Bright Minds Biosciences announced three additions to its scientific advisory team: John M. McCall, PhD, Senior Advisor; Mark A. Geyer, PhD, Advisor; and Uros Laban, Senior Chemist. John M. McCall, PhD, is Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and Vice President of Chemistry at ReveraGen BioPharma. His expertise includes medicinal biochemistry, steroidal chemistry, risk minimization and strategic planning. Dr. McCall began his career as a medicinal chemist with Upjohn and subsequently held positions with Pharmacia and Pfizer. He was Director of CNS Research with Upjohn, Vice President and Global Head of Chemistry for both Pharmacia and Pharmacia Upjohn and Vice President Research with Pfizer. He has extensive consulting experience via his privately owned PharMac firm, advising National Institutes of Health (“NIH”), academic, and pharmaceutical partners in the translational drug discovery and development areas. Dr. McCall currently chairs a NINDS development team in the spinal muscular atrophy area, serves on boards and scientific advisory boards, consults, participates as a NIH study section member, works with three venture capital funds, and is a partner with the Upjohn Group. Dr. McCall’s Board and Scientific Advisory Board positions include UCB, CeeTox, Synergenics, Psychogenics, Avaant, Deciphera, Lycera, Michigan High Throughput Screening Center, Verseon, CINRG, Reaction Biology, Scripps, AdmetRx, and PharmOptima. Dr. McCall holds 54 U.S. patents and has over 60 refereed publications. Dr. Mark A. Geyer, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences Emeritus at the University of California San Dieg, where he directs the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit of the VISN 22 Veterans Administration Mental Illness Research, Clinical, and Education Center. Dr. Geyer’s research has long focused on developing parallel behavioral paradigms in animals and humans for use in psychiatric drug discovery. He recently co-founded the Psychedelics and Health Research Initiative at UCSD, which is exploring the efficacy of psychedelics in the treatment of pain disorders. Dr. Geyer is respected internationally for his research on the psychophysiology, neurobiology, and pharmacotherapy of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. He has published more than 470 peer-reviewed papers and over 50 reviews, including many addressing the mechanisms subserving the effects of antipsychotics, psychostimulants, psychedelics, and entactogens. Uros Laban, PhD, is an experienced medicinal chemist with a breadth of pharmaceutical industry experience across drug development, synthetic chemistry, scale-up, and life sciences. Most recently he was Scientific Consultant-Project Manager at Senai Cimatec, with responsibility for the design and synthesis of novel anti-tuberculosis agents and anticancer remedies from plants. He holds the position of Chief Chemist at Associação Cannab, a company that produces cannabis for patients with debilitating diseases. He is also the Founder of Ewelabs, an international pharmaceutical consultancy, with a focus on strategies for pharmaceutical industry development. Uros honed his skills working in the renowned lab of Professor David Nichols, a pioneer of psychedelic drug discovery. Considered an expert on the future of psychedelics, Dr. Laban has published numerous books and articles and is a frequent speaker at conferences.