
UCT Neurogenomics African ClinVar submission drive - Applications due by 6 June 2025
The Neurogenomics lab with the ClinVar team will be hosting a submission drive in July 2025 to improve the representation of African genomic data and help the global effort to understand rare genetic diseases!
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NI Honours student bridging the gap between upper campus and the health sciences
Blessing Gumbu, one of the NI's Honours students this year, wins a Student Leader Award at a recent ceremony celebrating contributions in community, social justice, health and media.
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Meet the neuroscience star who’s using tech to decode the brain
Highlighting the hard-earned accolades of 2024 NI hons student, Simamkele Bongo. Looking forward to the, no doubt, inspired contributions he will make to computational neuroscience in his future MSc in the Raimondo Lab! Well done Simamkele!
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Cultivating the next wave of neuroscientists
The ABC team and other NI members inspired Grade 7 learners from Masiphumelele and Impendulo primary schools as well as grade 10 & 11's from Sinako Highschool in Khayelitsha for their annual Brain Awareness Week public engagement.
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Upcoming Events

Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School (TENSS) 2025
Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School - experimental systems neuroscience including modern optical & electrophysiological methods to study the connectivity & function of neuronal circuits. AFRICAN STUDENTS WANTED!
1 June 2025 - 19 June 2025
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Xhosa Classes for all levels
learning to speak Xhosa in community.
12 March 2024 - 28 May 2026
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The Basics of the Commandline and High Performance Systems workshop
A 1-hour online workshop run every 2nd friday (9-10am) that will be useful for those using Neuroimaging software such as FreeSurfer and AFNI.
15 March 2024 - 22 May 2026
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PsychoPy/Unreal Engine workshop
A 1-hour online workshop run every 2nd friday (10-11am) that will be useful for those using PsychoPy and Unreal Engine to create and modify fMRI, EEG, fNIRS, and/or Cognitive or Behavioral tasks.
15 March 2024 - 22 May 2026
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Opportunities
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Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024) African Brain Child: TBM Metabolome
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Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024) African Brain Child: TBM Immunology
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Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024) African Brain Child: TBM Neuropharmacology
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Neuromatch Academy Online Courses
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'Inhibition in the Central Nervous System' Gordon Research Seminar 2025
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