UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Pscyhedelics

Will you be at hashtag#PS2025? Make sure to check out these three panels facilitated by core members of the BCSP team.

You can also read more about each session on the BCSP website! lnkd.in/ewt4gA4m

This Is Your Priest on Drugs Dozens of religious leaders experienced magic mushrooms in a university study. Many are now evangelists for psychedelics.

My latest: This Is Your Priest on Drugs | The New Yorker www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

We're growing! The BCSP is hiring an Executive Director of Communications to shape our voice and lead communications efforts. If you're a visionary communicator ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you! #CommunicationsJobs #StrategicComms #PsychedelicScience

Gül Dölan, a senior science advisor at the BCSP, was recently featured in an episode of NPR's All Things Considered podcast 🎧 The episode discusses an effort to begin clinical trials for Ibogaine, a psychoactive drug that is said to treat PTSD. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/n...

Cluster headaches are ‘the most painful condition on the planet’. Sufferers are going to extreme – and secretive – measures for relief The condition is more excruciating than childbirth or gunshot wounds, but little understood. An online community of ‘clusterheads’ are self-experimenting with psilocybin – with promising results

Some sufferers of cluster headaches are turning to psilocybin to treat their debilitating pain — with promising results. Check out this piece published in
@theguardian.com
by Psychedelic Journalism Ferriss Fellow Sammie Seamon
www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...

Cluster headaches are ‘the most painful condition on the planet’. Sufferers are going to extreme – and secretive – measures for relief The condition is more excruciating than childbirth or gunshot wounds, but little understood. An online community of ‘clusterheads’ are self-experimenting with psilocybin – with promising results

Some with cluster headaches are self treating with psilocybin and scientists are taking note. Don't miss this longform story from @berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social x @scipsychedelics.bsky.social Psychedelic Journalism Ferriss Fellow Sammie Seamon www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...

Meet the 2025 recipients of the Mycoskie-UC Berkeley Social Media Fellowship! These fellows will play an important role in expanding public discourse on psychedelic science, policy developments, business, and culture.
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Vote for the best of the internet I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

The Altered States podcast has been nominated for a Webby Award in the podcast science & education category. If you haven't yet, please vote for us for a people’s choice award! wbby.co/3XA54Pp

📩 Join me at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on April 12th

🗣️ I'll discuss the #psilocybin movement through history into the modern epoch, clinically significant studies, 🆕 research on psilocybin analogues, #microdosing & paradigm shift in the ecology of #consciousness

🎟️ Tickets: bit.ly/CalStamets

Vote for the best of the internet I just voted in The Webby People's Voice Awards and checked my voter registration.

The Altered States podcast from @prx.org & @scipsychedelics.bsky.social was one of five podcasts nominated for a Webby Award in the science & education category!! We’re up for Webby & People’s Voice award which requires your votes! Please! vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Congratulations to the ten journalists awarded a 2025 Ferriss-UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship! Read about the full list of fellows at fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/bcsp/2025-fe...

Altered States was nominated for a Webby Award! Cast your vote for best Science & Education podcast by April 17. vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Congratulations to the 2025 class of the Ferriss-UC Berkeley Journalism Fellowship! Check out the full list of fellows below
fellowships.journalism.berkeley.edu/bcsp/2025-fe...

Listen to the first episode at www.tpr.org/podcast/petr... 🍄

Last week, professor and bestselling author Michael Pollan joined the Oprah Podcast to discuss the healing potential of psychedelics. Check out the full conversation on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9N3...

Apply by this Friday, March 7! ps2025.typeform.com/scholarships...

REGISTRATION: 3/6/25, 12pm: Matrix on Point: Mainstreaming Psychedelics Psychedelics are steadily moving from the fringes of counterculture to the heart of mainstream society, driven by a growing body of research and shifting public perception. Once relegated to undergrou...

Join the Social Science Matrix on March 6 @ 12pm to discuss "Mainstreaming Psychedelics." The panel features Diana Negrin, David Presti, and more!
Co-sponsored by the Center for Research on Social Change, the English Department, and @scipsychedelics.bsky.social
Register now rb.gy/93njn7 !

YouTube video by Oprah Can Psychedelics Heal Mental Trauma? With Harvard Professor Michael Pollan

Happy to share my interview with Oprah on psychedelics, out today. Can Psychedelics Heal Mental Trauma? With Harvard Professor Michael Pollan - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9N3...

Still interested in applying for the PISC fellowship? The application has been extended — apply by March 16!

We have an amazing fellowship opportunity at UC Berkeley to explore the cultural, historical, and societal dimensions of psychedelics. Check it out!