
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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Missed the NI's Hot Topics at UCT's Summer School? Fear not!
Find the recordings of the NI's Summer School lectures, if you missed out, and learn about everything from the 'neuroscience of forgiveness' to 'psilocybin as a therapeutic agent' to an 'overview of dementia'!
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Upcoming Events

Xhosa Classes for all levels
learning to speak Xhosa in community.
12 March 2024 - 16 April 2026
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Clinical Ethics Forum
Join us the first Tuesday of every month as we present and discuss complex ethics cases encountered by clinicians around the province.
5 March 2024 - 7 April 2026
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Congress of the Neurological Association of South Africa
NASA 2025 offers a novel program designed to upskill, educate, and inspire neurologists across the continent and attract global peer partnerships.
7 May 2025 - 10 May 2025
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Multi-institute Symposium - on the theme of 'inflammation'
Join us for the first annual Multi-Institute Symposium, showcasing research conducted in the IDM, Neuroscience Institute, Cape Heart Institute, and Lung Institute. Promoting inter-institutional collaboration, innovation, and networking
7 May 2025
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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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