Dr. Deanna Santer
@drdeannasanter.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Dept of #Immunology, University of Manitoba🇨🇦 studying human interferons (esp type III IFNs) in immune regulation during viral infections or chronic inflammation such as in IBD.
https://sites.google.com/view/thesanterlab/home
https://sites.google.com/view/thesanterlab/home
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📢🥳 The #SanterLab is recruiting to have new people join the #IFN fun!
With #CIHR & other 💰:
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 😀
With #CIHR & other 💰:
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 😀
The #SanterLab just turned 5 years old! 🎂🥳
This past yr had grants x3💰, a MSc grad🎓, new lab members🥼, studentships to grad students🌟, many fun conferences✈️, plenty of data📊 , mentorship & outreach & more!
Cheers to more fun & discoveries & super thankful to all who have been part of the team! 🥂🙏🏻
This past yr had grants x3💰, a MSc grad🎓, new lab members🥼, studentships to grad students🌟, many fun conferences✈️, plenty of data📊 , mentorship & outreach & more!
Cheers to more fun & discoveries & super thankful to all who have been part of the team! 🥂🙏🏻
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The #SanterLab just turned 5 years old! 🎂🥳
This past yr had grants x3💰, a MSc grad🎓, new lab members🥼, studentships to grad students🌟, many fun conferences✈️, plenty of data📊 , mentorship & outreach & more!
Cheers to more fun & discoveries & super thankful to all who have been part of the team! 🥂🙏🏻
This past yr had grants x3💰, a MSc grad🎓, new lab members🥼, studentships to grad students🌟, many fun conferences✈️, plenty of data📊 , mentorship & outreach & more!
Cheers to more fun & discoveries & super thankful to all who have been part of the team! 🥂🙏🏻
What a great #Cytokines2025 meeting! Caught up with many #IFN scientists, made multiple new connections, had fun giving a talk & great to see those from UW Immunology all these years later. Always my fav conference 😀🥳 Thanks to all the organizers!🙏🏻 @cytokinesociety.bsky.social @ramlabuw.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
What a great #Cytokines2025 meeting! Caught up with many #IFN scientists, made multiple new connections, had fun giving a talk & great to see those from UW Immunology all these years later. Always my fav conference 😀🥳 Thanks to all the organizers!🙏🏻 @cytokinesociety.bsky.social @ramlabuw.bsky.social
#Cytokines2025 has begun- looking forward to a few days of networking, especially with #IFN friends from outside 🇨🇦 when it has been too long 😀
Despite the challenge of travel to the US at the moment, still 20 countries represented this year 🌎
#Cytokines25 @cytokinesociety.bsky.social
Despite the challenge of travel to the US at the moment, still 20 countries represented this year 🌎
#Cytokines25 @cytokinesociety.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
#Cytokines2025 has begun- looking forward to a few days of networking, especially with #IFN friends from outside 🇨🇦 when it has been too long 😀
Despite the challenge of travel to the US at the moment, still 20 countries represented this year 🌎
#Cytokines25 @cytokinesociety.bsky.social
Despite the challenge of travel to the US at the moment, still 20 countries represented this year 🌎
#Cytokines25 @cytokinesociety.bsky.social
Busy last few weeks with Italy pediatric IBD conference, chairing local equity symposium & now off to Seattle for #Cytokines2025! I haven't been able to attend the last 2yrs so excited to chat with fellow #IFN enthusiasts & give a talk 🥳 + always nice to visit where I did my PhD when not back often
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Busy last few weeks with Italy pediatric IBD conference, chairing local equity symposium & now off to Seattle for #Cytokines2025! I haven't been able to attend the last 2yrs so excited to chat with fellow #IFN enthusiasts & give a talk 🥳 + always nice to visit where I did my PhD when not back often
Happy Halloween from the Santer Lab! 🦥👻🎃🍬
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Happy Halloween from the Santer Lab! 🦥👻🎃🍬
📢🥳 The #SanterLab is recruiting to have new people join the #IFN fun!
With #CIHR & other 💰:
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 😀
With #CIHR & other 💰:
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 😀
September 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📢🥳 The #SanterLab is recruiting to have new people join the #IFN fun!
