Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh
@drmbede.bsky.social
-Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience @UF investigating neural circuits involved in feeding, stress, and motivated behaviors
-Vandy Postdoc, Texas A&M and WVU Alum
-Lover of science, the outdoors, food and sports
- www.bedenbaughlab.com
-Vandy Postdoc, Texas A&M and WVU Alum
-Lover of science, the outdoors, food and sports
- www.bedenbaughlab.com
My department is hiring! Come join a cutting-edge and collaborative environment. Details below:
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My department is hiring! Come join a cutting-edge and collaborative environment. Details below:
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It’s official! Luessen Lab will be opening its doors this Fall in the Department of Pediatrics at @emoryuniversity.bsky.social School of Medicine. Thrilled to be joining a team of awesome researchers as part of the Children’s Center for Neuroscience Research 🧠
August 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s official! Luessen Lab will be opening its doors this Fall in the Department of Pediatrics at @emoryuniversity.bsky.social School of Medicine. Thrilled to be joining a team of awesome researchers as part of the Children’s Center for Neuroscience Research 🧠
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Happy to announce that the Nolan Lab will open this fall at Illinois State University! We are looking for motivated undergraduates, graduate students (both MS/PhD options available) as well as technicians to join our group. Please repost and check our website for more info!
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July 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy to announce that the Nolan Lab will open this fall at Illinois State University! We are looking for motivated undergraduates, graduate students (both MS/PhD options available) as well as technicians to join our group. Please repost and check our website for more info!
nolan-lab.com
nolan-lab.com
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Public comments have been opened back up!
Research with animals is critical for providing evidence-based knowledge in the pursuit of human health. Broadly reducing research projects with animals threatens public health and will greatly stall the development of new therapeutics for diseases!
Research with animals is critical for providing evidence-based knowledge in the pursuit of human health. Broadly reducing research projects with animals threatens public health and will greatly stall the development of new therapeutics for diseases!
FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing
The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.
www.fda.gov
July 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Public comments have been opened back up!
Research with animals is critical for providing evidence-based knowledge in the pursuit of human health. Broadly reducing research projects with animals threatens public health and will greatly stall the development of new therapeutics for diseases!
Research with animals is critical for providing evidence-based knowledge in the pursuit of human health. Broadly reducing research projects with animals threatens public health and will greatly stall the development of new therapeutics for diseases!
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Science article about how grad students are writing editorials in hometown papers to celebrate Barbara McClintock, the only lone woman to win a Nobel Prize. We are reminding readers that science is here, quietly saving your life. 🧪🧬🌽🔬
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
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@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
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U.S. researchers are speaking up for science in local newspapers
Through two grassroots efforts, more than 80 op eds have been published in news outlets across the country
www.science.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Science article about how grad students are writing editorials in hometown papers to celebrate Barbara McClintock, the only lone woman to win a Nobel Prize. We are reminding readers that science is here, quietly saving your life. 🧪🧬🌽🔬
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
@sciencehomecoming.bsky.social
www.science.org/content/arti...
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This program means a lot to me. We selected students that largely didn’t have research experience & they are presenting, publishing & going on to postbac/grad/prof programs. This was what made me realize where I wanted my efforts to be. In supporting & developing programs to train future scientists
May 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This program means a lot to me. We selected students that largely didn’t have research experience & they are presenting, publishing & going on to postbac/grad/prof programs. This was what made me realize where I wanted my efforts to be. In supporting & developing programs to train future scientists
Reposted by Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh
The new Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism is officially hiring faculty at all levels! Come be my colleague!
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/248...
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/248...
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
The newly launched Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism (CNM), in collaboration with the Child Health Institute of New Jersey (CHINJ), the Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology (NCB), and the Rutg...
jobs.rutgers.edu
April 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The new Rutgers Center for NeuroMetabolism is officially hiring faculty at all levels! Come be my colleague!
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/248...
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/248...
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A new method reported in Science allows the generation of 3D ultrasound images of gene expression and 2D ultrasound images of capillary vessels. The approach enables fast, deep, and volumetric imaging of living opaque organs labeled with echogenic reporters.
Learn more this week: scim.ag/4jf4rDa
Learn more this week: scim.ag/4jf4rDa
April 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A new method reported in Science allows the generation of 3D ultrasound images of gene expression and 2D ultrasound images of capillary vessels. The approach enables fast, deep, and volumetric imaging of living opaque organs labeled with echogenic reporters.
