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Shelly Flagel

@flagel-lab.bsky.social
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Behavioral neuroscientist (motivation, inhibitory control, individual variability) --> flagellab.com Professor of #Neuroscience & #Psychiatry, University of Michigan #GoBlue Here for science, community, & to promote things I care about.

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European Behavioural Pharmacology Society @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We are seeking papers for two special issues that the EBPS is guest-editing in our partner journal @psychopharmacology.bsky.social. We are seeking papers for both special issues.
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Do you work in #addictionresearch? Interested in #machinelearning or #AI to better understand #addiction? Submit a manuscript to #Psychopharmacology Special Issue by Oct. 1. Big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in addiction research | Link share.google/GXfeNBPdZ95x...
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Our article examining the effects of chronic #GLP-1 receptor agonist (#semaglutide #ozempic) treatment on the incentive motivational value of a small #food reward and the cue that predicts it is now out in Psychopharmacology. Open access article 👇 link.springer.com/10.1007/s002...
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European Behavioural Pharmacology Society @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Call for papers for a Special Issue on Big Data, AI and Machine Learning in Addiction research, guest edited by @flagel-lab.bsky.social and @gavanm.bsky.social in @psychopharmacology.bsky.social link.springer.com/collections/...
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Big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in addiction research
Recent advances in big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are transforming research by enabling the integration and interrogation ...
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I was excited to get into the lab today to help out with an experiment...until I realized I now need readers to make out the labels on eppendorfs and pipettes. #oldPIproblems 🔬🧪🔎
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
In this case, I think the difference is our treatment paradigm. We are using a chronic GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment regimen (similar to that humans experience), whereas most of what we know from the preclinical literature to-date is based on acute treatment.
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Excited to share our new GLP-1 receptor agonist study! Chronic semaglutide potentiates motivation for small food rewards and associated cues, but reduces intake when food is freely available—surprising twist! #GLP-1, #behavior #neuroscience #pharmacology 1/ 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Chronic semaglutide treatment enhances the incentive motivational value of a small food reward and associated cue in male and female rats
Rationale: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, such as semaglutide, are increasingly utilized in clinical practice due to their efficacy in promoting sustained weight loss following chr...
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Angeline J. Dukes, PhD @heydrdukes.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
If you didn’t get a chance to purchase the exclusive 5-year #BlackInNeuro pin last night, I have more with me today! ✨ We’re asking for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate Allies are welcome to purchase pins as well 🙌🏾 #SfN25
A hand holding a Black In Neuro 5 year pin with a pile of them on a table in the background. The pin is a gorgeous gold laurel wreath with the original Black In Neuro logo on top and the big gold glittery 5 on the bottomA hand holding a Black In Neuro 5 year pin against a white linen background. The pin is a gorgeous gold laurel wreath with the original Black In Neuro logo on top and the big gold glittery 5 on the bottom
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
We ate well last night (in a tent, indoors, with s'mores for dessert), and are energized to talk science today at #SfN2025. Come visit our posters: AA14 this morning Y11, GG13, HH11 this afternoon
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Go support all the amazing early career scientists who will be presenting their posters tonight from 6:45 - 8:45 at #SfN2025. This includes Flagel Lab graduate student, Princess Felix, who received a SfN Trainee Professional Development Award. 👏👏👏
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
We're looking forward to telling you what we've been up to at #sfn25. Flagel Lab posters are all on Monday. Come say hi and speak to these amazing trainees about their research!
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Our last virtual open house for the season for our University of Michigan #neuroscience #graduateprogram is Wednesday October 29th, from 7-8:30 PM EST. If you would like to join us, please register by 9 AM Wednesday by scanning the QR code below. 👇
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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. 👇
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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. 🤩🇨🇦
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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 · 25/09/2025
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
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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 · 24/09/2025
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
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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 · 20/09/2025
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 · 20/09/2025
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 · 19/09/2025
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 · 17/09/2025
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 · 16/09/2025
#EBPS2025 we'll be ready for you tomorrow!
