Dr. Deanna Santer
@drdeannasanter
Assistant Professor in Dept of Immunology, @umanitoba & CHRIM studying human interferons (esp type III IFNs)
Officially official 🥳🎉🥂 #CIHR grant celebrations today with #SanterLab & @tmurooka2 who also got his grant where I play small part as Co-I So thankful to our co-Is, collabs & all in our lab + #sisterlab who worked hard to help get this funded 🙏🏻 @UM_Immu @UM_RadyFHS @CIHR_IRSC


Happy #CanadaDay! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Proud to be #Canadian and happy to call Canada home for many reasons 😀
We are the True North, Strong and Free. On #CanadaDay, we stand #LoudandProud, celebrating our values, our voice, and our vision for a better world. Together, with courage, empathy, and conviction. 🇨🇦
Amazing time golfing with @umanitoba #Immunology friends & colleagues! My team #lambda (#IFNL) wins by 1 shot maybe because of our good luck team stickers, but some key shots by Lyle & Jude at the end 😉 Thanks to everyone for joining us for the 4th annual outing 🙏🏻


Finally getting around to posting @Mr_Olumade's great news- big congrats for a 3yr @CIHR_IRSC CGS-D! 🎉🥳👏🏻 Next step is getting papers written + having more fun with human gut organoids 😉 Thank you #CIHR for our operating funds + supporting 2 students! @UM_Immu @UM_RadyFHS
Great lab meeting today welcoming @umanitobasci co-op student Junel for his summer work term & celebrating some great news @Mr_Olumade received recently 🥳🥳🎉🎉 Lots of fun #IFNL work planned for the rest of 2025 😀😀😀 @UM_RadyFHS @UM_Immu #newlabphoto
Today was a hot +30 day for our annual #Immunology Dept Picnic! 🌞🌭🍔🍉 So much fun & thanks to all students & staff who helped organize 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Some highlights included a watermelon eating contest, 3-legged race, tug of war, + plenty of other sports with the potluck😀🎉

Amazing news to see such a large 💰 investment to promote research here in Manitoba 👏🏻🎉🥳🥂 Thank you @MBGov @WabKinew & @MikeMoroz08 for reading our letter from @umanitoba & other MB researchers that hopefully helped show why this investment was much needed🙏🏻
🚀 $5M boost for Research Manitoba! Now under Innovation & New Tech, we’re growing to $18.95M in funding to lead in AI, data & tech. 🔗 news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.htm…
Thanks again @LizaKonnikova for visiting us up here at @UM_Immu 🇨🇦! 🙏🏻 The students very much appreciated all your advice as their invited speaker & I'm looking forward to learning some tips and tricks from your lab in the future 😀
Join us for an exciting talk from Dr. Konnikova from @YaleMed @UM_RadyFHS @um_research @um_wisdom
In addition to our #Immunology Tier 1 #CRC, now also Tier 2 #CRC recruitment open across the street in Internal Medicine related to #proteomics 👇👇👇 @UM_RadyFHS
We're hiring! The Dept. of Internal Medicine @umanitoba seeks an Asst. Prof. / Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Structural/Spatial Proteomics 🏥 Based @ MCPSB @hsc_winnipeg 🔬 MS, AI, disease mechanisms 📩 Apply: universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?jo… #CRC #Proteomics #teamMassSpec #asms2025
It was a hot one 🥵☀️ at the Winnipeg #GutsyWalk, but amazing to hear almost $100k was raised from this walk already 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks to all who supported our team & @getgutsycanada 🙏🏻 My lab is very thankful to be supported by a CCC grant that is only possible through donations 🙏🏻
Excited for #GutsyWalk Winnipeg today & super proud of our team raising $1280 so far for @getgutsycanada 🎉🥳👏🏻 Come see members from @JEGhia & I's lab at the Impact Table to hear about ongoing #IBD research efforts at @umanitoba @UM_Immu 🔬👨🔬👩🔬 @GutsyWalk 🚶♀️🌞 @um_research
Excited for #GutsyWalk Winnipeg today & super proud of our team raising $1280 so far for @getgutsycanada 🎉🥳👏🏻 Come see members from @JEGhia & I's lab at the Impact Table to hear about ongoing #IBD research efforts at @umanitoba @UM_Immu 🔬👨🔬👩🔬 @GutsyWalk 🚶♀️🌞 @um_research
🎉 Gutsy Walk is today! Walking with us? Share your experience by using #GutsyWalk & tag @gutsywalk. You can also follow our Instagram stories to join the fun: instagram.com/gutsywalk
Congrats #PortoLab & @juliaserrato8 great job spearheading the work from @UofMMedMicro! 🎉🥳🥂 Also bonus our 1st collaborative paper out with @BarbaraPorto16 of a few in the works! @Mr_Olumade & I were happy to play a small part when #IFNs were involved 😉
Happy to see this paper finally out! And so proud of my rock star PhD student @juliaserrato8 for leading this work! 💪🏻🥳 We show that blocking B-Raf kinase protects bronchial and nasal epithelial cells from RSV infection and modulates interferon responses. publications.ersnet.org/content/erjor/…
Today only! We are raising money for @getgutsycanada for our Gutsy Walk team! Amazing team effort by #SanterLab & @JEGhia's lab so thanks all for baking all these wonderful treats 🍪🧁🥧 Great sales already 🤑💰😀



