cancer metabolism

Dr. Francesca Di Cara, PhD

Appointments: Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University Research Interests: Peroxisomes, Innate immunity, Immunometabolism, cancer metabolism, Lipid signaling, Stem cells proliferation, Intestinal epithelium integrity and Homeostasis, host pathogens/commensals interaction Cancer cells often alter metabolism to support their malignant phenotype. Despite the advances in research connecting metabolism and cancer, we still do … Read more

Dr. J. Patrick Murphy, MSc, PhD

Appointments: Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at University of Prince Edward Island Affiliations: Adjunct Professor (FGS) in the Department of Pathology at Dalhousie Research Interests: Cancer metabolism, proteomics, metabolomics, immune cell metabolism, small molecule function Understanding Small Molecule Metabolite Function and Regulation Our laboratory is interested in combining mass spectrometry-based approaches in proteomics … Read more

Dr. Devanand M. Pinto, PhD

Appointments: Senior Research Officer, National Research Council, Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University Affiliations: National Research Council, Human Health Therapeutics. Dalhousie University, Department of Chemistry Research Interests: Proteomics, Predictive & prognostic biomarkers, cancer metabolism, bioinformatics and circulating tumor cells. Quantitative Analysis of Biological Systems My research involves the development of bioanalytical techniques for quantitative measurement of nucleic … Read more