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Master of Neuroscience Applications now CLOSED for 2025!

We have received applications from students from diverse academic disciplines for this brand new Master's course, which prioritizes interdisciplinarity!

Our vision

Our vision is of an Africa where people achieve their full potential through brain health.

By addressing existing knowledge gaps and strengthening African research networks, we seek solutions to African challenges and work to ensure that African priorities are represented in global neuroscience.

Training and capacity development

We strive to build research capacity nationally and internationally, and grow the next generation of neuroscience researchers on both the clinical and basic neuroscience career tracks.

Advocacy and engagement

We follow a socially-responsive approach, using advocacy, engagement and outreach to extend our impact to and beyond the scientific community, to industry, government and society more broadly.

World AIDS Day: Celebrating Progress, Confronting the Challenges Ahead

On World AIDS Day, we celebrate the groundbreaking work of UCT researchers in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, showcasing their commitment to equity, innovation, and access to care.

How an ORCHID will shape neuroscience, as published in Nature Communications.

A(nother) Nature Communications paper in the bag, this time for the Raimondo lab.

The story of a cortex cell atlas, developed in Africa, now published in Nature Genetics.

BIG NEWS!!! Dr Dorit Hockman, NI researcher in the division of Cell Biology, and team have just published a paper in Nature Genetics.

Brand new 'Master of Neuroscience' course opens applications for 2025.

Inviting students from diverse academic disciplines for this brand new Master's course, which prioritizes interdisciplinarity!

Xhosa Classes for all levels

learning to speak Xhosa in community.

12 March 2024 - 27 November 2025 Read more

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 - 21 November 2025 Read more

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 - 21 November 2025 Read more

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 - 4 November 2025 Read more