Learn more this week: scim.ag/4jf4rDa
Learn more this week: scim.ag/4jf4rDa
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Issue 5 is complete!
On the cover: A 3D reconstruction from a light-sheet fluorescent microscopy image stack depicts parallel networks of vessels (PECAM1+, CD31, magenta) and nerves (PRPH+, yellow) in a human heart at 10.0 post-conceptional weeks. See De Bono et al.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
On the cover: A 3D reconstruction from a light-sheet fluorescent microscopy image stack depicts parallel networks of vessels (PECAM1+, CD31, magenta) and nerves (PRPH+, yellow) in a human heart at 10.0 post-conceptional weeks. See De Bono et al.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
March 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Issue 5 is complete!
On the cover: A 3D reconstruction from a light-sheet fluorescent microscopy image stack depicts parallel networks of vessels (PECAM1+, CD31, magenta) and nerves (PRPH+, yellow) in a human heart at 10.0 post-conceptional weeks. See De Bono et al.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
On the cover: A 3D reconstruction from a light-sheet fluorescent microscopy image stack depicts parallel networks of vessels (PECAM1+, CD31, magenta) and nerves (PRPH+, yellow) in a human heart at 10.0 post-conceptional weeks. See De Bono et al.
doi.org/10.1242/dev....
I joked that answering the kids questions felt like a second qualifying exam, but I had an absolute blast during this event last week! Teaching local communities about science has always filled my cup, but it felt particularly important and gratifying this year.
mbi.ufl.edu/2025/03/12/u...
mbi.ufl.edu/2025/03/12/u...
UF neuroscience students share brain-research enthusiasm with schoolchildren » McKnight Brain Institute » University of Florida
In celebration of Brain Awareness Week, the MBI welcomed 35 teenage homeschool students and 40 more ages 7-12 on Tuesday for lab tours, brain-related crafts and a Q&A with a working scientist.
mbi.ufl.edu
March 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I joked that answering the kids questions felt like a second qualifying exam, but I had an absolute blast during this event last week! Teaching local communities about science has always filled my cup, but it felt particularly important and gratifying this year.
mbi.ufl.edu/2025/03/12/u...
mbi.ufl.edu/2025/03/12/u...
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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...
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...
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.
www.forbes.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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...
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...
The lightsheet is finally here! #fluorescencefriday #newpi
February 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The lightsheet is finally here! #fluorescencefriday #newpi
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With syGlass #VR, students aren’t just learning about science: they’re stepping inside it. And in doing so, they’re shaping the future of education itself. #EduSky #VirtualReality #SciComm #HealthScience #Neuroscience #STEM www.syglass.io/blog/bergen-...
Bergen County Academy’s Vision for the Future of Education with syGlass — syGlass
In a classroom at Bergen County Academies, located in northern New Jersey , a group of students slip on VR headsets for the first time. Their faces lighting up as they immerse themselves in a world o...
www.syglass.io
February 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
With syGlass #VR, students aren’t just learning about science: they’re stepping inside it. And in doing so, they’re shaping the future of education itself. #EduSky #VirtualReality #SciComm #HealthScience #Neuroscience #STEM www.syglass.io/blog/bergen-...
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Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
Science Homecoming
sciencehomecoming.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠
sciencehomecoming.com
sciencehomecoming.com
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Total NIH funding cuts by state. This can be helpful when talking to your representatives
www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/
www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/
Funding cuts by state
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February 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Total NIH funding cuts by state. This can be helpful when talking to your representatives
www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/
www.datawrapper.de/_/Y0Pnk/
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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The United States built a publicly funded scientific enterprise that worked miracles. We went to the moon and mars, laid the groundwork for computing revolutions, turned AIDS from a death sentence to a chronic condition, drastically cut cancer deaths. And now we're just going to dismantle it?
January 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The United States built a publicly funded scientific enterprise that worked miracles. We went to the moon and mars, laid the groundwork for computing revolutions, turned AIDS from a death sentence to a chronic condition, drastically cut cancer deaths. And now we're just going to dismantle it?
