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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 1d

It was a great day @westernu.ca, and such an honor to be selected by students for the Treva Glazebrook Lecture. Thank you, Kendra Loedige, for being a wonderful host. Great to see you and catch up, @drjkhokhar.bsky.social - thanks for teaching me about academia in Canada. 🤩🇨🇦

Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 1d

So great to have @flagel-lab.bsky.social give the 2025 Treva Glazebrook Lecture @westernu.ca today! A master-class in the neurobiology of inhibitory control! The lecture is voted on and hosted by neuroscience trainees and they picked a good one! @westernuwin.bsky.social

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 5d

Interested in #graduateprograms in #neuroscience? Come learn about our Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Michigan. We are offering virtual and in person opportunities to do so in October and November. #SfN2025 #SACNAS #ABRCMS

See flyer below and #GoBlue! 👇

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Tallie Z Baram @talliezee.bsky.social · 13d

Published! to NAIL human paraventricular thalamus, we imaged & aligned postmortem human thalamus labeled c calretinin. Finally a gold standard allowing mouse, rat human comparisons onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social @flagel-lab.bsky.social @mikeyassa.bsky.social l

A Combined Neuroanatomy, Ex Vivo Imaging, and Immunohistochemistry Defined MRI Mask for the Human Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus

Existing definitions of the human paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT) differ between histological and MRI atlases; this study addresses this conflict by leveraging MRI and histology in the ...

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 14d

Always fun to chat with Gill Eapen @ Scientific Sense, and made even more fun with @jbeehner.bsky.social. Learn a bit more about our investigations of sign-/goal-tracking in wild white-faced capuchins, and other related topics. 👇
Audio: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Video: youtu.be/NUPI0xNj5U8

Prof. Shelly Flagel and Prof. Jacinta Beehner of the University of Michigan on goal/sign tracking

Podcast Episode · Scientific Sense ® · 09/21/2025 · 57m

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 18d

It's been fun. Thanks for hosting us, beautiful Almería, and thanks to everyone at #EBPS2025 for making it a fantastic meeting. Hoping everyone has safe and easy travels. 🤞 See you at #EBPS2027 in Cork!

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Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social · 18d

A brilliant keynote today by @jfcryan.bsky.social at the EBPS meeting on how the gut shapes behavior, including striking causal evidence for microbiome’s role in social behaviors. A masterclass of body-brain complexity! & with an impressive depth of data and the right dose of humor!

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European Behavioural Pharmacology Society @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social · 20d

Presidents dinner at #EBPS2025. So great to connect with EC members featuring 5 EBPS presidents

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 21d

Registration booth is open! Get there early to avoid lines and get your awesome swag! ##EBPS2025 @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 22d

#EBPS2025 we'll be ready for you tomorrow!

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 24d

Anyone else EXCITED about #EBPS2025? 🎉
Safe travels to everyone coming from around the globe to gather with us in Almeria! 🌎✈️
We still have work to do, but I am proud of our geographic representation at this small meeting.
Thank you @connorhaggarty.bsky.social and Margarita Moreno for the image!

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Did my best to stay positive for our "2025–2026 State of the Lab" address. Here’s to keeping the science (and this awesome crew) afloat.

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · Sep 5

#FluoresenceFriday capturing the beauty and complexity of midline thalamic nuclei - projections to/from & c-fos (teal). Maybe there is more to the midline thalamus than the PVT? 😉 Thanks to postdoc, Stephanie Desrochers, and undergraduate student, Lea Hsu, for capturing! 🤩

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · Aug 5

#ThisWeekInNPP

Drs. Beehner (@jbeehner.bsky.social) & Flagel (@flagel-lab.bsky.social) of UMichigan call for more experimental & mechanistic field research to provide causal insights & complement lab studies, thereby ⬆️ the translational value of behavioral neuroscience research 🐭🐵🧒

Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thanks for the hlighlight @thetransmitter.bsky.social! @jbeehner.bsky.social and I are very excited to further explore some of the ideas put forth in this article.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Aug 5

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 “Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience” by Jacinta C. Beehner and Shelly B. Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social in 𝑁𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 doi.org/10.1038/s413...

#neuroskyence

Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · Jul 25

Excited to have this little @npp-journal.bsky.social "hot topics" article out with my dear friend and collaborator @jbeehner.bsky.social. Even more excited for the opportunity to jump into field research and explore some of these ideas. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience

www.nature.com

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Jun 16

Neuroscience research and training has taken a $323 million hit in the form of grants rescinded by the U.S. NIH, according to an analysis by @thetransmitter.bsky.social.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...

NIH cuts quash $323 million for neuroscience research and training

“I am frightened for the state of the future of our field if this isn't reversed rapidly,” says Joshua Gordon, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and former director of the National…

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Jun 4

When NIH fixes exclude you drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/w...

When NIH fixes exclude you

In the midst of all the chaos at NIH of late, there have been two small glimmers of relief. First was the extension of Early Stage Investigator eligibility. The NOT-OD-25-114 [NIH] hereby grants th…

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you @sfn.org for providing some normalcy during these trying times. 😏 #SFN2025

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · May 30

😄 Nothing special, an old Samsung Galaxy. Their beauty was easy to capture. 😍

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · May 30

Friday afternoon #mentalhealth #wellness break at the #annarbor #peonygarden.

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · May 20

It was hard for me to enjoy the "moment" as a mentor yesterday, when the funding mechanisms for each of these two individuals (+1 more in my lab) have been terminated. I will continue to fight the good fight, but we all have to do this together - for the next generation and for science. 2/2

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · May 20

I am so proud of Natalia Morales Pagan, a #postbac student in my lab, for showcasing all of her growth and hard work this past year in her final presentation yesterday; and of Brianna Ramos, a #neuroscience #graduatestudent in my lab, for her excellent 4th year presentation. 1/2

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · May 6

It's all very well to be brave when you face fewer consequences than others drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/i...

It’s all very well to be brave when you face fewer consequences than others

It’s only Tuesday and I am already having a bit of a week with respect to local responses to the assaults on NIH and on Universities. In the beginning I was very critical of institutional beh…

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · Apr 26

It actually feels like 10 years to me. 😏

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