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Launch of genomics podcast - When the Code Speaks

We've been sitting on this exciting announcement for a while, our Clinical Omics and Informatics (COIN) Unit have made a PODCAST! Grab your beverage of choice and go and listen - you won't regret it!

Multi-Institute Symposium 2026 - a call to collaborative action

Last week saw our second annual Multi-Institute Symposium with the IDM, the Cape Heart Institute (this year's phenomenal hosts), and the Lung Institute, on the theme of 'Translation'.

UCT researchers join multi-million-pound fungal fight

UCT researchers, based in the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM) and the Neuroscience Institute (NI), are playing a leading role in a significant international collaboration to understand fungal diseases.

‘An aura of greatness’: UCT honours the extraordinary life and legacy of Prof Dan Stein

Staff, students, colleagues, family and friends gathered to celebrate the life and remarkable legacy of Professor Dan Stein, the longest-serving head of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health.

UCT's African Brain Child Launches ‘Be Quick to Click’ – confronting South Africa’s silent pandemic of child road injuries

We’re beyond proud of this initiative with African Brain Child and the Cape Town Science Center. The launch of the Seat Belt Convincer sure was convincing and may it reach far and wide!

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.

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