Husband, Father, and Associate Prof @UAlberta_FoMD. Studying in all things glia. Hoping to #endMS. jrplemel@ualberta.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3m5wgm6eujk2chttps://www.ualberta.ca/en/news/spotlights/2025/11-nov/study-shows-how-brain-immune-cells-help-recovery-from-ms.html Here’s another look at our recent publication—this time with a Folio piece into what we found and why it matters. Check out the new post highlighting the key insights from the study. People can access this data on our labs website: amsrguofa.ca/datasets/18 Nov 2025 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wgm6eujk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3m5gvecgmu22wExcited that the work from the talented Dr. Sameera Zia is now out. Blood, sweat, and tears went into this one. An amazing job. rdcu.be/ePyQm https://rdcu.be/ePyQm12 Nov 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gvecgmu22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3m4h62mrbls2tLooking forward to this: [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2025 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4h62mrbls2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3lsjkgwtd7k2zThree in two weeks. Could not be more proud of the newly minded Dr. Sameera Zia after successfully defending her PhD yesterday. This bright young star will do amazing things! Also, a huge thanks to @nachoriko.bsky.social for making the trip to Edmonton to serve as an external examiner26 Jun 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsjkgwtd7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3lrsrqu4wwk2qExcited to get going for the 2025 #endMS_SummerSchool ! It takes a village! Look at all the welcome packages for those who make this event happen17 Jun 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsrqu4wwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3lrjj5z5qkc2dTwo in one week! An amazing MSc Defence for Rebecca John, co-supervised by Karim Fouad and myself.13 Jun 2025 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrjj5z5qkc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3lrevs5ip5c2nSuper proud of Brady Hammond for successfully defending his PhD today. Well done Brady!12 Jun 2025 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrevs5ip5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3lqpopmncqs2wJust out, recent work from the Plemel lab by the talented Brady Hammond. We sought to understand the factors that regulate microglial proliferation during development. https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/152/20/dev204610/368171/CSF1R-ligands-promote-microglial-proliferation-but?guestAccessKey=8ecb75b5-35cc-4165-8beb-3c49dd98847c03 Jun 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpopmncqs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3lqnoriwnqs2gAmazing work by @iammadho.bsky.social 👇 Check it out [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnoriwnqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3ljs7lmekv22gCheck out this exciting work by @philgrossphd.bsky.social in the @jkhuang.bsky.social lab! Thanks for asking us to be a part of it [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Mar 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljs7lmekv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jrplemel.bsky.social/post/3ljb3goqo5k2gCheck out a recent paper by Karim Fouad and my groups examining how reawakening inflammation in the chronically injured spinal cord using lipopolysaccharide induces diverse microglial states28 Feb 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:cmpws3dkc73kcgvsfzzw5sg6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljb3goqo5k2g