Supervisor(s): Professor Mark Febbraio and Dr Benoit Smeuninx
Research focus
Our research is focussed on understanding mechanisms associated with exercise, obesity, type 2 diabetes and cancer and our goal is to develop novel drugs to treat lifestyle related diseases.
Project summary
Investigating how EVs released during exercise can be harnessed as therapeutic tools for treating breast cancer, type 2 diabetes and MASH — potentially creating 'exercise.