Azrah F. Samsudeen ANZOS-ASLM-ICCR 2019

Azrah F. Samsudeen

I’m a PhD student under the supervision of Professor Nigel Turner at UNSW Sydney. My broader interests are in NAD+ biology and how fluctuations in NAD+ and its associated network of proteins impact skeletal muscle function, glucose handling and lipid metabolism in the context of high-fat feeding and ageing. The body of work presented today investigates the NAD+ biosynthesis enzyme NMNAT1 in mouse models and the impact of its overexpression on metabolism with a particular interest in alterations to skeletal muscle physiology.