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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Deadline extended to November 15th! 👇

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Have fun and take care of the umich contingent that is there! Sad to miss it.

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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 · 17/08/2026

Not sure how I missed the original post. Very exciting! Looking forward to digging in to the Nature Comms paper. Congrats!

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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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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

That is what I usually do too, but it wasn't a good strategy while pipetting. 😏

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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

Yes, there is a lot of literature to support a dampening of motivation for food- and drug-rewards, but the big difference here is that we used a chronic treatment regimen (similar to that humans experience); whereas most preclinical studies I am familiar with use acute treatment regimens.

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Grateful for the outstanding efforts of THE TEAM, led by Steve Chang, and generous support from the University of Michigan Research Scouts Program (OORRS033123) and NIH (T32DA060142: Christopher Turner, T32DA007281: Daniela Pereira, R25GM086262: Natalia Morales Pagán).

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This marks an important first step toward understanding the psychological and neurobiological impacts of chronic GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment. We have a lot more work to do! 4/

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

While these findings may at first seem counterintuitive compared to reports from human subjects, they suggest that these drugs amplify the reinforcing effects of small rewards and associated cues, leading to quicker satiety. 3/

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We set out to explore how GLP-1 receptor agonists influence incentive motivational processes. Surprisingly, chronic semaglutide treatment increased motivation for food and associated cues under restricted access, but decreased overall consumption when food was freely available. 2/

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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

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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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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

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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 · 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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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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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

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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

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

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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 · 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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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

It actually feels like 10 years to me. 😏

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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

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

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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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