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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yesterday was my 1 year job anniversary with Xylo and I couldn’t be more happy and excited to be working with such amazing people and a mission I believe in. Cheers to a year & more to come!

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Students for Sensible Drug Policy @ssdpofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

TAKE ACTION: Tell the FDA to Support Psychedelic Therapy Access Use SSDP's easy tool to submit a public comment before the October 5th deadline! secure.everyaction.com/8WOPuUXBMUyW...

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Submit a Public Comment

It takes less than five minutes to make a difference!

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

These issues are the core foundation for my seminar / training on advocacy for scientists. Science has always been political, but if the holders of knowledge remain silent we allow bad people to co-opt or destroy science for personal gain.

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

HELP SSDP FIGHT TO KEEP RESEARCH INTEGRITY! USE THIS TOOL TO CONTACT YOUR CONGRESS MEMBERS TO KEEP OPPOSING OMB

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 24/09/2026

The Trump admin keeps trying ways to break and take over NIH and we keep pushing back and winning. Two takeaways: 1. Together we have power; your voice matters. 2. This isn’t over; they are going to keep trying more ways to take over NIH and science for their political ends. Be ready!

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Psychedelic Brain Science @psychedbrainsci.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our recap of the FDA Hearing is live on the podcast! Listen at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts!! open.spotify.com/episode/1GrR...

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What Happened at the FDA Psychedelic Hearing?

Psychedelic Brain Science · Episode

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Psychedelic Brain Science @psychedbrainsci.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you don’t feel like listening, weve also published a written analysis of the FDA hearing published in partnership with Psychedelic States of America! psychedelicamericas.org/news/whos-in...

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Who's in the Room and Who Decides? Open Questions… | PSA

A guest column by Dr. Alaina Jaster, Produced in Partnership with Psychedelic Brain Science

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

After a full days work + FDA hearing notes + a podcast recording recap I am soooooo tired

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Check out this thread on the upcoming FDA psychedelic hearing!

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Matthew Baggott @mattbagg.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026

Mike Davis has been announced as head of FDA's CDER. He is a well-regarded FDA veteran who was CMO at the nonprofit psychedelic company Usona for about 3 years. www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...

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HHS Announces Key Leadership Selections at FDA to Promote Innovation, Reform, and National Health Priorities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced the selection of four senior leaders at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Psychedelic Brain Science @psychedbrainsci.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Season 6 is live! Episode 1 features Josh Hardman of Psychedelic Alpha with a focus on the last year in psychedelics + the upcoming FDA public hearing on psychedelics All this & more wherever you get your podcasts or free on Psychedelicbrainscience.com

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Psychedelics | Your Brain On Science

Your Brain on Science is a psychedelic science communication platform dedicated to making psychedelic science accessible, understandable, and relatable for all through blog posts and podcast episodes.

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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We're currently hiring a new director for the renowned UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. The director will be appointed as a Professor in our psychology department: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07814

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Director of the Center for Mind and Brain & Professor of Psychology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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ThePotLab, PhD 🧠🧪🏴 @thepotlabphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Why didn’t I do a postdoc? Why do lots of women not feel safe in academia? Meanwhile at Rutgers the Dean of Research for Biological sciences has been filming nonconsensual “ up skirt” videos with his cell phone. 🤮 . 👀 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTDpPv6Jp/

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A dean at Rutgers University was arrested for allegedly recording "upskirt" videos while working for the school, according to New Jersey prosecutors. Joshua Kohut, 51, is being charged with fourth-deg...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Record numbers of American soldiers, sailors and airman request early separation from the military because they believe they are being ordered to violate international law and to murder innocent civilians. www.ms.now/news/conscie...

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Troops fighting against Iran and drug smugglers say they're being asked to violate international law

Organizations that help service members apply to leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats and targets...

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of my favorite conferences of all time and I don’t even do snow sports 😅 Seriously tho it’s an amazing community of scientists and I felt so welcomed as a trainee 4 years ago that I keep coming back now as a professional!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A win! A fed appeals court upheld a lower court ruling blocking DHS from making immigration arrests outside houses of worship. The decision keeps protections in place for people attending religious services without fear of being targeted for arrest as they enter or leave.

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Religious Groups Sue Trump Administration Over ICE Enforcement in Houses of Worship

For over 30 years, the federal government restricted immigration enforcement at houses of worship and other sensitive locations, acknowledging that to carry out raids, arrests…

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

NEW: The NIH is quietly restricting funding for research that evaluates how public policy impacts human health. According to internal documents I obtained, the agency no longer considers policymakers "mission relevant" — a massive shift for the biomedical funder. My latest for @nature.com:

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NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy

US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers as ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo.

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Psychedelic Brain Science @psychedbrainsci.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Season 6 is coming soon!! Lineup announcements next week + psychedelicbrainscience.com has been updated so you can see where Dr. Jaster will be speaking next. Follow along here or subscribe to us wherever you get podcasts!

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Need to make some major website updates soon!! The next year ahead is looking like lots of fun 🤩

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The neuroscience of pain is extremely fascinating. From sensation to processing to perception - the pathways in our brain are doing some amazing things. Learn more about pain, recent publications in neuropsych + what Xylo has been up to the last month! www.xylo.bio/blog-posts/a...

