Fumanal Quintana, Maria (Date of defense: 2015-10-30)
Interest in organic molecule-based materials has extraordinarily grown in both the electronic and data storage industries. Specifically, research in the development of new plastic devices for technological ...