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World AIDS Day: Celebrating Progress, Confronting the Challenges Ahead

On World AIDS Day, we celebrate the groundbreaking work of UCT researchers in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, showcasing their commitment to equity, innovation, and access to care.

How an ORCHID will shape neuroscience, as published in Nature Communications.

A(nother) Nature Communications paper in the bag, this time for the Raimondo lab.

The story of a cortex cell atlas, developed in Africa, now published in Nature Genetics.

BIG NEWS!!! Dr Dorit Hockman, NI researcher in the division of Cell Biology, and team have just published a paper in Nature Genetics.

Brand new 'Master of Neuroscience' course opens applications for 2025.

Inviting students from diverse academic disciplines for this brand new Master's course, which prioritizes interdisciplinarity!

SANS Symposium 2024: Bridging the bench to bedside gap in African Neuroscience

The Southern African Neuroscience Society (SANS) Symposium 2024, which took place from July 18 - 20, explored the theme “Bridging the bench-to-bedside gap in African Neuroscience”.

UCT’s African Brain Child team triumphs at National Research Foundation Awards

The Neuroscience Institute's African Brain Child team has been awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation’s Science Team Award in recognition of its work extending the boundaries of scientific research in Africa.

children exposed to, but uninfected with, HIV

New findings on brain volume changes in children exposed to, but unifected with, HIV

New study entitled: 'Subcortical brain volumes and neurocognitive function in children with perinatal HIV exposure: a population-based cohort study in South Africa.'

What Criteria Should Describe HIV-Related Cognitive Impairment?

Nightingale argues that the issue of neurocognitive impairment is often overstated in today’s context of effective antiretroviral therapy, given the current diagnostic criteria, leading to blatant discrimination for those living with HIV

Research into the benefits of acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation

SA/China Joint Research Programme funds research: Acupuncture in ischemic stroke rehabilitation

Dr. Jia Fan awarded the SA/China Joint Research Programme grant, which aims to support research mobility between the two countries to share expertise and increase research into the health applications of acupuncture.

Sunday Times article featuring NI researchers

Clinician-researchers A/Prof Sam Nightingale and Prof John Joska are interviewed for a Sunday Times article, published May 26 2024, about the CONNECT study and the HIV-Dementia landscape in SA.

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