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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🟢 Late-breaking poster submissions are open and being considered on a rolling basis until 31 October. 🟢 Summer School and ECR travel grants applications close on 1 October. If you know any ECRs who may benefit from this opportunity, more info is available on the website. www.sips2027.com

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Reminders for #SIPS2027 in Sydney, Australia on 9-12 February 2027: 🟢 Early bird registration pricing is available until 31 October. 🟢 Abstract submission outcomes have been sent out. If you did not receive the outcome of your submission, please email sips.conference@sydney.edu.au.

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

⭐ New work from our early career researchers!⭐ In this review, we outline methodological considerations for designing and conducting #openlabelplacebo studies in #pain research and beyond - with direct experience in conducting such studies from each author. Read the paper: doi.org/10.1097/j.pa...

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Registration is now open. Poster submissions are accepted until 14 September. Learn more and register: www.phfd-conf.org

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PHFD conference – De la clarté scientifique à l’innovation clinique

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We are pleased to support the Placebo, Hypnosis, and Functional Disorders Conference, taking place in Nancy, France, on 14–16 October 2026. PHFD 2026 will explore how expectations, learning, culture, and therapeutic contexts shape bodily experience and clinical outcomes.

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

⚡There is now less than a week to go until the SIPS 2027 extended submission deadline closes on 15 June 2026. ⚡ We welcome submissions for symposia, flash talks, and posters. Early bird registration is also now open for the conference. More info on submissions and registration: sips2027.com

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Some exciting updates for #SIPS2027: 🟢 Keynote speakers: David Beard, Kate Faasse, and Omer Van den Bergh 🟢 ECR Summer School will be held on 8 Feb 2027, with travel grants available, supported by @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social 🟢 Reminder that abstract submissions close 1 June 2026 sips2027.com

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A reminder that submissions for SIPS 2027 are now open! Submission deadline is 1 June 2026 (11:59pm UTC). www.sips2027.com/submissions We are currently inviting submissions for: 🎤 Symposia ⚡ Flash talks 📌 Posters #SIPS2027 #Placebo #Nocebo #Psychology #Medicine #Pain

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Nathan Huneke @nathanhuneke.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I’m guest editing a new BMC Psychiatry Collection on #placebo and #nocebo effects in psychiatry. We’re looking for work on expectancy mechanisms, communication, and implications for clinical practice + trials. Details: link.springer.com/collections/... @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

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Placebo and nocebo effects in psychiatry

BMC Psychiatry is calling for submissions to our Collection, Placebo and nocebo effects in psychiatry. Clinical outcomes in psychiatry are influenced not only ...

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Livia Asan @liviaasan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Call for papers for a collection on placebo and nocebo effects in psychiatry - excellent! @sipsplacebo.bsky.social @timnicholson.bsky.social @devinterhune.bsky.social @labasedow.bsky.social @bnpa.bsky.social @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A quick update for SIPS 2027: We’ve extended the deadline for Topical Session submissions by one week to 22 March 2026, 11:59pm UTC. A reminder that submissions for all other formats open on 1 April 2026. See www.sips2027.com/submissions for more info! #placebo #nocebo

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Submissions — SIPS 2027

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The A02 researchers will also be featured in the documentary by Eckart von Hirschhausen about pain! 🤩 More info: presse.wdr.de/plounge/tv/d... Watch it in German from 3.10. onwards in the ARD Mediathek: www.ardmediathek.de/tv-programm/...

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Hirschhausen und der Schmerz - Presselounge - WDR

Die WDR Presselounge ist für Journalisten, die sich über den WDR informieren wollen. Neben Pressemitteilungen gibt es hier auch Pressetermine, Pressemappen sowie unsere Kontaktdaten. Registrierte Nutz...

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

⭐ GIVEAWAY! ⭐ We are giving away 3 signed copies of the non-fiction book from our CRC! 📚 In „Dein Körper glaubt dir alles – Wie der #Placebo-Effekt die Gesundheit stärkt“, Prof. Ulrike Bingel and Prof. Sven Benson explain how patients can use the power of #expectations to improve their health. 💪

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Przemysław Bąbel @przemekbabel.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Exactly two weeks ago, the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social at @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social & @filozoficznyuj.bsky.social came to a close! 4 keynotes, 12 plenaries, 8 symposia (24 talks), 16 flash talks, 7 science slams, 109 posters, 8 highlights! #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

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Przemysław Bąbel @przemekbabel.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The Welcome Reception of the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social took place in the very heart of @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social — the historic Collegium Maius. We enjoyed a breathtaking performance by the Choir In Kontakt, led by Wassim Ibrahim. #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

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Markus Wöhr @markuswohr.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Can we study placebo effects in rodents? At the @sipsplacebo.bsky.social‬ ECR Summer School in Kraków, Poland, I was proposing that we can do so by using ultrasonic vocalizations as a key element of the anticipatory response. Thanks for the great round table discussions, ‪@sfb-trr-289.bsky.social‬!