With #CIHR & other 💰:
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 😀
With #CIHR & other 💰:
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 😀
Congrats to Olamide on her successful #Immunology MSc defense today! 🎉🥳
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!🙏🏻
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!🙏🏻
July 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Congrats to Olamide on her successful #Immunology MSc defense today! 🎉🥳
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!🙏🏻
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!🙏🏻
Happy #CanadaDay!🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud to be Canadian & lucky to live & work here 😀😀😀
July 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Happy #CanadaDay!🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud to be Canadian & lucky to live & work here 😀😀😀
Abstract submitted & looking forward to getting back to regular #Cytokines meeting attendance after missing the last 2 yrs!! Deadline now extended to June 30. I hope to see many #IFN friends there too🥳
Bonus that visiting Seattle where my academic research career began with my #Immunology PhD 😀
Bonus that visiting Seattle where my academic research career began with my #Immunology PhD 😀
Don't forget 📆 Abstract deadline for poster or oral presentations is June 18. Please repost to your network to spread the word! More info or register at seattle.cytokinesociety.org
June 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Abstract submitted & looking forward to getting back to regular #Cytokines meeting attendance after missing the last 2 yrs!! Deadline now extended to June 30. I hope to see many #IFN friends there too🥳
Bonus that visiting Seattle where my academic research career began with my #Immunology PhD 😀
Bonus that visiting Seattle where my academic research career began with my #Immunology PhD 😀
So 💔 to hear what has happened & will continue to happen to 🇺🇸 medical research. For anyone who thinks 🇨🇦 is a possibility-we are recruiting a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair with 7yrs guaranteed funding + poss renewal + salary guaranteed & my lab is recruiting an #Immunology PhD student and/or post doc
June 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So 💔 to hear what has happened & will continue to happen to 🇺🇸 medical research. For anyone who thinks 🇨🇦 is a possibility-we are recruiting a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair with 7yrs guaranteed funding + poss renewal + salary guaranteed & my lab is recruiting an #Immunology PhD student and/or post doc
It was a hot one 🥵☀️ at the Winnipeg #GutsyWalk, but amazing to hear almost $100k was raised 👏🏻👏🏻 Super proud of our team raising >$1300 too!🌟
Thanks to all who supported our team & Crohns & Colitis Canada🙏🏻 My lab is very thankful to be supported by a CCC grant that is only possible with donations🔬🥼
Thanks to all who supported our team & Crohns & Colitis Canada🙏🏻 My lab is very thankful to be supported by a CCC grant that is only possible with donations🔬🥼
June 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It was a hot one 🥵☀️ at the Winnipeg #GutsyWalk, but amazing to hear almost $100k was raised 👏🏻👏🏻 Super proud of our team raising >$1300 too!🌟
Thanks to all who supported our team & Crohns & Colitis Canada🙏🏻 My lab is very thankful to be supported by a CCC grant that is only possible with donations🔬🥼
Thanks to all who supported our team & Crohns & Colitis Canada🙏🏻 My lab is very thankful to be supported by a CCC grant that is only possible with donations🔬🥼
Great message here for #WorldIBDDay - awareness so key plus supporting research & IBD charities
🇨🇦 also has one of the highest incidence rates of IBD! We are thankful for Crohns and Colitis Canada & #CIHR grant support to study ulcerative colitis #immunology to identify new therapeutic targets🙏🏻
🇨🇦 also has one of the highest incidence rates of IBD! We are thankful for Crohns and Colitis Canada & #CIHR grant support to study ulcerative colitis #immunology to identify new therapeutic targets🙏🏻
#IBDHasNoBorders — and neither should our voices.
On #WorldIBDDay, we join #EFCCA ´s call to break the taboo and silence around #IBD.
🌎Over 10M people live with it worldwide — yet shame, taboo, and silence still persist.
💬Let’s talk about it.
+ info 🔗 efcca.org/worldibdday2...
On #WorldIBDDay, we join #EFCCA ´s call to break the taboo and silence around #IBD.
🌎Over 10M people live with it worldwide — yet shame, taboo, and silence still persist.
💬Let’s talk about it.
+ info 🔗 efcca.org/worldibdday2...
