reality check #2: do prospective grad students really need to have co-authored papers to be competitive? perspectives have differed widely when sampling a few local colleagues. It's clear they can be helpful, but the question is whether they are truly necessary ...

reality check: do prospective grad students really need to have first-authored papers to be competitive? perspectives have differed widely when sampling a few local colleagues. It's clear they can be sufficient, but the question is whether they are truly necessary ...

check out the first paper published in our “Lost Foundations” special issue of Psychedelic Medicine, by none other than the inimitable @alexkwan.bsky.social props to @nate-h-heller.bsky.social for the stellar idea for the issue, and editors Chuck Nichols and Peter Hendricks for the support!!

Grateful to be involved in this important work. Props to Manesh Girn and Danilo Bzdok for leading! Hoping that folks read carefully and critically: notably, substantial between-drug differences challenge the primacy of "THE" psychedelic experience.

Announcing a new Coursera on Psychedelic Science and Medicine! From @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social, it provides info on psychedelic science, history, risks, benefits, trials, neuro, & more. Taught by Drs. @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social, Garcia-Romeu, Nayak, Sayali, Tiwari, Yaden, & special guests-

Hey BlueScienceSky ... what's up with Neurosynth? Is it dormant, hibernating, deprecated, or now fully unsupported? It's been a minute since I visited, and sorting by year in the "studies" page shows that the most recent study is from 2018. Help!

🧠 New Psychedelic Article in Schizophrenia Bulletin! We argue that visual hallucinations in psychedelics and Lewy body disease may share common mechanisms ⇒ visual degradation & cortical excitation. academic.oup.com/schizophreni... Excited to see this spark discussion! #Neuroscience #Psychedelics

How do psychedelics help treat depression, anxiety, and addiction? In this #ECNP2025 preview, Drs. Linda Simmler and Frederick Barrett discuss psychedelic-induced plasticity with host Friederike Holze. 📅 See them live Oct 14, 2025, 8:40–10:00 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FT2...

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Today, Trump declared war on his own citizens, calling for U.S. cities to be used as “training grounds” for troops to confront what he called an “invasion from within.” Americans are a proud people, and no one (foreign or domestic) will threaten our home.

Interested in bridging the translatability gap between mice and humans, specifically with regard to psychedelics? Have I got an opportunity for you! Join us for an interactive and stimulating pre-meeting before #SfN2025. @theborislab.bsky.social @bita37.bsky.social @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social

great work with Megan Hosein, Zach Cordner, and the NNDC Task group on psychedelics and related compounds - grateful to co-chair with @TrishaSuppesMD

Congrats to some excellent scientists, including @manojdoss.bsky.social and @ryanntansey.bsky.social !!!

Can’t believe #GRCPsychedelics is happening in two weeks! We reached capacity attendance – sorry we could not accommodate everyone. We look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting. w/ @vyazovskiy.bsky.social @viditavaidya.bsky.social @melissaherman.bsky.social

Pride isn’t a month it’s choosing authenticity every day. The rainbow flags represent decades of people who refused to hide. Your existence is already an act of courage. 🏳️‍🌈​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Happy pride month !

Dear god let this man cook.

This. More of this. Much more of this. Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov

I'm a member of the NIMH BSC. The members who were fired are outstanding scientists, which is why they were appointed to the BSC in the first place. Their firing for unspecified reasons is unconscionable.

gotta celebrate all small victories - I just passed 10k citations on google scholar :) only legit peer-reviewed articles (this can be a fickle and deceptive number depending on what items make it on the list). Keep good Google Scholar hygiene, people! scholar.google.com/citations?us...

🧵 How do psychedelics shape brain activity? Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states. Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d A thread 🧵👇 1/n

Schumer needs to go. Doesn't matter the outcome at this point.

For the democrats saying “we can’t let the govt shut down” you’ve already lost. It’s not on you. Republicans control everything, didn’t come to you for anything except your vote. Where else can you force changes? You can’t… you’re a willing participant in Republican majority

Call your representatives every day. Every. Single. Day. 5calls.org

CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre. 🤣

We're hiring a postdoc! Gain experience in clinical trial management, psilocybin therapy, data analysis, writing, and grantsmanship—preparing for an independent clinical science career. Interested applicants may email CV & cover letter to Dr. Brandon Weiss ([email protected]).

NIH is the best investment there is. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Behold The Golden Age Of Public Corruption In America-> AG Pam Bondi has eviscerated the Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section, NBC News reports, in another sign that rampant unrestrained public corruption will be a defining feature of the Trump era. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.

call your representatives every day. Every. Single. Day. 5calls.org/issue/cr-con... 5calls.org/issue/mahmou...

Call your representatives. Every day. 5calls.org

bullying smaller or less capable people (countries) is not a sign of strength. generosity and support is not weakness. having people’s backs is not equivalent to being taken advantage of. we were stronger when we believed in the value of our own moral imperative, and when we acted accordingly.

February 25, 2025

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It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.

This is an absolute disaster www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/...

when was the last time there was a mass string of layoffs in the country like this? it sounds like we are just getting started, too. these abrupt layoffs alone will hurt the economy before we get to the downstream effects on other services and businesses

Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.

Follow me here & on Substack for hot takes like, “let’s not be afraid to call a coup a coup.” joycevance.substack.com/p/call-it-wh...

Space Caligula and the Nerd Reich get their revenge. “DOGE pulled a Darth Vader in cloud city where they came in promising to respect our rules and ask for read access and then tonight [Friday] at 6 they took a heel turn and demanded website access,” another CFPB source told WIRED at the time.”

All joking aside, the path we're headed down is widespread civil conflict. Official corruption is generally more of an accelerant than the curtailment of rights, though they often go hand-in-hand, as we're seeing.

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

The NIH overhead cut doesn't just hurt universities. It's deadly to the US economy. The US is a world leader in tech due to the ecosystem that NIH and NSF propel. It drives innovation for tech transfer, creates a highly-skilled sci/tech workforce, and fosters academic/industry crossfertilization.

In light of today's devastating announcement of a 75% cut to NIH overhead, it scarcely seems newsworthy that couple dozen COVID contrarians are cosplaying PNAS. But two of them are slated to lead the NIH and the FDA. Is this how they'll stand up for science?

Tough week for science & medicine, but some good news: We launched @wsucandid.bsky.social —the Cannabinoids in Neurodevelopment division at @waynestateresearch.bsky.social to study cannabinoids, brain development & mental health. #cannabis #cannabinoids #research today.wayne.edu/medicine/new...

not 100% kidding when i say we should all identify as female now to follow the law. what’s the delta on 1) not following unjust laws vs 2) following unjust laws to the letter to emphasize their absurdity? also acknowledging that this is an EO and not legislation (yet) (H/T Mitchell Gomez on FB)

How do these idiots not get that the *process* is the point? Yes, it's hard to get good at an instrument, but the struggle is worth something to you. Same for writing - it's hard, but the process is important in organising your thoughts. Getting AI to do these things diminishes us.

Hey there blue science :) Are there any venues where one could pre-register a hypothesis for data in a study that is in-process? I realize the idea sounds a bit fraught, as pre-registration classically occurs before initiating a study. We do have a new hypothesis and we haven't yet peeked ...