I'm excited to make it #TwitterOfficial that I will be joining the Dept of Immunology at the University of Manitoba as an Assistant Professor and GSK Research Chair in Immunology of Infectious Diseases as of Nov 1, 2020!! @UM_Immu @UM_RadyFHS @umanitoba #newPI 1/5 I am so grateful to have this opportunity especially in these tough times. Thanks to all my mentors & colleagues over the yrs (most are not on Twitter). 2 undergrad summers with @NRC_CNRC & an amazing 5yrs at @UW Immunology with mentor Dr. Keith Elkon before back to 🇨🇦 2/5

Thank you Dr. Marco Cassatella for highlighting our @PLOSPathogens article in @Facultyopinions ! The recommendation nicely sums up our findings about IFNLR exp on specific human immune cells & soluble IFNLR1 (only in primates) inhibiting responses doi.org/10.1371/journa… 1/4 Cassatella M: Faculty Opinions Recommendation of [Santer DM et al., PLoS Pathog 2020 16(4):e1008515]. In Faculty Opinions, 27 Aug 2020; 10.3410/f.737851343.793577620 2/4

Super excited and thankful to @CIHR_IRSC 🍁 for supporting our project to characterize IFN-lambda1 as a treatment for #COVID19 - our amazing team includes Lorne Tyrrell and myself @UAlberta_FoMD, and @JJFeld and Adam Gehring @UHN The clinical trial has already started... 1/3 To be ranked #1/339 was an extra bonus after working late nights to put this together in under 2 weeks! I know we will learn a lot about #COVID19, but also how IFN-lambda 1 modulates our immune system which has implications for potentially using IFNL1 against other viruses! 2/3