🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Great to receive Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research 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).

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 Martine Skumlien & Dr Will Lawn UCL CPU UCL Psych & Lang Sci Cambridge Psychiatry National Addiction Centre ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/sep/…

nature.com/articles/s4139… Back from a twitter break with some big news! the publication of my first lead author paper out now in TranslationalPsychiatry Thanks to my co-authors and all UCL CPU, our participants and especially The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation who made this study possible.

"Treating the right people at the right time with the right drug": Research led by Vanessa Hennessy UCL Psych & Lang Sci UCL CPU found that taking a stress hormone tablet after trauma could ease symptoms of PTSD in some people, report by Kat Lay The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.co.uk/article/taking… The Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation

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 Vanessa Hennessy (UCL Psych & Lang Sci UCL CPU) Read the story ⬇️ bit.ly/3Tyrtbz

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

This week, we speak to Will Lawn and Val Curran of Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience UCL CPU on what we know about teens and #cannabis use, busting some myths along the way open.spotify.com/episode/7MT5WU… UCL News Maudsley Learning NHS Maudsley

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

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. UNITy UCL CPU The LAB Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Link to anonymous survey here : buff.ly/3RUC94t

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

New Research Fellow position in the UCL CPU working with Dr Ravi Das and Prof. Sven Bestmann (ARM Lab UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology). Deadline: 18th April 2023. jobs.ac.uk/job/CYS599/res… @CogNeuroJobs UCL Brain Sciences UCL Psych & Lang Sci

Job alert. Research Fellow position 4 3yrs with Dr Ravi Das, Prof. Sven Bestmann (ARM Lab UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) & bachlab training in TMS, fMRI, pupil recordings, and more. Deadline: 18/4/23. jobs.ac.uk/job/CYS599/res… @CogNeuroJobs @WCHN_UCL UCL Brain Sciences UCL Psych & Lang Sci UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

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

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

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

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…

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

🔔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‼️

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

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…