Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies
@sipsplacebo.bsky.social
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 [email protected].
🟢 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 [email protected].
September 23, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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 [email protected].
🟢 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 [email protected].
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⭐ 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...
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...
August 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM
⭐ 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...
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...
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.
PHFD 2026 will explore how expectations, learning, culture, and therapeutic contexts shape bodily experience and clinical outcomes.
July 17, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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.
PHFD 2026 will explore how expectations, learning, culture, and therapeutic contexts shape bodily experience and clinical outcomes.
⚡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
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
June 11, 2026 at 2:17 PM
⚡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
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
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
🟢 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
May 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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
🟢 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
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
www.sips2027.com/submissions
We are currently inviting submissions for:
🎤 Symposia
⚡ Flash talks
📌 Posters
#SIPS2027 #Placebo #Nocebo #Psychology #Medicine #Pain
May 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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
www.sips2027.com/submissions
We are currently inviting submissions for:
🎤 Symposia
⚡ Flash talks
📌 Posters
#SIPS2027 #Placebo #Nocebo #Psychology #Medicine #Pain
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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
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
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 ...
link.springer.com
March 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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
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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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
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
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
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 ...
link.springer.com
March 11, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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
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
A reminder that submissions for all other formats open on 1 April 2026.
See www.sips2027.com/submissions for more info!
#placebo #nocebo
Submissions — SIPS 2027
www.sips2027.com
March 6, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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
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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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/...
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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October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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/...
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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⭐ 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. 💪
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. 💪
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
⭐ 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. 💪
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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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
4 keynotes, 12 plenaries, 8 symposia (24 talks), 16 flash talks, 7 science slams, 109 posters, 8 highlights!
#SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025
July 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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
4 keynotes, 12 plenaries, 8 symposia (24 talks), 16 flash talks, 7 science slams, 109 posters, 8 highlights!
#SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025
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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
We enjoyed a breathtaking performance by the Choir In Kontakt, led by Wassim Ibrahim.
#SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025
July 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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
We enjoyed a breathtaking performance by the Choir In Kontakt, led by Wassim Ibrahim.
#SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025
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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!
June 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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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🗓️ 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
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
June 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🗓️ 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
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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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
June 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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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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
June 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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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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
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
Addressing patients’ expectations can enhance treatment outcomes and reduce adverse effects.
This JAMA Insights offers four communication strategies to improve clinician-patient interactions.
ja.ma/3Hsek2L #MedSky #MedEd
This JAMA Insights offers four communication strategies to improve clinician-patient interactions.
ja.ma/3Hsek2L #MedSky #MedEd
June 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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
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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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 ❤️
Pre-conf workshop w/ Ben Colagiuri ✅
Plenary on GenAI + placebo/nocebo ✅
Reunited w/ the placebo family ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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 ❤️
Pre-conf workshop w/ Ben Colagiuri ✅
Plenary on GenAI + placebo/nocebo ✅
Reunited w/ the placebo family ❤️
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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..
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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..
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June 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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..
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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..
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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
@sipsplacebo.bsky.social
@placebosydney.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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
@sipsplacebo.bsky.social
@placebosydney.bsky.social
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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.
June 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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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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
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🥳
June 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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
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🥳
June 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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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🎉 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! 👏🥳
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🎉 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! 👏🥳