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International Brain Research Organization @ibroorg.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

🗓️ Save the Date! 🧠 The 12th #IBRO World Congress of #Neuroscience is heading to Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 from 13–16 September 2027! Mark your calendar and join us for an unforgettable #meeting! #IBRO2027 #IBROinAfrica #CapeTown #SouthAfrica @thebalelab.bsky.social

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Przemysław Bąbel @przemekbabel.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Huge thanks to my amazing Pain Research Group from @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @filozoficznyuj.bsky.social for all the hard work and dedication in organizing the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social — couldn’t have done it without you! 💪🧠👏 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

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Przemysław Bąbel @przemekbabel.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Great talk by Magdalena Żegleń at the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social! Former postdoc in my lab, she presented our data on placebo and nocebo effects in weight loss and fitness interventions. #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo20205 #SIPSKrakow2025

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Johannes Laferton @jlaferton.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Out now in JAMA: Together with Meike Shedden Mora and Winfried Rief @rief01.bsky.social , we share four evidence-supported communication strategies to help health care professionals improve patient expectations—and thereby enhance treatment outcomes. #MedTwitter #Psychology

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Charlotte Blease PhD @crblease.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Back from a stunning @sipsplacebo.bsky.social at Jagiellonian Uni 🇵🇱 thank you @PrzemyslawBabel — 5th Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies conf since we founded it in 2014 Pre-conf workshop w/ Ben Colagiuri ✅ Plenary on GenAI + placebo/nocebo ✅ Reunited w/ the placebo family ❤️

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Klinik für Neurologie Essen @neurologieessen.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Neue Publikation: Nocebo-Effekte sind bei gesunden Personen stärker und anhaltender als Placebo-Effekte. Placebo- und Nocebo-Effekte veranschaulichen den tiefgreifenden Einfluss kognitiv-affektiver Prozesse auf die Symptomwahrnehmung und die Behandlungsergebnisse und können das Ansprechen.. 1/4

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Winston Tan @winstontan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

another fun SIPS over already! glad to see so many talks with a focus on nocebo reduction/inoculation. stay tuned for more on the ECR network and SIPS 2027 prep 👀👀👀 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025 @sipsplacebo.bsky.social @placebosydney.bsky.social

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Madeline V. Stein @madelinestein.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Had a great time at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social 2025 w/ my supervisor @devinterhune.bsky.social 🥳 i presented two meta-analyses on responsiveness to verbal suggestions (REVS) in #placebo and #nocebo responding & one experiment looking at suggestion effects & REVS in placebo #psychedelic responding.

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Przemysław Bąbel @przemekbabel.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Thank you! It was truly great to host you in Krakow — thanks so much for your involvement, energy, and collaboration. You were amazing! 🙌 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025 #SIPSKrakow2025

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We thank @przemekbabel.bsky.social, his great team, and @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social for an inspiring, outstanding and perfectly organized conference in the beautiful city of Krakow! #SIPSplacebo2025 We enjoyed the talks, networking, food and music🥳

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Przemysław Bąbel @przemekbabel.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🎉 Stefanie Meeuwis, who used to be a postdoc in my lab, has just received the @sipsplacebo.bsky.social Early Career Award! Huge congratulations – so well deserved! 👏🥳

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Huge congratulations to Frederik Schlitt (A17), Sven Polifka (A15), Christopher Milde (A04/Z02), & our associated CRC member @jlaferton.bsky.social for winning @sipsplacebo.bsky.social poster prizes! ✨ We definitely (re)presented great research at this year's #SIPSplacebo2025 conference! 😁

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Thank you to @przemekbabel.bsky.social and the organising comittee for a great #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025. As was announced at the closing ceremony, we'll be hosting SIPS 2027 in Sydney, Australia! Follow us for updates, news, and more! ⭐️ @sipsplacebo.bsky.social

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We can't wait to hear who of our fantastic slammers has won this year's #scienceslam at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social!!! 😱 Not much longer now... #SIPSplacebo2025

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

What's next? 4 interesting flash talks bevor the lunch break... stay for networking during lunch and the closing ceremony with the announcement of awards and the next conference! @sipsplacebo.bsky.social #SIPSplacebo2025

