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Scott Thompson, PhD
@sthom003.bsky.social
Professor of Psychiatry, Univ of Colorado School of Medicine.
Director, Psychedelic Public Policy Partnership.
Synaptic physiologist studying depression, antidepressant drug actions, and all things psychedelic in mice & people.
Link: BaleThompsonLTP.org
And that’s a wrap on #[email protected] and I are on our way home, full of brain facts!
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
With all the FAA chaos going on we had to fly the plane ourselves, but @thebalelab.bsky.social and I are on our way to #sfn2025
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Very proud of Dr Tracy Bale’s @thebalelab.bsky.social induction into the National Academy of Medicine yesterday evening! A brilliant impactful scientist, a champion of women, and a tireless advocate for global neuroscience at @ibroorg.bsky.social! Congratulations!
October 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
NO KINGS! FREE DC OF THE ORANGE VERMIN!
October 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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
September 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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 @fredbarrett.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Amid all the attention CK is getting, let’s not forget those who are suffering in my community as a direct result of his hateful ideology. When they examine the weapon, they will find his fingerprints all over it!
September 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hard to believe there’s much demand for supplements, but in case you’re running low, I’m happy to report that it’s readily available at Whole Foods. Free range and organic too!
July 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
June 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
June 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This kid has a right to be pissed - it’s his future!
June 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
No kings in my town! Genesee CO - a very beautiful place to protest evil fascism!
June 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
President Trump today named Marcus Welby, MD, to be Director of the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences and Margret Houlihan as Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research, calling them “as qualified as any one else I’ve nominated” and “straight from central casting.”
May 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I was delighted to have an editorial in my hometown paper on the administration's threat to the NIH and what it means for the health and welfare of my peeps. For the good it may do, I urge you to also write one @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social

Bonus: It's cathartic to write a scream into the void.
March 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I was just checking in at my small, rural hometown newspaper to see how I could submit an opinion piece on the NIH conflagration (you should too! see: sciencehomecoming.com), and I came across this letter to the editor that seems like a pretty effective way to open eyes in rural small towns. 🔥🔥
February 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
From one of my NIH scientist/administrator friends yesterday. This the very real real-time cruelty of the thugs who have seized control of our government from us! #resist
February 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hey WCBR friends - are you curious about what the dealio is with microdosing? Come hear the latest preclinical and human neuroscience and cardiovascular evidence and join us for a discussion with a microdosing coach for real world evidence. 4:30 @ Monument Peak. Unrelated: this place is beautiful.
January 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Want to have a say in what science is presented at this year's @sfn.org annual meeting? Now is the time to submit proposals for the symposia, minisymposia, featured panels, Professional Development Workshops, and Ask Anything Sessions. More information at www.sfn.org/am2025
January 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
several things of relevance to my research colleagues. It points out that basic research grants as a share of NIH spending have been declining, while 'applied' research has grown. Nevertheless, the report says that "Waning... basic research could lead to a decline in treatments and

3/n
December 18, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Good morning #ACNP2024! Had enough neuroscience yet? Time to learn a little cardiology (as performed by neuroscientist. @Devineffinger.Bsky.social). Specifically, does chronic microdosing of LSD pose a cardiovascular risk by chronically activating 5HT2B receptors? Find out at poster W234 today!!
December 11, 2024 at 3:07 PM
#ACNP2024 underway with fantastic science fiction-like Presidential Plenary talks. Inspiring way to start!
December 8, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Nothin’ but blue skies! (Including Mt. Blue Sky here)
November 22, 2024 at 7:33 PM