Barros, Susana Raquel Costa (Date of defense: 2020-02-13)
OPA1 is a dynamin-related protein that is responsible for the fusion of the internal mitochondrial membrane and essential to control the morphology of the mitochondrial cristae. Thus, it directly impacts ...
Sabaté Pérez, Alba (Date of defense: 2019-10-21)
Overweight and obesity have increased dramatically during recent decades becoming a major health problem for which therapeutic options are limited. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop new safe ...
Rodríguez Nuevo, Aida (Date of defense: 2018-04-12)
Opa1 is a mitochondrial dynamics protein responsible for the fusion of the inner mitochondrial membrane, the maintenance of cristae morphology, and involved in mitochondrial DNA stability. In this study ...
Frager, Petra (Date of defense: 2022-10-28)
[eng] Decreased physical activity and increased consumption of energy-rich food are hallmark lifestyle modifications that developed and amplified over the course of only a few decades. These changes in ...