Hot Topics in Neuroscience - NI at UCT Summer School 2025

UCT’s Neuroscience Institute presents - Hot topics in Neuroscience!

NI presenters will intrigue audiences next week at the UCT Summer School with a lecture each morning (9:15 - 10:15 am) at LT3, Kramer Law Building, Middle Campus from Monday to Friday.

Mon 27th January:

Dr Melike Fourie

The neuroscience of forgiveness: A sober take on an often-misunderstood concept.

 

 

Tues 28th January:

Dr Hayley Tomes

Review of the current evidence for the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin: can magic mushrooms seriously be used to treat disorders of mental health?

  

Wed 29th January:

Dr Hayley Tomes

Ketamine: Revolutionary new depression treatment or pseudo-science best ‘put out to pasture’? A panel discussion of the latest evidence.

With panelists: Dr Philippa Skowno (Counselling Psychologist), Jamie Elkon (Clinical psychologist), Dr Suntheren Pillay (Psychiatrist), Dr Carl Beuster (Psychiatrist)

 

Thurs 30th January:

A/Professor Sam Nightingale

Dementia overview and new directions.

 

 

Fri 31st January:

Dr Byron De John

A Neurosurgeons perspective on acute stroke: the what, the who and the where to.