Shelly Flagel

Our first virtual open house for the University of Michigan #neuroscience #graduateprogram is tomorrow, October 15th, from 7-8:30 PM EST. If you would like to join us, please register by 9 AM tomorrow using this link: forms.gle/N6LjUrfrr6qL... or scan the QR code below. 👇

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. 🤩🇨🇦

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! 👇

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 ...

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

Prof. Shelly Flagel and Prof. Jacinta Beehner of the University of Michigan on goal/sign tracking Podcast Episode · Scientific Sense ® · 09/21/2025 · 57m

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

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!

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!

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

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

#EBPS2025 we'll be ready for you tomorrow!

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!

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October)
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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.

#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! 🤩

#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 🐭🐵🧒

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.

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...

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…

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-...

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

It actually feels like 10 years to me. 😏

Better than a dopamine ring? 😉 These might be a new tradition.

Flagel Lab end-of-semester and early graduation celebration. Very grateful for this crew. Bittersweet to send two undergrads, Vrinda Varada and Zoya Bashir, off to their next Chapter. #forevergoblue

Thanks so much for initiating this important movement. (And for the shoutout!)

I love everything about the #sciencehomecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social movement. I have heard from many in my hometown that my article had an impact on them. There is still plenty to write about 😔 - consider doing so!