MOBILE GENOMES
'We investigate the patterns and mechanisms of genomic variation in disease'
leyre.aramburu.gonzalez@usc.es
In 2021, I earned my BSc in Biology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where I carried out my final project on transmissible cancer in cockles at Mobile Genomes. It was during this time that my interest in genomics and evolution truly took root. After graduation, I moved to Barcelona to broaden my perspective and pursue a MSc in Oceanography and Marine Environment Management. Eager to gain hands-on field experience, I then spent three months in Costa Rica working as a research assistant on a sea turtle conservation project. Finally, having explored different paths, I decided to return to Santiago de Compostela to begin the PhD I am currently pursuing. My research aims to unravel the genetic landscape of plant tumours and to shed light on the mutational processes driving tumorigenesis, contributing to a deeper understanding of how genomes evolve and adapt.
2024-2028 Predoctoral fellowship, Xunta de Galicia.
2022 Open Water Diver licence (ACUC).
2021-2022 MSc in Oceanography and Marine Environment Management University of Barcelona, Spain.
2020-2021 Collaboration scholarship Banco Santander. Zoology, Genetics and Physical Antropology department. Genetics area.
Somatic evolution of marine transmissible leukemias in the common cockle, Cerastoderma edule
Bruzos AL, Santamarina M, García-Souto D, Díaz S, Rocha S, Zamora J, Lee Y, Viña-Feás A, Quail MA, Otero I, Pequeño-Valtierra A, Temes J, Rodriguez-Castro J, Aramburu L, Vidal-Capón A, Villanueva A, Costas D, Rodríguez R, Prieto T, Tomás L, Alvariño P, Alonso J, Cao A, Iglesias D, Carballal MJ, Amaral AM, Balseiro P, Calado R, El Khalfi B, Izagirre U, de Montaudouin X, Pade NG, Probert I, Ricardo F, Ruiz P, Skazina M, Smolarz K, Pasantes JJ, Villalba A, Ning Z, Ju YS, Posada D, Demeulemeester J, Baez-Ortega A, Tubio JM.
Nat Cancer, 4, 1575–1591 (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s43018-023-00641-9