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Przemysław Bąbel @przemekbabel.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Four more posters from my lab were presented during Day 3 and the second poster session of the 5th International Conference of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social — great work by Helena Bieniek, Daryna Rubanets, Amelia Jankowska, and Wiktor Zieliński! 👏🧠📊 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025 #SIPSKrakow2025

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Livia Asan @liviaasan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

SIPS snippet #1: Ulrike Bingel from our @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social talking in the first plenary session of the SIPS conference in beautiful Krakow, presenting our work - no effect of dopamine pharmacomodulation on experimental placebo hypoalgesia. #SIPSplacebo2025

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Lukas A. Basedow, PhD @labasedow.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Really happy to be able to present my Poster regarding placebo-induced psychedelic effects at #SIPSplacebo2025 Funded by the @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social

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Andreas Strube @astrube.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This is so cool, @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social! Participation helps us ask better questions, make knowledge accessible, and connect science to real-world political debates. Exactly the collaboration that is missing in many fields of science. We need more of that… @sipsplacebo.bsky.social

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

... followed by plenary talks by Keith Petrie @keithpetrie.bsky.social, Charlotte Blease @crblease.bsky.social, and Katia Mattarozzi about the translation of placebo/nocebo effects for real-world problems. Find the whole program here: sips2025.eu/program/conf...

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Good morning to the last day of the SIPS Conference #SIPSplacebo2025 @sipsplacebo.bsky.social. We start at 9am with a keynote lecture about placebos in VR research:

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We are so excited to welcome three people with lived experiences from our CRC's patient advisory board to @sipsplacebo.bsky.social #SIPSplacebo2025! PAB-members: Dorothea Fell, Sonja Arens and Oliver Vorthmann ✨ Thanks to everyone who stopped by our poster and asked questions ❤️

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Winston Tan @winstontan.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

thanks to everyone who visited my poster at #SIPS2025 yesterday! enjoyed discussing our lab's work on nocebo education in a social learning context. keen to pick some of the conversations back up over the next couple days 🤝🏼 @placebosydney.bsky.social @sipsplacebo.bsky.social

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Lukas A. Basedow, PhD @labasedow.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Really happy to have participated again. Always a fun challenge! @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social @sipsplacebo.bsky.social #SIPSplacebo2025

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We are really enjoying Day 2 of @sipsplacebo.bsky.social so far! After fantastic symposium talks by Lene Vase, @luanacolloca.bsky.social and Andrew Geers, we are looking forward to the next flash talks and the poster session ✨ #SIPSplacebo2025

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

On today's schedule: PhD candidate Cosette Saunders (TU066, TU067) and postdoc David Ng (TU072) have their poster presentations! 📄

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Sydney Placebo Lab @placebosydney.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

On Day 2 of #SIPS2025 we had postdocs @winstontan.bsky.social and Tessa Rooney showcase their posters, as well as former lab member and close collaborator Kirsten Barnes demonstrate the potential of positive attribute framing to reduce the nocebo effect 🤩

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Huge thanks to Lene Vase for highlighting both our recent placebo meta-analysis and the patient advisory board ❤️ The meta-analysis: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The patient advisory board: treatment-expectation.de/projekte-peo... @sipsplacebo.bsky.social #SIPSplacebo2025

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Livia Asan @liviaasan.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

SIPS snippet #3: Excited that we have people with lived experience at this conference @sipsplacebo.bsky.social The patient advisory board from Germany @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social has a poster today (Tues), no 88! Everyone at #SIPSplacebo2025 go check it out

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

See the program for today on our website: sips2025.eu/program/conf... We continue with talks from Lene Vase, Andrew Geers and Luana Colloca! #SIPSplacebo2025 @luanacolloca.bsky.social

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Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Prof. Shaham starts day 3 of our conference #SIPSplacebo2025 sharing recent findings on the inhibitory effect of dose-extended placebo on opioid intake in a rat model of buprenorphine maintenance.

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The Power of Expectations @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

After an online voting, great prizes for the best slams will be given out on Wednesday so stay tuned! ⭐

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Charlotte Blease PhD @crblease.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Honoured to be on this podcast, serendipitously coinciding with @sipsplacebo.bsky.social in Krakow, Poland

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Andreas Strube @astrube.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Diving into predictive timing of pain at my poster today. SIPS in beautiful and lively Kraków so far: Welcome Reception = amazing 🔥! Big shout‑out to Bąbel & team! Lots of great talks - and special appreciation for the ECR community! @sfb-trr-289.bsky.social @sipsplacebo.bsky.social

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