Pantano Rubiño, Lorena (Date of defense: 2011-09-26)
In this thesis we have developed a user-friendly tool, SeqBuster, for the analysis of small RNA (sRNA) data generated by next generation sequencing strategies, with special emphasis on deep characterization ...
Saus Martínez, Ester (Date of defense: 2010-11-24)
In this thesis we have studied genetic elements potentially contributing to the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders, focusing on different sources of human genome variability, including SNPs and ...
Guidi, Mònica (Date of defense: 2009-01-13)
Neurotrophins and their receptors are key molecules in the development of the<br/>nervous system. Neurotrophin-3 binds preferentially to its high-affinity receptor<br/>NTRK3, which exists in two major ...
Mateu Huertas, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2013-11-15)
Male premutation carriers (PM) presenting between 55-200 CGG repeats in the Fragile X-associated (FMR1) gene are at risk to develop Fragile X Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS), and females to undergo ...
Bosch Pages, Nina (Date of defense: 2008-12-19)
Les duplicacions segmentàries (DSs), o també anomenades duplicons o Low copy Repeats (LCRs), són regions de coma mínim 1 kb amb un alt nivell d'identitat (>90%), que estan presents almenys dues vegades ...
Mercader Bigas, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2008-07-11)
Els trastorns de la conducta alimentària (TCA) tenen una etiologia complexa en la que hi intervenen factors de predisposició socioculturals, ambientals i genètics. S'ha aprofundit en les bases moleculars ...