May 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Great message here for #WorldIBDDay - awareness so key plus supporting research & IBD charities
🇨🇦 also has one of the highest incidence rates of IBD! We are thankful for Crohns and Colitis Canada & #CIHR grant support to study ulcerative colitis #immunology to identify new therapeutic targets🙏🏻
🇨🇦 also has one of the highest incidence rates of IBD! We are thankful for Crohns and Colitis Canada & #CIHR grant support to study ulcerative colitis #immunology to identify new therapeutic targets🙏🏻
#HappyMothersDay to all moms and special shoutout to fellow #scienceMoms & #academicMoms who balance it all as best they can 🥳🎉🥂🌷
#luckymomof2boys
#luckymomof2boys
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ALT: two panda bears hugging each other with the words " happy mother 's day " written on the bottom
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May 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#HappyMothersDay to all moms and special shoutout to fellow #scienceMoms & #academicMoms who balance it all as best they can 🥳🎉🥂🌷
#luckymomof2boys
#luckymomof2boys
Great lab meeting today welcoming co-op undergraduate student Junel for his summer work term & celebrating some great news Testimony (PhD student) received recently 🥳🥳🎉🎉
Lots of fun #IFNL work planned for the rest of 2025 😀😀😀
#newlabgroupphoto
Lots of fun #IFNL work planned for the rest of 2025 😀😀😀
#newlabgroupphoto
May 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Great lab meeting today welcoming co-op undergraduate student Junel for his summer work term & celebrating some great news Testimony (PhD student) received recently 🥳🥳🎉🎉
Lots of fun #IFNL work planned for the rest of 2025 😀😀😀
#newlabgroupphoto
Lots of fun #IFNL work planned for the rest of 2025 😀😀😀
#newlabgroupphoto
Excited to announce our newest #Immunology recruitment 🎉🥳
This is for a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)🇨🇦, a position that isnt offered often when 7yr term incl full salary (+renewable)!
Please share widely when broad immunology focus. Happy to answer any dept Q & note date 👇
@umanitoba.bsky.social
This is for a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)🇨🇦, a position that isnt offered often when 7yr term incl full salary (+renewable)!
Please share widely when broad immunology focus. Happy to answer any dept Q & note date 👇
@umanitoba.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Excited to announce our newest #Immunology recruitment 🎉🥳
This is for a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)🇨🇦, a position that isnt offered often when 7yr term incl full salary (+renewable)!
Please share widely when broad immunology focus. Happy to answer any dept Q & note date 👇
@umanitoba.bsky.social
This is for a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1)🇨🇦, a position that isnt offered often when 7yr term incl full salary (+renewable)!
Please share widely when broad immunology focus. Happy to answer any dept Q & note date 👇
@umanitoba.bsky.social
1 final call to add signatures or to contact your local MLAs and PM Mark Carney. We need better investments in 🇨🇦 research when underfunded for so long. Will the PM commit to a significant tri-council 💰 ⬆️!?
Please read & sign if ur a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career that agrees we need >$ 👇👇
Please read & sign if ur a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career that agrees we need >$ 👇👇
Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
National Letter
Open Letter from Canadian Researchers to the Federal party leaders Click here to sign this letter See who has signed - version française se trouve à page 3 - Dear Party Leaders We, the undersigne...
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May 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1 final call to add signatures or to contact your local MLAs and PM Mark Carney. We need better investments in 🇨🇦 research when underfunded for so long. Will the PM commit to a significant tri-council 💰 ⬆️!?
