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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

'Factors affecting quality of life in adults with epilepsy: insights from South Africa' with Nwabisa Mlandu

NwabisaMhlandu was a visiting fellow at the Oxford Martin Programme on Global Epilepsy in the UK for the month of October 2024

Psychiatric Genetics Group Success!

The Psychiatric Genetics Group succeeds at the World Psychiatric Genetics Congress in Singapore this past October.

World AIDS Day: Celebrating Progress, Confronting the Challenges Ahead

On World AIDS Day, we celebrate the groundbreaking work of UCT NI 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”.

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