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Johnathan Canton

ResearcherComparative Biology and Experimental MedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Johnathan Canton

Researcher

Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (2 NSERC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Damp Danger Associated Molecular Pattern Dendritic Cell Endocytosis Pathogen Recognition Receptor Phagocytosis Phosphoinositide

Latest papers

Coupling dead cell recognition to Fcγ receptors augments anticancer immunity.
Nature cancer · 2026
A nerve and mast cell sentinel system releases extracellular condensates to induce macrophage repair.
The Journal of experimental medicine · 2026
Multimodal antigenic escape to GPRC5D-targeted T cell engagers in multiple myeloma.
Nature medicine · 2026

All 14 publications

Latest funding

APOL9A exposes hidden Staphylococcus aureus in Kupffer cells to trigger enhanced anti-bacterial immunity
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Live-Cell Super-Resolution Imaging of Dynamic Cellular Processes
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Phosphoinositide control of antigen cross-presentation by classical dendritic cells
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$111,000

All 6 grants and awards

14 publications.

Coupling dead cell recognition to Fcγ receptors augments anticancer immunity.

Castro-Dopico T, Piot C, Buck MD, Gandullo-Sánchez L, Lim KHJ, Gonzales GA, Rosendahl N, Schulz O, Stainier W, Vash B, Maiocco S, Henry CM, Frederico B, Lee S, Zhang AB, Rogers NC, Bordoloi J, Roustan C, Kjaer S, Trikha M, Stauss H, Hazini A, Radford KJ, Tuong ZK, Canton J, Mehta R, Reis E Sousa C

Nature cancer2026

DOI: 10.1038/s43018-026-01168-5 PMID: 42162317

A nerve and mast cell sentinel system releases extracellular condensates to induce macrophage repair.

Salm L, Lopez MA, Jenkins E, Shim R, Tejada O, Abou Mehrem B, Huang S, Etemadi Nezhad P, Derakhshani A, Lee WY, Nusse Y, Mewburn JB, Noskovicova N, Bayer J, Rashid MU, Li X, Baltaci Z, Young D, Carneiro MB, Fritzsche M, Jakubzick CV, Peters NC, Deniset JF, Zindel J, Dufour A, Yipp BG, Ditlev JA, Dustin ML, Canton J, Kubes P

The Journal of experimental medicine2026

DOI: 10.1084/jem.20260410 PMID: 42484560

Multimodal antigenic escape to GPRC5D-targeted T cell engagers in multiple myeloma.

Lee H, Ahn S, Gonzales GA, Leblay N, Barakat E, Greening D, Colarusso P, Canton J, Benaoudia S, Hasheminasabgorji E, Poorebrahim M, Jung D, Truger M, Jeong J, Riedhammer C, Einsele H, Kortüm KM, Eckmann J, Somandin J, Engel SS, Boise LH, Frenking JH, Weinhold N, Taouxi K, Kastritis E, Skerget S, Vishwamitra D, Cho Y, Maura F, Raab MS, Corre J, Rasche L, Avet-Loiseau H, Neri P, Bahlis NJ

Nature medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-04175-8 PMID: 41540108

DNGR-1 signalling limits dendritic cell activation for optimal antigen cross-presentation.

Buck MD, Castro-Dopico T, Schulz O, Cardoso A, Chakravarty P, Legrave N, Henry CM, Canton J, Wu E, Lee S, Rogers NC, Poirier EZ, Stainier W, Bosteels V, Childs E, MacRae JI, Skehel JM, Zelenay S, Reis E Sousa C

The EMBO journal2025

DOI: 10.1038/s44318-025-00620-z PMID: 41162754

From the bench to the farm and back again.

Canton J

Immunology and cell biology2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/imcb.12810 PMID: 38991557

VSV∆M51 drives CD8+ T cell-mediated tumour regression through infection of both cancer and non-cancer cells.

Rajwani J, Vishnevskiy D, Turk M, Naumenko V, Gafuik C, Kim DS, Mah LK, Snelling S, Gonzales GA, Xue J, Chanda A, Potts KG, Todesco HM, Lau KCK, Hildebrand KM, Chan JA, Liao S, Monument MJ, Hyrcza M, Bose P, Jenne CN, Canton J, Zemp FJ, Mahoney DJ

Nature communications2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54111-6 PMID: 39548070

The pore-forming apolipoprotein APOL7C drives phagosomal rupture and antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells.