Please read & sign if ur a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career that agrees we need >$ 👇👇
Please read & sign if ur a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career that agrees we need >$ 👇👇
Happy International #DayofImmunology!🥳🎉
I am currently 🛫 & will visit McMaster for the 1st time tomorrow to present in their Infection & Immunity seminar series 😀 🙏🏻 to @koenigjfe.bsky.social for the invite
Looking forward to chatting science & presenting a couple stories from our #IFNL projects
I am currently 🛫 & will visit McMaster for the 1st time tomorrow to present in their Infection & Immunity seminar series 😀 🙏🏻 to @koenigjfe.bsky.social for the invite
Looking forward to chatting science & presenting a couple stories from our #IFNL projects
April 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy International #DayofImmunology!🥳🎉
I am currently 🛫 & will visit McMaster for the 1st time tomorrow to present in their Infection & Immunity seminar series 😀 🙏🏻 to @koenigjfe.bsky.social for the invite
Looking forward to chatting science & presenting a couple stories from our #IFNL projects
I am currently 🛫 & will visit McMaster for the 1st time tomorrow to present in their Infection & Immunity seminar series 😀 🙏🏻 to @koenigjfe.bsky.social for the invite
Looking forward to chatting science & presenting a couple stories from our #IFNL projects
Fun times at #CSI2025 with 🇨🇦 immunologists! 23 attendees from our #immunology dept at @umanitoba.bsky.social this year 🥳🎉
Happy to join the local organizing committee for #CSI2026 😀 in Winnipeg with Chair Dr. Thomas Murooka
Happy to join the local organizing committee for #CSI2026 😀 in Winnipeg with Chair Dr. Thomas Murooka
April 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fun times at #CSI2025 with 🇨🇦 immunologists! 23 attendees from our #immunology dept at @umanitoba.bsky.social this year 🥳🎉
Happy to join the local organizing committee for #CSI2026 😀 in Winnipeg with Chair Dr. Thomas Murooka
Happy to join the local organizing committee for #CSI2026 😀 in Winnipeg with Chair Dr. Thomas Murooka
Great to see the letter started by my ECR colleagues at UManitoba gaining some traction with 860 signatures! But we need a lot more to show how important research funding is in 🇨🇦 when the election is fast approaching. See below & consider signing if ur prof, trainee, clinician or staff in 🇨🇦 👇👇👇
I really hope the federal party leaders and everyone running in the next Canadian election takes a second to read this letter about the importance of investing in research www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli
Open letter to federal leaders from Manitoba researchers gets support from hundreds of Canadian academics | CBC News
An open letter penned by a group of Manitoba researchers has garnered support from hundreds of other scientists and academics across the country, sounding the alarm about the effects of research cuts ...
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April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Great to see the letter started by my ECR colleagues at UManitoba gaining some traction with 860 signatures! But we need a lot more to show how important research funding is in 🇨🇦 when the election is fast approaching. See below & consider signing if ur prof, trainee, clinician or staff in 🇨🇦 👇👇👇
Exciting month ahead for networking! 🥳🛫
Today I'm off to Toronto for a GSK Research Summit bringing together GSK chairs from across 🇨🇦, then #CSI2025 #immunology conference in Gatineau, then Apr30 I visit McMaster for the 1st time! Thks to @koenigjfe.bsky.social for the seminar invite😀
Today I'm off to Toronto for a GSK Research Summit bringing together GSK chairs from across 🇨🇦, then #CSI2025 #immunology conference in Gatineau, then Apr30 I visit McMaster for the 1st time! Thks to @koenigjfe.bsky.social for the seminar invite😀
March 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Exciting month ahead for networking! 🥳🛫
Today I'm off to Toronto for a GSK Research Summit bringing together GSK chairs from across 🇨🇦, then #CSI2025 #immunology conference in Gatineau, then Apr30 I visit McMaster for the 1st time! Thks to @koenigjfe.bsky.social for the seminar invite😀
Today I'm off to Toronto for a GSK Research Summit bringing together GSK chairs from across 🇨🇦, then #CSI2025 #immunology conference in Gatineau, then Apr30 I visit McMaster for the 1st time! Thks to @koenigjfe.bsky.social for the seminar invite😀
I'm honoured to be a Science Co-op supervisor of the year!🙏🏻😀
I have mentored 7 @umanitoba.bsky.social co-op undergrads thus far & all have been a pleasure to work with- whether est. new protocols or getting 😎 #IFNL data!
Thank you to Cedric for the nomination & kind words🙏🏻
#luckyPI
I have mentored 7 @umanitoba.bsky.social co-op undergrads thus far & all have been a pleasure to work with- whether est. new protocols or getting 😎 #IFNL data!
Thank you to Cedric for the nomination & kind words🙏🏻
#luckyPI
March 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm honoured to be a Science Co-op supervisor of the year!🙏🏻😀
I have mentored 7 @umanitoba.bsky.social co-op undergrads thus far & all have been a pleasure to work with- whether est. new protocols or getting 😎 #IFNL data!
Thank you to Cedric for the nomination & kind words🙏🏻
#luckyPI
I have mentored 7 @umanitoba.bsky.social co-op undergrads thus far & all have been a pleasure to work with- whether est. new protocols or getting 😎 #IFNL data!
