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Jerome Sarris
Jerome Sarris is the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Neurala Biosciences Pty Ltd (Co-CEO 2022-24) and an Executive Co-Director of the associated Not-For-Profit Psychae Institute. Neurala Biosciences (previously, Psychae Therapeutics Pty Ltd) is a biotechnology company seeded by Genesis and Tin Alley Ventures at Melbourne University. He was also appointed in the field of psychology to the position of Professor of Psychedelic Medicine at The Centre of Mental Health at Swinburne University of Technology He also holds Adjunct roles at NICM Health Research Institute at Western Sydney University, Australia, and at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Sarris' principal research interests have evolved over the years, and now primarily pertain to the development and clinical study of psychoactive medicines including psychedelic therapies for mental disorders and other diseases. He is also interested in lifestyle medicine in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Sydney University
Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus public research university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network university with an amalgamation between the Nepean College of Advanced Education and the Hawkesbury Agricultural College. The Macarthur Institute of Higher Education was incorporated in the university in 1989. In 2001, the University of Western Sydney was restructured as a single multi-campus university rather than as a federation. In 2015, the university underwent a rebranding which resulted in a change in name from the University of Western Sydney to Western Sydney University. It is a provider of undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher research degrees with campuses in Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith, and Surabaya. History Foundation and early years ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayahuasca
AyahuascaPronounced as in the UK and in the US. Also occasionally known in English as ''ayaguasca'' (Spanish-derived), ''aioasca'' (Brazilian Portuguese-derived), or as ''yagé'', pronounced or . Etymologically, all forms but ''yagé'' descend from the compound Quechua word ''ayawaska'', from ''aya'' () and ''waska'' (). For more names for ayahuasca, see § Etymology. is a South American psychoactive decoction prepared from '' Banisteriopsis caapi'' vine and a dimethyltryptamine (DMT)-containing plant, used by Indigenous cultures in the Amazon and Orinoco basins as part of traditional medicine and shamanism. The word ayahuasca, originating from Quechuan languages spoken in the Andes, refers both to the ''B. caapi'' vine and the psychoactive brew made from it, with its name meaning “spirit rope” or “liana of the soul.” The specific ritual use of ayahuasca was widespread among Indigenous groups by the 19th century, though its precise origin is uncertain. Ayahuasca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
