Nam Long Nguyen

Nguyen Nam Long

Appointment(s)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Academic Qualifications
  • PhD, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • BSc, Hanoi National University, Vietnam
Research Programme(s)
Research Interest(s)
  • Lipid Metabolism
  • Lipid Transport
  • Membrane Transporter
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
Recent Publications
  • 1. Vu TM, Ishizu A-N, Foo JC, Xiu RT, Zhang F, Whee DM, Torta F, Cazenave-Gassiot A, Matsumura T, Kim S et al. 2017 Oct. Mfsd2b is essential for the sphingosine-1-phosphate export in erythrocytes and platelets. Nature. 550(7677):524-+(18). doi: 10.1038/nature24053.
  • 2. Wong BH, Chan JP, Cazenave-Gassiot A, Poh RW, Foo JC, Galam DLA, Ghosh S, Nguyen LN, Barathi VA, Yeo SW et al. 2016 May. Mfsd2a Is a Transporter for the Essential omega-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) in Eye and Is Important for Photoreceptor Cell Development. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(20):10501-10514. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.721340.
  • 3. Quek DQY, Nguyen LN, Fan H, Silver DL. 2016 Jan. Structural insights into the transport mechanism of the human sodium-dependent lysophosphatidylcholine transporter MFSD2A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(18):9383-9394. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M116.721035.