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August 2026 Newsletter

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"Not one of the people that is demonstrating looks like a normal person. Not one looks normal. They’re all deformed in some way – in their appearance, in their dress, in their mannerism... This so much deeper than issues about taxation and regulation... It’s about normal, healthy, ordered living."

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Have you experienced harms to your research and scientific career at the hands of onerous, ambiguous or ridiculous government regulations? Has drug scheduling hurt your research? Use our new tool to share (option to be anon) your story to make real change at the federal policy level!

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Megan Hagenauer @mhagenauer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🧠 I think a lot of people are surprised when I say that I hate high impact publishing. I encountered a particularly poignant example today while reviewing a paper of why this style of publishing sucks: 🧵

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'm extremely excited to share this policy memo that my colleagues and I have worked extremely hard on, now published in the Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG)!! We talk about scheduling drugs, HALT Fentanyl Act + more! www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038...

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Reducing Research Harms: Analysis and Recommendations for Researching Schedule I Substances Under the HALT Fentanyl Act

Read “Reducing Research Harms: Analysis and Recommendations for Researching Schedule I Substances Under the HALT Fentanyl Act,” an article from Volume 28, Issue 01 of the Journal of Science Policy & G...

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I had a professor that used to say “There’s two things that won’t lie to you… your butt and your gut.” Learn more about the gut-brain axis in this months edition of Xylo Bio’s Neuroscience Newsletter: www.xylo.bio/blog-posts/j...

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July 2026 Newsletter

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Leaving academia was a little scary, but I’ve been able to keep the supportive community and good parts. Conferences and writing is something I’ve always loved and I’m just very grateful to be able to continue without the added stress academic life brings. Cant wait for what’s on the horizon!!

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

This summer is already off to a great start concert wise!! This month alone I saw Les claypool, Wilco and Paul Simon 🤩

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Just got proofs for our policy recommendations on drug scheduling and I’m literally so excited to share the publication in a few weeks 🤩🤩🤩

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 10/06/2026

It's not every day your FIRST academic publication lands a @forbes.com FEATURE! Absolutely WILD. 🤯 Thank you to Dr. Gassam Asare for interviewing @emmarackstraw.bsky.social and I about our new study where we show why Black supervisors matter in the workplace and beyond. #blacksky #econsky #news

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A New Harvard Study Makes A Powerful Case For Black Supervisors

New research reveals that when a Black supervisor is watching, it can shift workplace bias and change how Black workers are seen at work.

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I helped write this response from SSDP to the Dear Colleague letters by SAMHSA last month. People who use drugs deserve more. Every pause in care carries risk and every barrier to harm reduction/treatment could be the difference of life or death. Give it a read here: ssdp.org/blog/samhsa-...

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SAMHSA “Dear Colleague” Letters: Policy Shift Threatens Evidence-Based Drug Policy - SSDP

This blog post is a collaborative effort written by members of SSDP’s Science Policy and Harm Reduction Committees. For years, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) ha...

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm almost sure if the new rules are enacted, Vought will blanket terminate all grants issued pre-2025. The new rules stated all grants must align with presidential priorities, and they can terminate grants any time. You can see it from a mile away. Submit a comment against it!

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

My next essay will be titled “your AI figures look like shit”

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Do you like weird structures in the extracellular matrix? Do you like plasticity? Check out the latest Xylo Bio newsletter on perineuronal nets ⬇️ xylo.bio/blog-posts/j...

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June 2026 Newsletter

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In April 2025 I was fired from my postdoc position. This was a surprise. This led to a crumbling of my personal identity related to me being a scientist, financial instability and a court case. I finally feel ready to share my reflections with my community. Read here: medium.com/@jasteralain...

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ICYMI: I was fired from my postdoc

But don’t worry I’m thriving now.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Breaking: Judge Jackson blocks NSF from dismantling NCAR. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496...

For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction,
ECF No. 18, is hereby GRANTED. Defendants are hereby PRELIMINARY
ENJOINED from divesting UCAR or NCAR of any rights, resources, or
responsibilities related to the NWSC.
SO ORDERED this 1st day of June, 2026.

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The gov will let someone get a GLP1 pill unrestricted to change their physical body but won’t let someone do recreational drugs to change their mind Interesting

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Think I might start up my personal medium account again I’ve got too many long form thoughts and no where to put them lol

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Sam Fellman @samfellman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"This new slush fund ... could take all the ethical disasters of the pardon market and multiply it by, well, 1.8 billion. Just think what people might be willing to do to get this money, and what Mr. Trump might get in return." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/o...

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Opinion | Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

“Vaping executives told Trump that Makary was blocking approval of their products, including new flavored e-cigarettes seen as crucial to the industry's survival.”

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is truly the most ass backwards policy. If you use drugs the US gov does not care if you die. Thats it.

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The use of AI to make simple graphics, flyers and posters in the scientific community is wild We can all tell and it looks aesthetically bad

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

It’s ramp season again so here is a thread will all the things I’ve made

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Alaina Jaster, PhD @jasteralaina.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Had a wonderful time giving the keynote talk at the MUSC Beyond the Lab event this past week! So many great questions and discussion around using your science skills for comms and policy change. If you’re interested in having a workshop or seminar around these themes - please reach out to book!

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