Reposted by Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh
Want to see the numbers for how NIH funding impacts your state? Remind your Representatives, Senators, and fellow citizens how federally-funded biomedical research advances health, created jobs, and fosters innovation and economic growth.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Want to see the numbers for how NIH funding impacts your state? Remind your Representatives, Senators, and fellow citizens how federally-funded biomedical research advances health, created jobs, and fosters innovation and economic growth.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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I’m pumped to share that our new paper in Biological Psychiatry is out! We dissected a novel astrocyte-neuron interaction in the ventral periaqueductal gray (vPAG) that maintains wakefulness involving norepinephrine and dopamine neurons🧵: www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Adenosine A2A Receptors Link Astrocytic α1-Adrenergic Signaling to Wake-Promoting Dopamine Neurons
Sleep and arousal disorders are common, but the underlying physiology of wakefulness
is not fully understood. The locus coeruleus promotes arousal via α1-adrenergic receptor
(α1AR)–driven recruitment ...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
January 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’m pumped to share that our new paper in Biological Psychiatry is out! We dissected a novel astrocyte-neuron interaction in the ventral periaqueductal gray (vPAG) that maintains wakefulness involving norepinephrine and dopamine neurons🧵: www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Reposted by Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh
Evidence based hacks:
Hack for strength: lift weights
Hack for speed: run
Hack for smarts: read
Hack for productivity: deep work
Hack for recovery: sleep
Hack for motivation: just start
Hack for happiness: build community
There is no replacing hard and smart effort.
Hack for strength: lift weights
Hack for speed: run
Hack for smarts: read
Hack for productivity: deep work
Hack for recovery: sleep
Hack for motivation: just start
Hack for happiness: build community
There is no replacing hard and smart effort.
January 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Evidence based hacks:
Hack for strength: lift weights
Hack for speed: run
Hack for smarts: read
Hack for productivity: deep work
Hack for recovery: sleep
Hack for motivation: just start
Hack for happiness: build community
There is no replacing hard and smart effort.
Hack for strength: lift weights
Hack for speed: run
Hack for smarts: read
Hack for productivity: deep work
Hack for recovery: sleep
Hack for motivation: just start
Hack for happiness: build community
There is no replacing hard and smart effort.
Reposted by Dr. Michelle Bedenbaugh
We begin the New Year with two preprints on hypothalamic development. The first, part of a long-term collaboration with Marysia Placzek’s group, investigates the organization of the developing forebrain, and show that current models are (mostly) incorrect./1
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Resolving forebrain developmental organisation by analysis of differential growth patterns
The forebrain is the most complex region of the vertebrate CNS, and its developmental organisation is controversial. We fate-mapped the embryonic chick forebrain using lipophilic dyes and Cre-recombin...
www.biorxiv.org
January 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We begin the New Year with two preprints on hypothalamic development. The first, part of a long-term collaboration with Marysia Placzek’s group, investigates the organization of the developing forebrain, and show that current models are (mostly) incorrect./1
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
During the Holiday Break, I finally had some time to sit down and make my lab website! Looking forward to watching it grow and evolve with content over the next few years. #neuroskyence #newPI
www.bedenbaughlab.com
www.bedenbaughlab.com
The Bedenbaugh Lab | neuroscience
Welcome to The Bedenbaugh Lab! We are a laboratory in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Florida studying neural circuits at the intersection of feeding and other motivated behaviors.
www.bedenbaughlab.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
During the Holiday Break, I finally had some time to sit down and make my lab website! Looking forward to watching it grow and evolve with content over the next few years. #neuroskyence #newPI
www.bedenbaughlab.com
www.bedenbaughlab.com
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This story is another great example of why we can’t just extrapolate what we know about neuroscience in the developed brain to neuroscience in the developing brain.
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/4...
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/4...
More Than a Small Brain: The Importance of Studying Neural Function during Development
The nervous system contains complex circuits comprising thousands of cell types and trillions of connections. Here, we discuss how the field of “developmental systems neuroscience” combines the molecu...
www.jneurosci.org
January 3, 2025 at 4:10 AM
This story is another great example of why we can’t just extrapolate what we know about neuroscience in the developed brain to neuroscience in the developing brain.
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/4...
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/4...
Thoroughly enjoyed the subject matter and beautiful images in this article. Food for thought.
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The burgeoning global food trade is a lifeline for billions. Is it breaking the planet?
Stunning photos document the vast, fragile enterprise that feeds us
www.science.org
December 28, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed the subject matter and beautiful images in this article. Food for thought.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
