uniMIND Prague

uniMIND Journal Club July

📆 Wednesday, July 8th, 7:30 PM
📍 Kampus Hybernská, B-1 Sál (2nd floor, new room)

Abstract:
Psychedelic substances induce robust short-term and more subtle but lasting changes in brain, that are related to profound subjective experiences and medicinal effects when introduced in appropriate conditions. These effects, however, are produced by the same old neural systems, which sustain our casual body regulation and conscious experiences. So what is the closest we can get to reproducing the mind-manifesting chemistry without consuming the substance? What subjective experiences related to psychedelic use can happen without them? And when does it happen?
Let’s try and look into these questions together!

Recommended read:
📜 TBA

🗣️ Presented by Ivan Volchkov Ivan V.D.
Ivan is a graduate student of psychology at Charles university and researcher at the National institute of mental health, department of public mental health and center for advanced studies of consciousness. His main interest lies in combining psychological and neuroscientific methodological approaches to build better practical understanding of the flourishing mind and help tackle acute challenges of modern psychosocial and technological landscape.

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Free public talk

Tibisay will give once again a slightly different version of her talk from last month at uniMIND - this time at the National Institute of Mental Health (NUDZ), in collaboration with the Psychedelic Research Center.
So if you missed her last time, this is a perfect opportunity to hear it!

🗓️ Monday, June 22nd, at 14:30
📍 Národní ústav duševního zdraví, Topolová 748, Klecany
Main lecture hall (Höschlová poslucharna), ground floor
Národní ústav duševního zdraví

See you!

Can psychedelics make us immortal? Did we finally find the key to staying forever young??
Join this journal club to learn more about aging, longevity, and recent discoveries on how magic mushrooms may affect it!

📆 Wednesday, June 24th, 7:30 PM
📍 Kampus Hybernská, B-1 Sál (2nd floor, new room)

Topic: ‘Psychedelics, Ageing, and Longevity’

Paper:
📜 Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-025-00244-x

🗣️ Presented by Petko Tsikov

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Hello hello! ☺️
The Community Picnic dream is still alive and we are making it come true! Join us this Saturday:

🗓️ Saturday, 23.05
🕑 From 14:00 (🔥 BBQ available 14:00–17:00🔥)
📍 Baden Baden Štvanice

🎒Bring your usual picnic / BBQ essentials and your vibes ✨

See you there!🫶

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Changes of plans!

Due to non-ideal weather conditions our picnic is postponed for next week. We are still meeting and luckily has the prefect event for us happening today, the Altenburg Garden Opening - which has food vendors, pop-up shops, bar, and music, all with free entry!

So we meet at there from 15:30, come have a chat! No need to bring anything but you can bring a blanket to sit on :)

Hey friends! ☀️ Community Brunch Picnic is finally happening next Saturday, 16.5 🎉

Join us at Štvanice Island for an afternoon of sunshine, good food and good company 🌿
Bring blankets, games, instruments, drinks or snacks ✨

🔥 The BBQ Grill will be available from 1 PM to 4 PM, so feel free to bring food for grilling 🔥

📅 Saturday 16/05
🕐 13:00
📍 Baden Baden

Looking forward to seeing you all 💛

uniMIND Academic Journal Club May

📆 Wednesday, *May 27th, 7:30 PM*
📍 Kampus Hybernská, *Co-work B-1* (2nd floor)

Topic: ‘Neocolonialism in the Psychedelic Renaissance: A Modern View into an Ancient Practice.’

Suggested reads:
📜 Overcoming epistemic injustices in the biomedical study of ayahuasca: Towards ethical and sustainable regulation.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13634615211062962
📜 Epistemic injustice: Power and the ethics of knowing
(M Fricker - 2007 - Oxford university Book)

🗣️ *Presented by Tibi Estupiñan*
Tibi is a Microbiologist and Laboratory Clinic, Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Affairs - Quality
Psychedelics and Health certified – Universidad de Antioquia – Medellin Colombia.. she also grew up in a community where ayahuasca is not a mental health retreat, it is rather part of the culture she was surrounded by, rooted deeply in rituals going back many generations...

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