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