The institutions, infrastructure, and capital behind science are being reimagined.
Catalyst NYC brings together researchers and funders to explore what’s working, what’s next, and where the opportunities lie.
We’ll be discussing:
→ Alternative funding models
→ Open science infrastructure
→ Where philanthropy and venture capital meet research
→ How discoveries move from the lab to real-world impact
And much more. Full agenda coming soon.
📅 July 11
📍 NYC
#CatalystNYC is invite-only.
Request an invitation: https://t.co/gj21WTmFf3
In Pushpendra Singh’s lab at IIT Mandi started by @anirbanbandyo
Me meditating with DDG device (left)
My DDG display (right). The number of clocks (within clocks within clocks) dropped to 137 (lower clock number means higher frequencies predominate)
Before I published my papers and started lecturing nationwide, my story was first picked up by @haggertynancy with @lohud - thanks to @BiggestComeback
I had dropped my 5k time from 45 minutes to 19 minutes after losing 150lbs!
Read the story here…
https://t.co/DDIf0OR2vw
Near infrared light improves stroke recovery with just one treatment in clinical trial.
Within 24 hours of patients having a stroke, they were given a 808 nm at "20 predetermined locations on the scalp for 2 minutes at each site."
After 90 days, people with the light had:
➜ 58% greater NIHSS improvement (79% vs 50%)
➜ 40% greater mRS improvement (63% vs 45%)
Than those in placebo.
What if the most powerful psychedelic on Earth isn't a drug we take, but a molecule your brain makes on its own?
Could microbiome derived DMT be the core driver in autism?
Dr. Christian Bogner sits down with Dr. Steven Barker (Prof. Emeritus, LSU). 50 years proving DMT is made inside us.
UC Davis, Stanford study underway.
Jump to any question 👇
0:00 Introduction
https://t.co/U8Xva96zpt
4:31 Who are you — and what sparked the hunt for endogenous DMT in 1976?
https://t.co/UrBhkaSNj1
9:38 Did your early psychedelic experiences include DMT?
https://t.co/9cdlsKrypG
20:08 Did Freud and Einstein ever experiment with psychedelics?
https://t.co/dPr79sRO5S
22:15 Your 1980 MAO work — if the body makes DMT, what's its purpose?
https://t.co/v0mHsh5O82
23:03 "Low levels of DMT" — why was just finding it exciting?
https://t.co/8OfamDdUdx
23:38 Reading DMT off the early chromatography plates
https://t.co/U4dWtL5TZ7
27:13 The raw synthesis of DMT, step by step
https://t.co/QwAG8h14Wg
29:35 Hydroxylate serotonin and you get bufotenin — explain that
https://t.co/pEjBU02v13
32:56 Indoleacetic acid (IAA) on functional-medicine testing
https://t.co/RBm11m67oH
34:07 The 1981 review & the bottlenecks to measuring DMT (Ethan McIlhenny)
https://t.co/zht5xNYAqI
41:51 From radioactive tracers to LC-MS/MS — DMT in living brain (Strassman & Borjigin)
https://t.co/TtaF3B7px9
43:57 Could you really run 24 compounds at once?
https://t.co/2PlU8Y87YP
50:52 DMT found in rat brain — how fast did you call Rick?
https://t.co/lXQClYC0Xp
52:53 What does DMT do at the 5-HT2A receptor?
https://t.co/bp6IxUq661
53:42 Why an exogenous dose is an "overdose"
https://t.co/HRuw8pZCN6
1:01:13 DMT for intractable depression — immediate, lasting relief
https://t.co/c8ekWUeRrR
1:03:16 Is DMT behind deep REM sleep & the glymphatic system?
https://t.co/WdeW5SitWs
1:05:34 Why do schizophrenics get less cancer? DMT & the immune system
https://t.co/0gubRMlxK9
1:09:20 A new drug class: psychoplastogens / PIPIs (David Olson)
https://t.co/m8OSe2JUAO
1:09:58 The autism hypothesis: is DMT / tryptamine produced in excess?
https://t.co/gRIv2LDx67
1:11:37 Chronic low-dose tryptamine — tolerance or constant overstimulation?
https://t.co/BA4IevvNB3
1:12:47 Autism: No brain damage on MRI, but hyperconnectivity — why?
