Sam Workenhe

Assistant Professor, Immuno-oncology 🎀 Virology🦠
other interests: 🏃🚲 🏋️🛶⛵🍷🍫|
Founder: Viroptosis Immunologics Inc
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[Sheila Singh Brain Tumour Lab @sheilasinghlab]

An exciting moment for the lab as Dr. Sheila Singh presented the Innovation Hub alongside Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor & President of King’s, to His Majesty The King during the 300th anniversary celebrations of Guy’s Hospital. @KingsCollegeLon
https://t.co/JapovlDfvh

[Delgoffe Lab @DelgoffeLab]

Dearest gentle reader, we are delighted to announce a new story from our lab published in @Nature describing how a meal's systemic metabolic changes are interpreted by your immune system to enhance adaptive immunity. A thread 1/ https://t.co/zACqCLxDMU

[Sam Workenhe @samworkenhe]

If you are interested, please send me an email with your CV ([email protected]). I am only looking for Canadian PhD graduates.

[Sam Workenhe @samworkenhe]

I am looking to nominate a recent Canadian PhD graduate (less than 2 years since graduation) for a Pet Trust PDF fellowship (starting salary is $70K per annum for 3 years).

[Sam Workenhe @samworkenhe]

The position provides opportunities for extensive collaboration with veterinary oncologists, basic scientists, and several opportunities to mentor graduate students in multiple collaborative labs.

[Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer @jitcancer]

New #JITC article: "Stem-like PD-1+TCF-1+ CD8+ T cells result from helpless priming and rely on CD4+ T-cell help to complete their cytotoxic effector differentiation" https://t.co/ZbhZS3aGFq

[Jibran Khokhar @DrJKhokhar]

#Cannabinerds in Canada: Where are you getting synthetic THC/dronabinol now that TRC doesn't offer it anymore? Please RT!

[CIHR @CIHR_IRSC]

📣Researchers needed to evaluate Spring 2026 Project Grant applications. Our research ecosystem depends on all of us.

Say “YES” when asked to peer review.

[CIHR @CIHR_IRSC]

Someone took the time to review your last grant. Now it’s your turn.

CIHR needs reviewers for the Spring 2026 Project Grant competition.

Say “YES” when asked.

[HHNS at UofG @UofG_HHNS]

📢DAVID EARNS AWARD!
🍏Canadian Nutrition Society
🏆Earle Willard McHenry Award
🏅For Distinguished Service in Nutrition!

🍾CONGRATULATIONS DAVID!👍
🎓Dr. David Ma, Prof. @UofG_HHNS!
💼Director, Guelph Family Health Study
🔗https://t.co/OFlRNbRhet @UofGResearch!
🏛️#UofG #Guelph

[Anirban Maitra @Aiims1742]

KRAS inhibitors have been used to treat pancreatic cancer, but can they PREVENT cancer from occurring altogether? In @ScienceMagazine from @PennCancer
Cancer interception with KRAS inhibitors in preclinical models of #PancreaticCancer
https://t.co/0m81twRXpN

[The Sontag Foundation @sontagfdn]

We're proud to partner with @TheMarkFdn and leading philanthropic organizations to invest $4M in #glioblastoma research. Congrats to this exceptional group of awardees. We're honored to support their innovative work for patients facing this disease.

https://t.co/anZSzEZ7Px

[DavidBrooksLab @brooks_lab]

Join us in Reykjavik, Iceland, to hear the latest breakthroughs in cancer immunology and immunotherapy—set against an unforgettable backdrop.
FOCIS goes North: Iceland Cancer Immunology Conference: https://t.co/cccBEd11ir
#CancerImmunology #immunotherapy

[Sam Workenhe @samworkenhe]

@NietszchaenSol @NietzscheanSol_ Always trusted the devs

[Sam Workenhe @samworkenhe]

@NietszchaenSol @NietzscheanSol_ So clean

[AACR @AACR]

Michelle Monje, Benjamin Deneen, and Shawn Hervey-Jumper will discuss "The Neuroscience of Gliomas" in a plenary session at the AACR Special Conference on Brain Cancer (March 23-25, 2026; Philadelphia). Learn more:
https://t.co/kMBzu6YYUm
#AACRbrain26 @michelle_monje

[CIHR @CIHR_IRSC]

Are you interested in applying for CIHR funding?

See all current funding opportunities: https://t.co/dIvY6SMzlm

Newly launched:
•ERDERA Joint Transnational Call 2026
•European Partnership for Brain Health

[Miriam Merad, MD, PhD @MiriamMerad]

Thrilled to share our first iteration of IL-12–armored CAR T cells targeting tumor associated macrophages (TAM) to treat metastatic cancer. Led by the fantastic @jaimemateustique as a collaboration between @brown_lab1 and my lab @sinaiimmunology. https://t.co/PEaJ3VJF1d (1/4)

[Ontario Veterinary College @OntVetCollege]

A new paper published in @SpringerNature by PhD student @sarah_worfolk in the Department of @OVCPathobiology, supervised by Dr. @samworkenhe, explores how dogs regulate cell death differently from humans and what this could mean for future therapies.🔗https://t.co/Lp2IyAHoHW