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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!

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.

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!

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