Katharina Schmack
@kathaschmack.bsky.social
Psychiatrist | Neuroscientist | Founding Member of the Psychosis Collective @TheCrick @UCLPsychiatry
Genius workspace, then and now.
(Neither my desk nor my desktop look like this. Draw your own conclusions 😅)
(Neither my desk nor my desktop look like this. Draw your own conclusions 😅)
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Genius workspace, then and now.
(Neither my desk nor my desktop look like this. Draw your own conclusions 😅)
(Neither my desk nor my desktop look like this. Draw your own conclusions 😅)
Cycling through London and something tells me many wishes will come true 🪔
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Cycling through London and something tells me many wishes will come true 🪔
Excited to speak in San Diego on Nov 14 at this SfN Sattelite!
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
October 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Excited to speak in San Diego on Nov 14 at this SfN Sattelite!
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
If you're curious about cross-species approaches to #psychedelics, #hallucinations and #consciousness, join us! 🐀👤🧠
Limited spots, register here:
hopkinspsychedelic.org/sfn2025
Me and my Gucci bag
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Me and my Gucci bag
This is how I thought the headline would continue:
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is how I thought the headline would continue:
1/ This is the first picture I took after arriving in the UK.
Why is a tired, grown-up woman posing in an airport hotel room for a selfie with a giant giraffe?
Here’s our story 🦒
Why is a tired, grown-up woman posing in an airport hotel room for a selfie with a giant giraffe?
Here’s our story 🦒
September 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
1/ This is the first picture I took after arriving in the UK.
Why is a tired, grown-up woman posing in an airport hotel room for a selfie with a giant giraffe?
Here’s our story 🦒
Why is a tired, grown-up woman posing in an airport hotel room for a selfie with a giant giraffe?
Here’s our story 🦒
Who cares for inbox zero when you can have laundry basket zero 🧺💪
September 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Who cares for inbox zero when you can have laundry basket zero 🧺💪
No, I didn’t fall asleep but please see my reaction to one of the passages from your paper 😅
September 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
No, I didn’t fall asleep but please see my reaction to one of the passages from your paper 😅
And just like that, the Psychosis Collective turns four🎉
More fun than ever, and we're only just getting started! Stay tuned 🧠🧪
More fun than ever, and we're only just getting started! Stay tuned 🧠🧪
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And just like that, the Psychosis Collective turns four🎉
More fun than ever, and we're only just getting started! Stay tuned 🧠🧪
More fun than ever, and we're only just getting started! Stay tuned 🧠🧪
"Any doctor in the room?"
Me (a psychiatrist):
Me (a psychiatrist):
September 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Any doctor in the room?"
Me (a psychiatrist):
Me (a psychiatrist):
Grant panel interview
September 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Grant panel interview
Nerding out on dopamine & friends for days 🤓 Had a fantastic first #GRC Catecholamines in beautiful Maine!
Huge thanks to @marykaylobo.bsky.social, Hugo Tejeda & Erin Calipari for organizing such a wonderful conference, I’ll be back!
Huge thanks to @marykaylobo.bsky.social, Hugo Tejeda & Erin Calipari for organizing such a wonderful conference, I’ll be back!
August 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nerding out on dopamine & friends for days 🤓 Had a fantastic first #GRC Catecholamines in beautiful Maine!
Huge thanks to @marykaylobo.bsky.social, Hugo Tejeda & Erin Calipari for organizing such a wonderful conference, I’ll be back!
Huge thanks to @marykaylobo.bsky.social, Hugo Tejeda & Erin Calipari for organizing such a wonderful conference, I’ll be back!
Tomato tasting!
August 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tomato tasting!
In fact, I had my very first med school lecture in this building, in an auditorium where I imagined Rudolf Virchow himself might have lectured.
(In reality, it was Oscar Hertwig who discovered meiosis in sea urchins and later founded the Berlin Institute of Biology and Anatomy in 1888) (8/n)
(In reality, it was Oscar Hertwig who discovered meiosis in sea urchins and later founded the Berlin Institute of Biology and Anatomy in 1888) (8/n)
August 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In fact, I had my very first med school lecture in this building, in an auditorium where I imagined Rudolf Virchow himself might have lectured.
(In reality, it was Oscar Hertwig who discovered meiosis in sea urchins and later founded the Berlin Institute of Biology and Anatomy in 1888) (8/n)
(In reality, it was Oscar Hertwig who discovered meiosis in sea urchins and later founded the Berlin Institute of Biology and Anatomy in 1888) (8/n)
Leaving academia to dedicate myself full time to sampling every Chinese dish.
