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22 Apr

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Wellcome Discovery Award: Breaking New Ground in Brain Infection Research Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most severe manifestation of tuberculosis, carrying high rates of mortality and long-term neurological disability in children. Despite its devastating impact, our understanding of the disease’s underlying mechanisms remains limited — largely...

17 Oct

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This workshop, led by Dr Peter Smielewski (Cambridge University, United Kingdom), is a dedicated feature of the ICP pre-congress program. The course focused on how to extract high resolution physiological monitoring data from bed-side monitors and how to interpret that data in the context of...

17 Oct

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Global Neuro offers education events across the world, with rigorously prepared and evaluated curricula, in multiple cultural and educational formats. Global Neuro partnered with ICP 2022, Integra and the UCT Neuroscience Institute to host an exceptional course covering the current best strategies and considerations for...

13 Oct

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The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) is truly a global community, comprising 132 societies and associations. The 18th WFNS World Congress of Neurosurgery will be held in Cape Town from 4-8 December 2023, and will bring together thousands of neurosurgeons from around the world....

04 Oct

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In 2022, 2023 and 2024 ABC together with the Neuroscience Institute were delighted to partner with Yabonga Children’s Project in celebration of International Brain Awareness Week. This globally commemorated event offered the exciting opportunity to welcome between 50-100 Grade 7 Learners from schools in Mfuleni and...

04 Oct

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With the generous support of the Gabriel Foundation and the South African Medical Research Council ABC together with the UCT Neuroscience Institute built and equipped a neuroscience biobank and biosafety level II+ laboratory. This core facility offers neuroscientists the capacity to securely store precious clinical...

04 Oct

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It was a great pleasure to welcome the International Symposium for Intracranial Pressure (ICP) and Brain Monitoring to Cape Town in 2022 for the first meeting on the African continent. The ICP and Brain Monitoring conference is a unique meeting of clinicians and scientists driven...