For the past 6 months, I have mentored a grade 11 student in a research project on H5N1 as part of @SCWIST's Quantum Leaps program. Tonight, I'm excited to be joined by Drs Barbara Porto & Alyson Kelvin as we hear about the project & then answer career Qs from 🇨🇦 gr11 girls 😀

WGO is proud to support EFCCA’s #WorldIBDDay2025 campaign! Together, we are showing that #IBDHasNoBorders — and neither should understanding or compassion. Learn more about the campaign here: buff.ly/pN8MSAz
Perfect day to join our team in our support of the #GutsyWalk and @getgutsycanada with double the donation! 👇👇👇 We look forward to joining everyone June 1 🥳 Bake sale also upcoming with @JEGhia's lab at @UM_Immu May 26 🧁🍪 crohnsandcolitiscanada.akaraisin.com/ui/GutsyWalk20…
💥 TODAY ONLY, double your impact! 💥 Gutsy Walk donations made online on May 15 will be matched up to $10,000! Don’t wait! Donate to Gutsy Walk or, if you’ve signed up for the event, make your big fundraising push today: bit.ly/GWMatch25
I guess this was great data Friday! 😊 1st, all 3 grad students working on our #NFRF-Exploration grant with @AnnaBlakney & @WakarchukLab made big strides forward, then some intriguing results from @Joy2Maggie...🤔🤔 Everyone really getting 😎 #IFNL results lately 🥳
Great lab meeting today welcoming @umanitobasci co-op student Junel for his summer work term & celebrating some great news @Mr_Olumade received recently 🥳🥳🎉🎉 Lots of fun #IFNL work planned for the rest of 2025 😀😀😀 @UM_RadyFHS @UM_Immu #newlabphoto

Excited to announce our newest #Immunology recruitment 🎉🥳 This is for a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) so a position that doesn't open up often! Please share widely to researchers studying inflammation, human immunology, immunotherapeutics & more. Happy to answer any dept Qs 👇
New opportunity to join the Department of Immunology! @UM_RadyFHS @um_research @umanitobasci @TIPS_SPIIE #canadaresearchchair
1 final call to add signatures now that @CanadianPM @MarkJCarney is elected. We need better investments in 🇨🇦 research when underfunded for so long. Will the PM commit to a significant tri-council 💰 ⬆️!? Please read & sign if a 🇨🇦 researcher at any stage of your career 👇👇
If you are a Canadian Researcher, faculty member, RA, PDF or graduate student in Canada please consider signing our letter to ask for increase of funding in research to make Canada a leader in science and build a stronger economy. docs.google.com/document/d/1Gz…