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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!

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.

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'!

Proton Therapy Initiative paves the way for cutting-edge cancer treatment

UCT and the NI officially launched the UCT Proton Therapy Initiative on the 29 January. The initiative marks a significant step forward in cancer treatment for South Africa and the broader African continent.

Launch of UCT's Proton Therapy Initiative

Whose responsibility are the children?

The Minister of the Western Cape Government for Health and Wellness, Mireille Wenger, officially launched UCT's Proton Therapy Initiative to an audience of excited experts at the Neuroscience Institute.

UCT’s Goolam appointed as first African recipient of coveted Goldstein Science Policy Fellow

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has appointed University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Dr Mubeen Goolam as one of three new Goldstein Science Policy Fellows.

Hot Topics in Neuroscience - NI at UCT Summer School 2025

The Neuroscience Institute presents - Hot topics in Neuroscience! Five thought-provoking lectures at the forefront of academia to be presented at UCT Summer School 2025.

AI and Neuroscience postdoc selected for the 2024 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Award

Irene Nandutu, our postdoctoral researcher with the Artificial Intelligence Research Unit and the Neuroscience Institute (Dept of Paediatrics and Child health) chosen out of 788 applications!

Daily Maverick: Not using seatbelts is killing kids, wrecking families and causing SA’s brain trauma crisis

UCT Neuroscience Institute researchers' work reaching the ears of the public and hopefully the minds of the policy makers! Thanks to Dr Don Pinnock from The Daily Maverick for highlighting this important issue!

A gendered epidemic: addressing the intersection of HIV, women, and child health

Children exposed to HIV in pregnancy show differences in brain structure compared to children not exposed to HIV, according to a study by NI researcher, Dr Catherine Wedderburn, with the Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health

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