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. 👇

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! 👇

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

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!

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

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...

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 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/06/04/w...

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

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

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 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/i...

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

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!

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.

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...

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.

Bravo, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology! Thank you to the members who crafted this important statement. @drglitterbear.bsky.social sbn.org/news/news/wh...

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...

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. 🧪🏠

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...

Prototype….

2 DAYS until we STAND UP FOR SCIENCE! More information on local sites available at www.standupforscience2025.org ☀️ #standupforscience2025

Proud to sign this on behalf of the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social #sciencematters #standupforscience #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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.

🧠🧬🧪📈🟦 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

Good resource about your state... www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

SAVE OUR SCIENCE! There's a war on science happening right now, and we're trying to win—for the sake of our families, our friends, and our communities. Want to support #StandUpforScience2025? Show up in DC, locally, call your representatives, or visit www.caaps.co/caapsstandup... ☀️

I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Thanks for this @drugmonkey.bsky.social. "Business as usual" can be good in some respects, but we need to be sure to keep the needle far from "anticipatory obedience" (a phrase I wish I never had to become familiar with).

Can whole-brain imaging of cellular c-Fos signals be used to classify #psychedelics? 🧠🔬💊 Our study by @aboharbf.bsky.social and @pashadavoudian.bsky.social, developing an imaging and machine learning pipeline to test a panel of psychoactive drugs. Paper here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Diversity supplements have been reopened! New expiration date May 8 2026

BREAKING On Monday, Popular Information broke the news that the NIH had frozen virtually all grant funding in violation of 2 federal court orders On Wednesday, NIH leadership distributed a memo, acknowledging that its funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.

The NIH’s new imposed standard indirect cost rate threatens life-saving brain & behavior research that benefits millions of Americans. SfN, with other scientific organizations,urge reversal of this policy & implore Congress to protect critical research infrastructure. Full statement: bit.ly/4jVJnCL

In honor of today’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, The Transmitter spoke with eight women neuroscientists leading initiatives that strive to promote women in the field. www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight... #WomenInScience #February11

Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g

REMINDER: there’s just one week left to submit symposium proposals. Find more information over at the website listed below #EBPS2025

Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)