Shaw, Daniel (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
Understanding what constitutes a true Minimal Cell is a key challenge in synthetic biology. In this work, we present two new tools to aid in this endeavour. i) A novel methodology for minimising the ...
Trincado Alonso, Juan Luis (Date of defense: 2019-01-28)
The following thesis tries to answer the question of wheter RNA processing alterations are informative for the clinical management of cancer patients. For this, the work is focused on solve two main ...
Silva Blanc, Luisina (Date of defense: 2019-12-05)
Attention toward textile production and clothing consumption in Spanish Latin American increased during the end of the colonial period and was reflected in new regulations, newspaper articles, tighter ...
Campos Mata, Leire de (Date of defense: 2019-12-18)
The highly conserved exonuclease Xrn1 plays a dual role in gene expression by degrading cellular mRNAs and promoting their transcription initiation and elongation. In this thesis we uncover an unanticipated ...
Moret Miranda, Karina (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)
During the nineteenth century, the secret societies Ekpe (Egbo) of the Cross River and Cuban Abakuá, were called "a kind of black masonry." Ekpe (Egbo) had a social, political and economic function ...
Salaverria Izaguirre, Pablo G. (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
This PhD thesis aimed to understand the impact of temperature at different levels (biology to physics) while performing live-cell imaging. A study and characterization of the role of the temperature ...
Fukukawa, Misa (Date of defense: 2019-06-18)
Recently, multiliteracy has received lots of attention. Due to increased migration, globalisation and intermarriage, as of 2017, there are 203 Hoshukos (Japanese school located outside of Japan) spread ...
Galera Laporta, Letícia (Date of defense: 2019-02-08)
Bacterial proliferation has been studied for more than 100 years, but our knowledge of the mechanisms that control its dynamical aspects is still very limited. In this Thesis we have studied, at both ...