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
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 · 08/09/2025
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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 · 05/09/2025
#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 · 05/08/2025
#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 🐭🐵🧒
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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 · 05/08/2025
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.
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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...
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Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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-...
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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 · 04/06/2025
When NIH fixes exclude you drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/w...
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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 · 04/06/2025
Thank you @sfn.org for providing some normalcy during these trying times. 😏 #SFN2025
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Friday afternoon #mentalhealth #wellness break at the #annarbor #peonygarden.
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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 · 06/05/2025
It's all very well to be brave when you face fewer consequences than others drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/i...
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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 · 26/04/2025
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
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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!
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
It was nice to talk to middle-schoolers from Detroit and Ypsilanti about the brain and the importance of research at our annual #BrainsRule! event today. It felt especially important this year, and their eagerness to learn, energy, and laughter brought us all some much needed joy.
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Megan Hagenauer @mhagenauer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
New eNeuro(@sfnjournals.bsky.social) 📄! 🤩 "Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Failure within the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference" w/ @kristinbigos.bsky.social @flagel-lab.bsky.social @amayoco.bsky.social @drxilma.bsky.social @comm4rigor.bsky.social www.eneuro.org/content/eneu...
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Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Failure within the Annual
Society for Neuroscience Conference
Megan H. Hagenauer,1 A. David Redish,2 Daniela Schiller,3 Kristin L. Bigos,4 Shelly Flagel,1 Amilcar Rodriguez,5 Zac Parker,6 Angela O’Connor,1 Xilma Ortiz-Gonzalez,7 Deirdre Murphy,8 Rachel Leeson,9 and Community for Rigor6
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social has funds to support trainees from diverse backgrounds to attend #EBPS2025 in Almeria, Spain, Sept. 17-20. Apply by April 7 to join us at the best little behavioural neuroscience/pharmacology conference there is.
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J. David Jentsch 🏳️‍🌈 @jdavidjentsch.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Bravo, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! Thank you to the members who crafted this important statement. @drglitterbear.bsky.social sbn.org/news/news/wh...
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What Are Transgender Animal Experiments and Why Should We Do Them? | Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)
The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) is an interdisciplinary scientific organization dedicated to the study of hormonal processes and neuroendocrine systems that regulate behavior.
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Sherry Pagoto, PhD @drsherrypagoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024. That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved. Show me a better investment than that. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
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Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Professor of Neuroscience Shelly Flagel from central Ohio 🦌: ‘In 2024, NIH grants brought $1B+ to Ohio, supporting 12,893 jobs & $2.7B in economic activity.’ She notes that while Ohio hasn’t beaten Michigan in football lately, it is winning in science funding. 🧪🏠
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I am from Middletown, OH, (the same hometown as JD Vance) and was especially compelled by the @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social movement. I am happy to have my article out on this #standupforscience2025 day. #sciencenotsilence www.daytondailynews.com/ideas-voices...
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VOICES: Stand up for science in Ohio
I was born and raised in Middletown, went to public schools, and am a proud graduate of Middletown High School. Thirty years ago, I left Middletown and went north to attend the University of Michigan....
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christine liu / two photon art @christineliu.art · 05/03/2025
Prototype….
Hand holding a button that says “mad scientist “ with an angry mouse
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 05/03/2025
2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️ #standupforscience2025
Navy background with white text that says "2 days until stand up for science"
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Proud to sign this on behalf of the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social #sciencematters #standupforscience #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social has funds to support trainees from diverse backgrounds to attend #EBPS2025 in Almeria, Spain, Sept. 17-20, 2025. Apply to join us at the best little behavioural neuroscience/behavioural pharmacology conference there is.
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Megan Hagenauer @mhagenauer.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🧠🧬🧪📈🟦 We have a new paper! Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell - in the body and the brain. Could they explain why some individuals are more anxious and inhibited while others are more hyperactive and adventurous? Tweetprint🧵 1/13: w/ @huda-akil.bsky.social @flagel-lab.bsky.social
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Frontiers | Bioenergetic-related gene expression in the hippocampus predicts internalizing vs. externalizing behavior in an animal model of temperament
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Good resource about your state... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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