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Have you experienced a stressful or traumatic event that still distresses you? Do you have trouble sleeping? Take part in our research study at UCL on meditation for poor sleep and stressor/trauma-related symptoms. Check your eligibility and learn more: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_dg…

Understanding Neuroplasticity Induced by TrYptamines (UNITy): the effects of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) on drinking Read about the new study by @‌PsychedelicUNIT @UCL_CPU @‌thelablab @WellcomeLeap registered at #ISRCTN isrctn.com/ISRCTN13970288

🔔We Need You🔔 Are you trying to reduce your drinking? Sign up for our psychedelic research study, conducted at University College London. To check your eligibility and for more info click here: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_eJ… ‼️RT RT RT‼️

An exciting opportunity to join the UNITy team (@PsychedelicUNIT). We’re looking for a Research Assistant - See link for more information and to apply! ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

We are recruiting women (ages 18-35) for a study at UCL on the effects of relaxation and sleep on emotional memory. You will be paid £40 for your time. Please complete a short survey (link below) to see if you are eligible for this study. qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_5C…

First up, we have Ravi Das from @UCLPALS who will be talking to us about ‘Breaking Good’: Repurposing recreational drugs to modify maladaptive memories #BAP2023

Congratulations to CPU co-director Ravi Das, who has been promoted to Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology at UCL. Well done Ravi! 🎉

Louise Simeonov of @UCL_CPU and I (along with colleagues) have published a pre-print of our RPAC study - which investigated reward processing in hazardous alcohol drinkers using popular reward tasks and computational modelling: psyarxiv.com/vpbf5

Job alert. Research Fellow position 4 3yrs with Dr Ravi Das, Prof. Sven Bestmann (@TheARM_Lab @UCLIoN) & @bachlab_cog training in TMS, fMRI, pupil recordings, and more. Deadline: 18/4/23. jobs.ac.uk/job/CYS599/res… @CogNeuroJobs @WCHN_UCL @UCLBrainScience @UCLPALS @UCLIoN

New Research Fellow position in the UCL CPU working with Dr Ravi Das and Prof. Sven Bestmann (@TheARM_Lab @UCLIoN). Deadline: 18th April 2023. jobs.ac.uk/job/CYS599/res… @CogNeuroJobs @UCLBrainScience @UCLPALS

New Research Fellow position in the CPU working with Dr Ravi Das and Prof. Bestmann (IoN). Deadline 8th March 2023 tinyurl.com/bddknybz

Have you ever taken a psychedelic drug? 🍄 Our budding psychedelic research community would like to hear about the context around, and the contents of your experience. @PsychedelicUNIT @UCL_CPU @thelablab Link to anonymous survey here : buff.ly/3RUC94t

New paper 🚨: acute ‘CannTeen’ experiment where we administered vaporised #cannabis with and without #CBD to #adolescent and adult cannabis users. Teenagers were not more sensitive to cannabis, and CBD did not protect against memory impairment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… 🧵1/8

This week, we speak to @Will_Lawn and @ProfValCurran of @KingsIoPPN @UCL_CPU on what we know about teens and #cannabis use, busting some myths along the way open.spotify.com/episode/7MT5WU… @uclnews @maudsleylearn @MaudsleyNHS

@SkumlienMartine's analysis of our CannTeen-Acute experiment, in which we administered #cannabis to adolescents and adults, is published #OA in @BiologicalPsyc1 CNNI tinyurl.com/mw6nmmtz . Cannabis reduces neural reward anticipation, CBD and age-group do not moderate effect.

The tablet form of the stress hormone cortisol could accelerate the process of forgetting intrusive memories, when given immediately after a traumatic event, finds a new study led by @VeHennessy (@UCLPALS @UCL_CPU) Read the story ⬇️ bit.ly/3Tyrtbz

"Treating the right people at the right time with the right drug": Research led by @VeHennessy @UCLPALS @UCL_CPU found that taking a stress hormone tablet after trauma could ease symptoms of PTSD in some people, report by @katlay @thetimes thetimes.co.uk/article/taking… @SBCFoundation

nature.com/articles/s4139… Back from a twitter break with some big news! the publication of my first lead author paper out now in @Transl_Psych Thanks to my co-authors and all @UCL_CPU, our participants and especially @SBCFoundation who made this study possible.

Cannabis users are no more likely to lack motivation or be unable to enjoy life’s pleasure than non-users, finds a new study led by @SkumlienMartine & Dr @Will_Lawn @UCL_CPU @UCLPALS @psychiatry_ucam @KingsAddictions ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/sep/…

Great to receive @BBSRC research grant to investigate human systems-level memory (re)consolidation with fMRI-guided TMS & fear conditioning, together with @BestmannLab & Ravi Das @UCL_CPU. Hiring RA and post doc - get in touch if interested (and RT).