Understanding immunity at the single-cell level

Infectious diseases and chronic inflammatory conditions—such as autoimmune diseases, cancer and transplant rejections—are major causes of illness and death worldwide.

T cells in the immune system help orchestrate the body’s defense machinery against infection and help to prevent dysregulated immune responses that can lead to chronic inflammatory diseases. Our lab uses single-cell genomics, molecular biology, virology, immunology, and systems-based approaches to investigate how T cells become different functional regulators during adaptive immunity.

We anticipate our research will help to develop novel therapies and vaccine strategies to treat human infectious and chronic inflammatory diseases and will enhance our understanding of cell differentiation and T cell-mediated immune responses.

Lab Code of Conduct

We are committed to an inclusive training and learning research environment. It is expected that all lab members follow our Lab Code of Conduct.

OPPORTUNITIES

Interested in joining the lab?

We welcome undergraduate students as research assistants, internships, UM Faculty of Science Co-op placements, or Mitacs Globalink Research Internships. Please contact Dr. Janilyn Arsenio for available undergraduate student opportunities.

Currently accepting graduate student and postdoctoral fellow applications. Please include a statement of your research interests and goals, why you would like to join the lab, CV, copy of University transcripts (for graduate student applicants), and the names and contact information of 3 references. Please send to Dr.Janilyn Arsenio at Janilyn.Arsenio@umanitoba.ca.