UCT Neuroscience Institute

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Missed the NI's Hot Topics at UCT's Summer School 2025? Fear not!
Learn about everything from the 'neuroscience of forgiveness' to 'psilocybin as a therapeutic agent' to an 'overview of dementia'!
find the lecture recordings here: https://lnkd.in/dynqT4rb

Brain Awareness Week 2024! Cape Town Brain Awareness Week 2024 hosted by the African Brain Child initiative at the University of Cape Town, an opportunity to shape young minds, to educate about...

Exciting, upcoming bioethic’s lecture: How placebos challenge the foundations and ethics of Medicine - Prof Dien Ho more info: https://tinyurl.com/mw7af3c9

!!Book Launch!! Join University of Cape Town's VC Mosa Moshabela, UCT's Ethics Lab & the UCT AI Initiative for the launch of Dr Rachel Adam's new book.

Wednesday, 12 March 2025
17:30 SAST
The Atrium, Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika, UCT Middle Campus

RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/dV5fYxZk

Western Cape Minister of Health and Wellness Mireille Wenger formally launched UCT's Proton Therapy Initiative at the Neuroscience Institute, reaffirming the provincial government’s commitment to supporting innovative healthcare solutions. “Proton therapy is a ground-breaking advancement in the treatment of cancerous and some non-cancerous tumours. Globally, low- and medium-income countries, like South Africa, account for 90% of the world’s childhood cancer cases but we have less than 5% of the global resources for paediatric oncology.”
BIG things ahead - watch this space: https://lnkd.in/dSD4zKZV
https://lnkd.in/dNJSDv5x

What a finale to our 'Hot Topics in Neuroscience' lecture series UCT Summer School. Neurosurgeon Byron De John had the audience simutaneously intrigued and quite glad they hadn’t yet had breakfast, with visceral surgical videos of the brain! You can bet your right hemisphere we'll be back next year! Keep an eye on https://lnkd.in/d_VkaW39 for all things neuro (and maybe even for some uploads of these lectures, fingers crossed!).

Another sold out lecture UCT Summer School yesterday with Associate Prof Sam Nightingale speaking about dementia, dispelling myths and describing the future directions, such as his Inqondo study (Xhosa for brain/mind) funded by Race Against Dementia and the Donald Gordon Foundation.

Keep an eye on https://neuroscience.uct.ac.za as we might be able to release the lecture recordings!

Who's responsibility are the children? posed Dean , Prof , at tonight’s event for The Proton Therapy Initiative, officially launched by the Minister of the Western Cape Government for Health and Wellness, Mireille Wenger. Read more https://tinyurl.com/2svmsava

Our 3rd installment this week at UCT Summer School was a panel discussion
'Ketamine: Revolutionary new depression treatment or pseudo-science?'
What fabulous panelists and incredible audience participation.
2 more lectures to go: https://lnkd.in/dawsAyP4
Make sure to book, tickets selling out!

Do not FORGET to book for Associate Proffesor Sam Nightingale's lecture UCT's SummerSchool on Thursday!

Dementia: overview and new directions.

Here is him giving a sneak peak on CapeTalk on the Pippa Hudson show: https://tinyurl.com/mrvyapd8

Book: https://tinyurl.com/4efx7djx