21 March 2022

Presentation of the preliminary results of the ATOP project

Dr. Brian Rush, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), will be one of the panelists at the conference “From Research to Reality - Global Summit on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Medicine”, May 27th-29th, 2022, Toronto, Canada, with the lecture entitled “Preliminary results from the Ayahuasca Treatment Outcome Project (ATOP): Takiwasi Center Peru”.

03 March 2022

Symposium of the Swiss Ethnobiology Network

The 13th symposium of the Swiss Ethnobiology Network will take place at the Natur-Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland, on March 26, 10-17h. The meeting will also be broadcast online. Our scientific director Matteo Politi will be participating with the following lecture: “Traditional Amazonian medicine and psychedelic assisted-therapy; implications for mental health”.

19 January 2022

Fondation Vermont supports the studies of indigenous youth

Thanks to the support of the Fondation Vermont, starting in January of this year, 4 Awajún indigenous youth from the communities of Yutupis and Puerto Galilea, district of Río Santiago, department of Amazonas, receive a full scholarship to study in the Clase A Pre-University Group of Tarapoto and thus prepare to apply to university, with the aim of studying careers such as mathematics, law and nursing.

14 January 2022

Cultural and Pharmacological Relevance of the Emetic and Purging Properties of Ayahuasca

We analyze some of the main results of the review study carried out by researchers from the University of Chieti, Italy, and led by the scientific director of Takiwasi, Matteo Politi, that has set the aim of reviewing the cultural significance of the emetic and purging effects within the traditional and ceremonial use of ayahuasca, and the pharmacology of its main constituents for their potential application in gastro-intestinal health.

06 January 2022

Participate in a study involving ayahuasca

We’re looking for volunteers to participate in a study involving ayahuasca conducted by Serena DeLuca, Global Sustainability Science Master’s Student at Arizona State University.