Prof. Salomon was invited to speak on our work on Psychedelics and Trauma in Stockholm and Oslo. The talks were preceded by a talk by Yoni Dillenger, a survivor of the Nova festival, who bravely gave his first person account of his escape. The visit also allowed an opportunity to meet with local  experts on

Our lab was honored to participate in the 2024 Psychedelic MedicineIsrael conference in Israel, an interdisciplinary international forum for discussing psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and psychedelic research. Prof. Roy Salomon presented our collaborative large-scale research project with SafeHeart, focusing on survivors of the October 7th attack on the Nova festival. Additionally, Ophir Netzer, a PhD candidate in

Ophir Netzer, a PhD in our lab, presented results from her groundbreaking research with the survivors of the tragic attack on the Supernova Music festival on October 7th. She revealed her findings on the immediate psychological impact of experiencing trauma under the influence of psychoactive substances. The seminar also featured several other emerging voices in

We have a fully funded PhD. position to study Trauma / Psychedelics/ Sense of Reality. Experience in cognitive/ computational/ eye tracking/ fMRI methods is a bonus.  To apply send a CV to Royesal@gmail.com

We are thrilled to announce that our recent preprint, “Trauma Under Psychedelics: MDMA Shows Protective Effects During the Peritraumatic Period,” has been featured in The New York Times! The article highlights our groundbreaking research on the effects of MDMA on trauma survivors, specifically those who endured the horrific Supernova music festival attack. Our findings indicate

For the first time, the Salomon and Admon Labs proudly presented preliminary findings from our groundbreaking collaborative project, which investigates trauma experienced under psychoactive substances with the brave survivors of the Supernova Music Festival attack on October 7th, 2023. This unique collaboration enabled us to explore uncharted aspects of trauma and recovery. Noa Magal presented

Congratulations to our wonderful PhD candidates – Gadi Drori, Ophir Netzer, and Reina Van Der Goot for running the first subjects in our new imaging studies. Slab is excited to collect EEG and fMRI data in two groundbreaking studies: “Unreal,” which investigates the neural mechanisms underlying the sense of reality (e.g., our ability to discriminate

In the beginning of the new academic year, we conducted a festive lab meeting during which we discussed our New Year’s scientific resolutions, cherished the incredible view from our new lab at Haifa University, and ate some mediocre pizza (note to self: never order pineapple pizza again).

After months of preparation and renovation, our state-of-the-art lab at Haifa University is now open! We are thrilled to share the first picture of our lab meeting in this incredible space, which features both a sea view and a mountain view that might distract us from science from time to time (we know where we’ll