With a little help from AI, a #SanterLab #YearInReview to feature some highlights of 2025.
Cheers to hopefully continued success & fun in and outside the lab for 2026π₯ππ₯³
Keep a lookout for Canada Impact+ Research Chair & training award postings so we can recruit top #Immunology talent in 2026
The #SanterLab just turned 5 years old! ππ₯³
This past yr had grants x3π°, a MSc gradπ, new lab membersπ₯Ό, studentships to grad studentsπ, many fun conferencesβοΈ, plenty of dataπ , mentorship & outreach & more!
Cheers to more fun & discoveries & super thankful to all who have been part of the team! π₯ππ»
π’π₯³ The #SanterLab is recruiting to have new people join the #IFN fun!
With #CIHR & other π°:
1) joint tech with Dr Thomas Murooka for more of an immediate start - see umanitoba.ca/careers/ #41169
2) #Immunology PhD student
3) Postdoctoral fellow
Please see our Google lab website + dept website π
Congrats to Olamide on her successful #Immunology MSc defense today! ππ₯³
She was the 1st member of the #SanterLab as a co-op student, to then tech & now MSc.
I couldn't have got the lab going without her. Thank u Olamide for choosing my lab & all your dedication to #IFNL research!ππ»
Officially official π₯³ππ₯
5yr #CIHR grant celebrations today with #SanterLab & Murooka lab who also got their grant (as co-I some #IFNL too π)
#IBD #IFNs #immunology
So thankful to our co-Is, collabs & all in our lab + #sisterlab who worked hard to help get this fundedππ»
@umanitoba.bsky.social
We are excited to welcome Jane to the #SanterLab who is starting her #Immunology MSc degree π₯³π
She recently finished her BSc Microbiology (co-op) degree at UManitoba with work experience at the JC Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre. Now a soon to be #interferon & #IBD expert π
I hope 2025 brings the same engagement here as #ScienceTwitter used to beπ€π€
#TwitterWrapped nicely summarized my Twitter account ππ
Not surprising to see #science #research #IFNs #SanterLab as a focus + of course #scicomm π₯³ππ©βπ¬
#HappyHolidays from the #SanterLab! π₯³π
π
We had a great yearly event today with wonderful food, company & fun gift exchange π
Thanks to Angela in the #Immunology office for her creative decorations this time of year, including a #sisterlab group photo ππ»
@drharmstrong.bsky.social
Had fun today giving a seminar describing our past 4yrs of research from the #SanterLab from #COVID19 to #immunoregulation to #IBD, with a common theme of #IFNs ππ₯³
There were ups & downs, but many great memories so far.
Thanks to my awesome team & colleagues, funders + many collabs ππ»
The #SanterLab tried a printable #escaperoom for some #teambuilding today! The clues were related to the movie Home Aloneπ
ππ»πto everyone for solving the various riddles as a nice break from lab, experiment planning & data analysis π
Hopefully, your next post is not "Nov 1 marked 5 years of the
#SanterLab ! ππ₯³π₯" Seriously, congrats on the really great start, and I'm looking forward to what you will accomplish next π§ͺ
I want to thank everyone who has been a part of the #SanterLab the past 4 yrs ππ» It has been great to work with so many amazing staff & trainees!
Thank u also to our funders or none of this would be possible ππ»
Plus thank u to my department & all who have helped along the way
My 2nd post- 1yr later LOL
Nov 1 marked 4 years of the #SanterLab! ππ₯³π₯
This past year has had many highlights- invited talks, great conferencesπ¨π¦πΊπΈπΏπ¦, new fundingπ°π°π°, our 1st MSc gradπ, trainee awards/studentships, >>data + publications in prep, awesome collaborations, first lab πΆx3.... 1/2