Yesterday was the most unforgettable moment in my life. I can't say enough how much I appreciate everyone's love and care for me and my babies. I'd like to give my special thanks to Dr. Santer, Dr.Armstrong and all members in Sister Labs for celebrating this lovely Baby Shower!
Exciting day with our Cytation 10 installed!! ๐ฅณ Thanks to Matthieu from @Agilent. Also 2 new BSCs & 2 incubators! Our BSL2+ space with @tmurooka2 will be fully equipped soon with just sorter left. Thank u again @InnovationCA@UM_RadyFHS + @UM_Immu for your support! ๐
WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT: Our next #Gnotobiotic#Workshop is happening May 4-5, 2023 at @UCalgary along with @UCalgaryIMC! Registration is open and space is extremely limited so click the link to apply today: https://t.co/XgyCBWDYeO
Congrats to @OlamideOgungbo1 on her 2yr Rady Faculty MSc studentship!! ๐๐ฅณ๐
She starts her @UM_Immu MSc program in Jan after being the 1st student to join the Santer lab in Jan 2021 & then was an awesome technician!
Thank you @UM_RadyFHS@umanitoba for the support! #proudPI
Fun times at the @UM_Immu Annual Holiday party!! Great food, company, games and gift exchange coming up!
Just missing @OlamideOgungbo1 but we will see her next week ๐
Lots to celebrate in the Santer Lab for 2022 ๐๐ฅ๐ฅณ
Shipment 1/2 for our @Agilent Biotek Cytation C10 ๐๐ฅณ๐ฌ
Next month training begins for spinning disk confocal, live cell imaging, plate reader/luminometer, nucleic acid quant & more. Thank you again @InnovationCA for supporting our work with @tmurooka2@UM_Immu@UM_RadyFHS
I am so proud to join both fantastic teams of Dr. Santer and Dr. Armstrong, and more happy that my first day of work marked the day the Santer's lab was turning two. Can't wait contributing to make more success for both teams. Thanks everyone for all of your warm welcome!
Thanks to everyone in the Santer & @DrHArmstrong labs for a fun party today! Lots to celebrate in the past few months with grants, publications, awards & a warm welcome to the 3 staff joining our groups- Richard, Vi & Maggie!
Yay for supportive #sisterlabs! ๐๐ฅณ๐ฐ
#newgroupphoto
Very interesting study in line with our prior work in #IBD showing specific fibers not good for all based on personal microbiome ๐๐๐
We aim to build off of great work like this with @Liam_ONeil funded by @HSCFoundation to examine links between #diet#fiber#microbiome#RA
Nice surprise & honoured to be thought of as a ๐จ๐ฆ 'game changer' ๐
Thank u @ResearchCda@CoVaRR_Net & our awesome Pillar 10 team studying SARS-CoV2 antivirals! https://t.co/ydu1MtXJai
This + studying #IFNL as tx for #COVID19 w/ @JJFeld@DrAGehring Dr. Tyrrell has kept us busy!
Today is the Santer lab's 2nd birthday! Being a #pandemicNewPI has definitely been stressful at times, but a ๐งต to say thanks & reflect on 2yrs at @UM_Immu ๐ฅณ๐
1) Thanks to all trainees & staff who took a chance on a new lab so far & happy to have 3 ppl set to join soon 1/5
Maggie will join as a research associate with multiple yrs of experience in immunology & host/virus interactions incl working prev in @UofMMedMicro! We are happy to have her help lead an exciting #IFNL project & bring new technical expertise to our growing lab in @UM_Immu ๐ 2/2
I am so excited and looking forward to working with both Santer's and Armstrong's teams. Thank you so much Dr. Santer @drdeannasanter and Dr. Armstrong @DrHArmstrong for giving me this great opportunity to continue striving for science.
Super excited to welcome 2 new staff to the Santer lab in Nov! ๐ฅณ
Vi will be a tech/lab manager & will also help @DrHArmstrong lab PT. She has great molecular biology, virology & med lab tech experience & loves research. She will work on @CoVaRR_Net & other #IFNL projects. 1/2