Contact
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Medicine Dept
- jrplemel@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Multiple Sclerosis Microglia Myelin oligodendrocyte
About
Assistant Professor:
Postdoctoral Researcher: University of Calgary January 2013-May 2018
Advisor: Dr. Peter Stys and Dr. V. Wee Yong
Doctorate (Ph.D.), Neuroscience: University of British Columbia 2005-2012
Advisor: Dr. Wolfram Tetzlaff
Awards:
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: Alberta Innovates: Health Solutions 07/2015- 06/2018
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: Canadian Institutes of Health Research 07/2014 - 06/2017
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Joan Oxford award 06/2013 - 06/2014
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award: University of Calgary, T. Chen Fong award 06/2013 - 06/2014
Research
Using innovative techniques and experimental designs, my laboratory aims to explore white matter injury and repair in Multiple Sclerosis. We aim to better understand the mechanisms of cell death and white matter degeneration, as well as the complex immune response following white matter injury. These studies will guide the complementary objective of mitigating inflammatory injury and improving white matter
Teaching
Featured Publications
Zirngibl M., Assinck P., Sizov A., Caprariello A.V., Plemel J.R.
Molecular Neurodegeneration. 2022 May; 17 (1) 10.1186/s13024-022-00538-8
Kamma E., Lasisi W., Libner C., Ng H.S., Plemel J.R.
Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2022 February; 19 (1) 10.1186/s12974-022-02408-y
Huitema M.J.D., Strijbis E.M.M., Luchicchi A., Bol J.G.J.M., Plemel J.R., Geurts J.J.G., Schenk G.J.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021 December; 22 (23) 10.3390/ijms222312634
Hammond B.P., Manek R., Kerr B.J., Macauley M.S., Plemel J.R.
Glia. 2021 December; 69 (12):2771-2797 10.1002/glia.24047
Bhattacherjee A., Jung J., Zia S., Ho M., Eskandari-Sedighi G., St. Laurent C.D., McCord K.A., Bains A., Sidhu G., Sarkar S., Plemel J.R., Macauley M.S.
Molecular Neurodegeneration. 2021 March; 16 (1) 10.1186/s13024-021-00443-6
Plemel J.R., Yong V.W.
Trends in Neurosciences. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.tins.2021.06.002
Hammond B.P., Manek R., Kerr B.J., Macauley M.S., Plemel J.R.
GLIA. 2021 January; 10.1002/glia.24047
Zia S., Rawji K.S., Michaels N.J., Burr M., Kerr B.J., Healy L.M., Plemel J.R.
Frontiers in Immunology. 2020 November; 11 10.3389/fimmu.2020.588021
Michaels N.J., Lemmon K., Plemel J.R., Jensen S.K., Mishra M.K., Brown D., Rawji K.S., Koch M., Wee Yong V.
Journal of Neuroscience. 2020 October; 40 (44):8587-8600 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1098-20.2020