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Be quick to click: Launch of the Seatbelt Convincer

The simulator offers a powerful, experiential demonstration of the life-saving impact of a seatbelt. A much needed education and advocacy tool in a country where 96% of children are not buckled in.

Brain Awareness Week event to get kids buckled in!

This Brain Awareness Week we are hosting an event focussing on seat belt safety in kids, co-hosted by our African Brain Child research group and the brilliant Cape Town Science Centre, for the Western Cape Minister for Health and Wellness.

SA’s first female adult epileptologist Dr Aayesha Soni is transforming lives

NI member, Dr Aayesha J Soni, really is on a 'transforming lives' streak! As evident in this recent article by the Post.

Specialists scrub up for free in life-changing epilepsy surgery drive at Groote Schuur

Lovely article in the Daily Maverick about the epilepsy surgery team, led by NI member Dr Aayesha Soni, providing life-changing surgeries at Groote Schuur Hospital, pro bono aimed at preventing future seizures in patients.

Cultivating compassion in healthcare

The first in the NI's Hot Topics in Neuroscience line up at this year's UCT Summer School featured Dr Heidi Matisonn of the EthicsLab talking about the difference between compassion and empathy.

Art, Imagination, and Science: Reflections on Ralph Borland’s Residency at the EthicsLab and Neuroscience Institute

Artist Ralph Borland's residency at UCT Neuroscience Institute used art as ethical inquiry in clinical spaces, proposing a dichroic light installation for the atrium and a model for ongoing artist-scientist collaboration.

Tuning into the correct signal: Associate Prof Tory Madden will be live on the radio discussing PAIN

UCT Summer School is around the corner - HAVE YOU got your tickets yet? A/Prof Tory Madden with be on CapeTalk Wednesday 14th Jan, 13h10 to 13h30, talking all things PAIN signaling.

Hot Topics in Neuroscience is back at UCT Summer School, 2026!!

The Neuroscience Institute presents - Hot topics in Neuroscience! Five thought-provoking lectures (and a panel discussion) at the forefront of academia to be presented at UCT Summer School 2026.

The NI dazzles in Faculty Publication Awards

The recent UCT Faculty of Health Science Publication Awards saw two NI members, Dr Catherine Wedderburn and PhD candidate Rachel Brown, impress with their winning publications.

Programme sprouts new idea at UCT’s Neuroscience Institute

The NI has hosted its very first artist-in-residence, Ralph Borland, made possible by the EthicsLab! In this UCT News piece Ralph details his experience, as well as his desire to spearhead a further Creative Residency Programme.

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