Thank you to Cedric for the nomination & kind words🙏🏻
#luckyPI
A reminder to me right now & all in the lab... just get writing! 👩💻👨💻
Make outlines, break down larger tasks & set deadlines whether thesis, studentship or, in my case, promotion/tenure app + paper edits/submissions! 📝👩🔬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My current to-do list is getting crazy again....
Make outlines, break down larger tasks & set deadlines whether thesis, studentship or, in my case, promotion/tenure app + paper edits/submissions! 📝👩🔬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My current to-do list is getting crazy again....
An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write
Nature Biotechnology - An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write
www.nature.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A reminder to me right now & all in the lab... just get writing! 👩💻👨💻
Make outlines, break down larger tasks & set deadlines whether thesis, studentship or, in my case, promotion/tenure app + paper edits/submissions! 📝👩🔬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My current to-do list is getting crazy again....
Make outlines, break down larger tasks & set deadlines whether thesis, studentship or, in my case, promotion/tenure app + paper edits/submissions! 📝👩🔬
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My current to-do list is getting crazy again....
Amazing night last night celebrating magnificent women at UManitoba 🥳♀️- organized by UM Women's centre!
Very honoured to receive a 2025 Woman in Health Sciences award. Promoting & mentoring #womeninscience have been a passion of mine for 15+yrs. 🙏🏻 to my nominators
Congrats to all awardees!🌟👏🏻🎉
Very honoured to receive a 2025 Woman in Health Sciences award. Promoting & mentoring #womeninscience have been a passion of mine for 15+yrs. 🙏🏻 to my nominators
Congrats to all awardees!🌟👏🏻🎉
March 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Amazing night last night celebrating magnificent women at UManitoba 🥳♀️- organized by UM Women's centre!
Very honoured to receive a 2025 Woman in Health Sciences award. Promoting & mentoring #womeninscience have been a passion of mine for 15+yrs. 🙏🏻 to my nominators
Congrats to all awardees!🌟👏🏻🎉
Very honoured to receive a 2025 Woman in Health Sciences award. Promoting & mentoring #womeninscience have been a passion of mine for 15+yrs. 🙏🏻 to my nominators
Congrats to all awardees!🌟👏🏻🎉
Very thankful that another Murooka/Santer lab project was funded 3 weeks later for our #CIHR Catalyst grant with Dr Ali Ashkar as fellow coPI & coA @annablakney.bsky.social expanding on #IFNL #antiviral effects in the STBBI field. Super excited to work with this awesome team across 3 universities🥳🙌
February 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Very thankful that another Murooka/Santer lab project was funded 3 weeks later for our #CIHR Catalyst grant with Dr Ali Ashkar as fellow coPI & coA @annablakney.bsky.social expanding on #IFNL #antiviral effects in the STBBI field. Super excited to work with this awesome team across 3 universities🥳🙌
Happy #IDWGS2025! 👩🔬👩🏻🔬👩🏽🔬👩🏾🔬👩🏿🔬
A day I happily share with my birthday🎂
Let's continue to promote #womeninSTEM!
I ❤️ working with our awesome #WISDOM group here at UManitoba & the #SCWIST Quantum Leaps program plus I am lucky to work with great women in my lab & across @umanitoba.bsky.social
A day I happily share with my birthday🎂
Let's continue to promote #womeninSTEM!
I ❤️ working with our awesome #WISDOM group here at UManitoba & the #SCWIST Quantum Leaps program plus I am lucky to work with great women in my lab & across @umanitoba.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Happy #IDWGS2025! 👩🔬👩🏻🔬👩🏽🔬👩🏾🔬👩🏿🔬
A day I happily share with my birthday🎂
Let's continue to promote #womeninSTEM!
I ❤️ working with our awesome #WISDOM group here at UManitoba & the #SCWIST Quantum Leaps program plus I am lucky to work with great women in my lab & across @umanitoba.bsky.social
A day I happily share with my birthday🎂
Let's continue to promote #womeninSTEM!
I ❤️ working with our awesome #WISDOM group here at UManitoba & the #SCWIST Quantum Leaps program plus I am lucky to work with great women in my lab & across @umanitoba.bsky.social