Faculty profile
Javier Santander
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Research
Latest papers
Innate immune response of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) to oil-based and water-soluble adjuvants.
Developmental and comparative immunology · 2026 · senior author
Immunomodulatory and cellular effects of Aeromonas salmonicida melanin in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Fish & shellfish immunology · 2026 · senior author
Ocular Manifestations of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus Infection in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar).
Journal of fish diseases · 2026
Latest funding
- $4,755,528
Repurposing marine by-products or raw materials for the development and production of functional foods and bioactives to improve human health and coastal community sustainability
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $5,907,676
Repurposing marine by-products or raw materials for the development and production of functional foods and bioactives to improve human health and coastal community sustainability
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $252,000
Investigating the Mechanisms of Bacterial-Fish Host Interaction
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
52 publications.
Innate immune response of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) to oil-based and water-soluble adjuvants.
Joy CO, Valderrama K, Cao T, Vasquez I, Gnanagobal H, Boyce D, Hall JR, Rise ML, Santander J
Immunomodulatory and cellular effects of Aeromonas salmonicida melanin in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Maqsood A, Kwabiah RR, Duglas S, Paramanathan T, Vasquez I, Hall JR, Koppang EO, Gendron RL, Santander J
Ocular Manifestations of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus Infection in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar).
Mahon E, Kwabiah RR, Paradis H, Soto-Dávila MA, Duglas S, Gurung RR, Paramanathan T, Vasquez I, Al-Badoosh S, Law J, Santander J, Fast MD, Gendron RL
Role of cold shock protein CspA in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida physiology and virulence.
Hossain A, Gnanagobal H, Cao T, Vasquez I, Santander J
Spatial regulation of CD14-like epitope in hematopoietic and ocular tissues of cultured North Atlantic lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) and spotted wolffish (Anarhichas minor) during bacterial infection and temperature variations.
Kwabiah RR, Murphy LE, Paradis H, Al-Badoosh R, Cao T, Machimbirike VI, Gnanagobal H, Vasquez I, Maqsood A, Kao K, Santander J, Gendron RL
Transcriptome analysis during thermal-induced endogenous mutagenesis in a strict psychrotrophic Aeromonas salmonicida subp. salmonicida strain.
Santander J, Hossain A, Valderrama K, Hermet J, Cao T, Onireti O, Vasquez I, Gnanagobal H
Dual-seq transcriptomics of Aeromonas salmonicida infection in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) primary macrophages reveals lysosome and apoptosis impairments.
Vasquez I, Soto-Davila M, Hossain A, Gnanagobal H, Hall JR, Santander J
Novel Application of Non-Invasive Methodological Approaches in Biomedical Sciences Towards Better Understanding of Marine Teleost Ocular Health and Disease.
Gendron RL, Kwabiah RR, Paradis H, Tucker D, Boyce D, Santander J
Influence of Vibrio anguillarum culture conditions on the efficacy of bacterin-based vaccines in lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
Cao T, Gnanagobal H, Dang M, Chakraborty S, Hossain A, Vasquez I, Valderrama K, O'Brien N, Boyce D, Santander J
Transcriptomic response of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) head kidney to viral mimic, with a focus on the interferon regulatory factor family.
Emam M, Kumar S, Eslamloo K, Caballero-Solares A, Hall JR, Xue X, Paradis H, Gendron RL, Santander J, Rise ML
Repurposing marine by-products or raw materials for the development and production of functional foods and bioactives to improve human health and coastal community sustainability
Principal investigators: Thomas, Raymond
Keywords: Functional products development Rural Innovation Marine and fisheries biomass utilization Sustainable coastal communities Functional ingredients Marine health Marine metabolomics Marine products innovation
Repurposing marine by-products or raw materials for the development and production of functional foods and bioactives to improve human health and coastal community sustainability
Principal investigators: Thomas, Raymond
Investigating the Mechanisms of Bacterial-Fish Host Interaction
Principal investigators: Santander, Javier
Keywords: Aeromonas salmonicida; Fish immunity; Marine Aquaculture; Marine bacterial pathogenesis; Marine Fish Diseases
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Kenneth Kao and Javier Santander: 3 shared papers
- Kenneth Kao and Robert Gendron: 1 shared paper
- Brian Dixon and Javier Santander: 1 shared paper
- Javier Santander and Robert Gendron: 1 shared paper
- Department of Ocean Sciences
- Biomedical Sciences
- Biology - University of Waterloo
- Biomedical Science
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