Dr. Iker Aramburu

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Iker Valle Aramburu obtained his BSc in Biochemistry from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) in 2011 and his MSci in Cellular Molecular Biology from Heidelberg University (Germany) in 2013. He was supervised for his PhD by EA Lemke at EMBL Heidelberg, where he studied the interaction mechanisms of intrinsically disordered proteins with the nuclear pore complex and transport receptors using diverse biophysical and chemical biology approaches. Following his PhD, Aramburu joined the Papayannopoulos Lab at the Francis Crick Institute, focusing his research on innate immunity and neutrophil biology. He has established his own lab at MIMS (Swedish Node EMBL molecular medicine partner institutes), where he leads a research group applying his interdisciplinary background and state-of-the-art technologies to uncover the role of unknown microproteins in innate immune processes. Iker's research interests include the exploration of the microproteome in immune cells, with a specific focus on the applications of bioinformatics tools for non-bioinformaticians to study unknown microprotein sequences.

Research Interests

Experience

Research Fellow

2024-09-05 — Present

Umeå University • Umeå, Sweden

Leading research efforts in the Iker Aramburu lab, focusing on microproteome studies and immune cell research.

Requirements for Umeå University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:2.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Writing
Required:20
Total
Required:90
PTE
Overall
Required:62
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) in relevant field At least 90 ECTS in the main subject area
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate
  • Transcripts of records
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Copy of passport
  • Letter of Motivation (certain programs)
  • CV (certain programs)
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.