https://t.co/v861vucHM7
1:17:12 Can people even talk on DMT? Is it social?
https://t.co/V5PmQChCod
1:18:14 Are the entities in our heads — or something bigger?
https://t.co/ghyscCGyfX
1:19:23 Set, setting & the "machine elves"
https://t.co/oYnVDDI4Ud
1:21:40 "How can we quickly reverse this?" — about the suffering child
https://t.co/Y7JAvDpNWi
1:21:56 Inside the UC Davis / Stanford study (nonverbal autism, ages 10–30)
https://t.co/vEVz1dd8ku
1:22:47 The real-world impact if we can measure — and treat — this
https://t.co/5k0ua8mGhi
1:24:51 The internal 5-HT2A "psychedelic receptor" — why risperidone & Abilify fall short
https://t.co/CI1eL0H9pQ
1:26:10 The Golgi apparatus & the brain's growth machinery
https://t.co/hXrvrhcaAb
1:27:01 Tryptamine always high: urinary tests & the microbiome (TDC) link
https://t.co/8NR0lanMFF
1:28:17 "It can't reach the brain because of MAO" — the slow-MAO answer
https://t.co/9LDp7C6IH8
1:29:25 Does DMT even need to reach the brain? The gut & vagus nerve
https://t.co/054FDJoH1v
1:29:56 Steve's new book: "Reality Shadow"
https://t.co/wUwRyVAIyF
1:31:40 Are we on the right track?
https://t.co/YLqoqMffBj
1:33:48 Final word — "keep an open mind"
https://t.co/NI5bIzuSbE
Full video:
https://t.co/riWBtcTlUM
@SecKennedy@HHSGov@DrJBhattacharya@ChildrensHD@MedMAPS@joeroganhq@elonmusk@drdanajohnson@NicoleShanahan@NCIUniversity@albertbrookdonj@AgeofAutism@BrianHookerPhD@lifebiomedguru@RWMaloneMD@delbigtree@HighWireTalk@ASDisBiomedical@ZaharakisAlex@dmt_quest
"When you compare the ratios of the other neurotransmitters to DMT, you find they are consistent with levels of the other canonical neurotransmitters."
"There was one DMT molecule for every 0.95 serotonin molecule. They also found more DMT present than dopamine."
"The idea that in order for someone to experience a psychedelic state from endogenous DMT requires the same amount that you have to administer from the periphery, is ludicrous."
David Nichols, the most respected psychedelic chemist alive, says endogenous DMT is irrelevant. Barker says Nichols is wrong, after speaking to both... Well, I'll let you decide.
Episode links below, drop a comment what you think is the role of endogenous DMT ⬇️
The Most Overlooked Organ in Aging?
1/6) A recent study in Nature, one of the world's top scientific journals, left me stunned.
Here's the punchline: The thymus, a largely overlooked organ that sits behind your breastbone, might be one of the most important organs for human longevity. In fact, individuals with healthier thymic function had a roughly 50% lower risk of death.
Researchers thought @Iceman_Hof had special muscle tissue because of how powerful his intercostal muscles were.
Turns out, he just uses them a lot.
We had the pleasure of interviewing him about a proposal on @ResearchHub testing the feasibility of his method for cancer patients.
Track the project here: https://t.co/7lAdwAjNGD
Health gurus will tell you alcohol is poison and you should never touch it. Meanwhile, there are old British guys having a couple pints every weekend with their lifelong friends, laughing for 4 hours straight, while outliving people who optimize every biomarker imaginable.
NBA Jam had hidden code that made the Chicago Bulls miss last-second shots against the Detroit Pistons.
The creator was a Pistons fan.
So if the Bulls tried to win at the buzzer against Detroit, the game quietly sabotaged them.
Petty coding at an elite level.
Gamma synchrony everywhere in conscious states? Thalamus can’t be the sole driving pacemaker for all conscious states as some say because conscious smell doesn’t go through thalamus. But whither gamma synchrony? Turns out cell-free microtubules oscillate coherently at 39 hertz. https://t.co/aLVGasvPJh
Maybe the brain really is a microtubule-based time crystal
https://t.co/mD9Axfirb5