[This is a picture from a university canteen in Beijing. Of half of the dinner.]
[This is a picture from a university canteen in Beijing. Of half of the dinner.]
April 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Leaving academia to dedicate myself full time to sampling every Chinese dish.
[This is a picture from a university canteen in Beijing. Of half of the dinner.]
[This is a picture from a university canteen in Beijing. Of half of the dinner.]
Cycling through London. I hate how relevant this feels.
March 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Cycling through London. I hate how relevant this feels.
Never ever would I let myself get distracted from a crucial training by making silly memes.
February 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Never ever would I let myself get distracted from a crucial training by making silly memes.
"Go to Spain," they said. "It will be sunny."
Spain:
Spain:
December 31, 2024 at 1:47 PM
"Go to Spain," they said. "It will be sunny."
Spain:
Spain:
I asked about his favourite food.
“Prawn cocktail crisps,” he said.
“I’ve never tried them,” I said.
He put his pencil down, got up and left. A moment later, he returned with a pack.
“For you, doctor,” he said, before returning to his drawing. (2/2)
#choosepsychiatry #medsky
“Prawn cocktail crisps,” he said.
“I’ve never tried them,” I said.
He put his pencil down, got up and left. A moment later, he returned with a pack.
“For you, doctor,” he said, before returning to his drawing. (2/2)
#choosepsychiatry #medsky
December 21, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I asked about his favourite food.
“Prawn cocktail crisps,” he said.
“I’ve never tried them,” I said.
He put his pencil down, got up and left. A moment later, he returned with a pack.
“For you, doctor,” he said, before returning to his drawing. (2/2)
#choosepsychiatry #medsky
“Prawn cocktail crisps,” he said.
“I’ve never tried them,” I said.
He put his pencil down, got up and left. A moment later, he returned with a pack.
“For you, doctor,” he said, before returning to his drawing. (2/2)
#choosepsychiatry #medsky
When you're saving it all for the one, big paper
(John Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal ‐ a 17th century case study in publish or perish)
(John Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal ‐ a 17th century case study in publish or perish)
December 9, 2024 at 7:19 PM
When you're saving it all for the one, big paper
(John Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal ‐ a 17th century case study in publish or perish)
(John Flamsteed, First Astronomer Royal ‐ a 17th century case study in publish or perish)
People are discussing the dangers of AI but what about the foxes of London? After three years of observation, I am convinced they’re just one or two mutations away from taking over.
November 15, 2024 at 9:12 AM
People are discussing the dangers of AI but what about the foxes of London? After three years of observation, I am convinced they’re just one or two mutations away from taking over.
"And then, I requested my Twitter archive, carried it to the rolling hills of Wiltshire, and solemnly burned it on a pyre of scented rosewood."
November 13, 2024 at 8:16 PM
"And then, I requested my Twitter archive, carried it to the rolling hills of Wiltshire, and solemnly burned it on a pyre of scented rosewood."
"I didn't want to lose my followers not that I care about followers of course I'm there to communicate not to feel liked but when everyone abandoned the sinking ship I decided to delete my Y formerly Flutter account and now I'm on GreenPasture shitposting towards a better world isn't that great…"
November 10, 2024 at 12:20 PM
"I didn't want to lose my followers not that I care about followers of course I'm there to communicate not to feel liked but when everyone abandoned the sinking ship I decided to delete my Y formerly Flutter account and now I'm on GreenPasture shitposting towards a better world isn't that great…"
👋 New followers!
Others and I have claimed that hallucinations arise from an overreliance of prior expectations. But why, of all possible sensory experiences, do people with psychosis often have auditory verbal hallucinations?
As seen here, speech perception is particularly reliant on priors (1/4)
Others and I have claimed that hallucinations arise from an overreliance of prior expectations. But why, of all possible sensory experiences, do people with psychosis often have auditory verbal hallucinations?
As seen here, speech perception is particularly reliant on priors (1/4)
October 28, 2024 at 7:37 PM
👋 New followers!
Others and I have claimed that hallucinations arise from an overreliance of prior expectations. But why, of all possible sensory experiences, do people with psychosis often have auditory verbal hallucinations?
As seen here, speech perception is particularly reliant on priors (1/4)
Others and I have claimed that hallucinations arise from an overreliance of prior expectations. But why, of all possible sensory experiences, do people with psychosis often have auditory verbal hallucinations?
As seen here, speech perception is particularly reliant on priors (1/4)