Gonzales GA, Huang S, Wilkinson L, Nguyen JA, Sikdar S, Piot C, Naumenko V, Rajwani J, Wood CM, Dinh I, Moore M, Cedeño E, McKenna N, Polyak MJ, Amidian S, Ebacher V, Rosin NL, Carneiro MB, Surewaard B, Peters NC, Mody CH, Biernaskie J, Yates RM, Mahoney DJ, Canton J

Science immunology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adn2168 PMID: 39485861

C3/CD11b-Mediated Leishmania major Internalization by Neutrophils Induces Intraphagosomal NOX2-Mediated Respiratory Burst but Fails to Eliminate Parasites and Induces a State of Stalled Apoptosis.

Ranson AJ, Carneiro MB, Perks B, Penner R, Melo L, Canton J, Egen J, Peters NC

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2023

DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200720 PMID: 37195185

Measuring Phagosomal pH by Fluorescence Microscopy.

Gonzales GA, Canton J

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3338-0_11 PMID: 37365467

Approaches to Measuring Reductive and Oxidative Events in Phagosomes.

Lail SS, Balce DR, Canton J, Yates RM

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2023

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3338-0_10 PMID: 37365466

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Johnathan Canton

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Coupling dead cell recognition to Fcγ receptors augments anticancer immunity.

A nerve and mast cell sentinel system releases extracellular condensates to induce macrophage repair.

Multimodal antigenic escape to GPRC5D-targeted T cell engagers in multiple myeloma.

DNGR-1 signalling limits dendritic cell activation for optimal antigen cross-presentation.

From the bench to the farm and back again.

VSV∆M51 drives CD8+ T cell-mediated tumour regression through infection of both cancer and non-cancer cells.

The pore-forming apolipoprotein APOL7C drives phagosomal rupture and antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells.

C3/CD11b-Mediated Leishmania major Internalization by Neutrophils Induces Intraphagosomal NOX2-Mediated Respiratory Burst but Fails to Eliminate Parasites and Induces a State of Stalled Apoptosis.

Measuring Phagosomal pH by Fluorescence Microscopy.

Approaches to Measuring Reductive and Oxidative Events in Phagosomes.

APOL9A exposes hidden Staphylococcus aureus in Kupffer cells to trigger enhanced anti-bacterial immunity

Live-Cell Super-Resolution Imaging of Dynamic Cellular Processes

Phosphoinositide control of antigen cross-presentation by classical dendritic cells

Prize 202209PJT - The Bhagirath Singh Early Career Prize in Infection and Immunity: Apolipoprotein control of inflammatory signalling in the endocytic pathway of dendritic cells

Apolipoprotein control of inflammatory signalling in the endocytic pathway of dendritic cells

Phosphoinositide control of antigen cross-presentation by classical dendritic cells

Frequent collaborators

Bas Surewaard

Paul Kubes

Paul Kubes

Shan Liao

Antoine Dufour

Johnathan Canton

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Coupling dead cell recognition to Fc&#x3b3; receptors augments anticancer immunity.

A nerve and mast cell sentinel system releases extracellular condensates to induce macrophage repair.

Multimodal antigenic escape to GPRC5D-targeted T cell engagers in multiple myeloma.

DNGR-1 signalling limits dendritic cell activation for optimal antigen cross-presentation.

From the bench to the farm and back again.

VSV&#x2206;M51 drives CD8+ T cell-mediated tumour regression through infection of both cancer and non-cancer cells.

The pore-forming apolipoprotein APOL7C drives phagosomal rupture and antigen cross-presentation by dendritic cells.

C3/CD11b-Mediated Leishmania major Internalization by Neutrophils Induces Intraphagosomal NOX2-Mediated Respiratory Burst but Fails to Eliminate Parasites and Induces a State of Stalled Apoptosis.

Measuring Phagosomal pH by Fluorescence Microscopy.

Approaches to Measuring Reductive and Oxidative Events in Phagosomes.

APOL9A exposes hidden Staphylococcus aureus in Kupffer cells to trigger enhanced anti-bacterial immunity

Live-Cell Super-Resolution Imaging of Dynamic Cellular Processes

Phosphoinositide control of antigen cross-presentation by classical dendritic cells

Prize 202209PJT - The Bhagirath Singh Early Career Prize in Infection and Immunity: Apolipoprotein control of inflammatory signalling in the endocytic pathway of dendritic cells

Apolipoprotein control of inflammatory signalling in the endocytic pathway of dendritic cells

Phosphoinositide control of antigen cross-presentation by classical dendritic cells

Frequent collaborators

Bas Surewaard

Paul Kubes

Paul Kubes

Shan Liao

Antoine Dufour

Coupling dead cell recognition to Fcγ receptors augments anticancer immunity.

VSV∆M51 drives CD8+ T cell-mediated tumour regression through infection of both cancer and non-cancer cells.