Dr Danielle Debruin

Dr Debruin is an Early Career Researcher specialised in muscle physiology and pre-clinical trials. Dr Debruin completed her PhD at Victoria University, (Melbourne, Australia) under the supervision of Prof Hayes, where she won the prestigious University Medal for Academic Excellence in Research. Dr Debruin’s PhD explored how vitamin D in combination with other treatments, improves skeletal muscle and cardiac function in health and disease, an area of increasing clinical significance. Dr Debruin’s expertise in muscle function testing under in vivo, in situ and ex vivo conditions are highly sought after, with multiple collaborations established with various research groups and industry partners. She has exceptional expertise in developing, and working with, animal models of muscle atrophy and employing a variety of techniques. Dr Debruin has years of experience working with industry as a co-investigator on multiple projects evaluating treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and other muscle wasting conditions. She is an active member at the Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS) in the Geroscience and Regenerative Medicine programs and is an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Health and Sport at Victoria University.

Danielle's previous Postdoctoral Fellowship role at the University of Melbourne (Australia) primarily focused on understanding the complex nature of the extracellular matrix (ECM), and its components, in various muscle diseases. The work undertaken has lead to her current post in the Department of Biochemical and Physiological Sciences Faculty at the University of Surrey, under the supervision of Dr Salvatore Santamaria.