ππ¨ Extended Application Deadline! Now July 16, 2025!
If you want to learn about the brainπ»π§ in the amazing Noordhoek, Cape TownπΏπ¦, apply.
What to Do Next: Finalise and submit applications before the deadline: imbizo.africa/apply/
Please spread the news. Donβt miss out!
30.06.2025 14:43 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Application info - #Imbizo
Application info
The countdown begins! Just 1 week left (July 1) to apply for Imbizo! Donβt miss out on this incredible opportunity to experience life in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa. Join us for an unforgettable adventure!
More info and apply: imbizo.africa/apply/
#Imbizo2026 #CompNeuro
26.06.2025 12:29 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Want to spend 3 weeks in South Africa for an unforgettable summer school experience? Imbizo 2026 (imbizo.africa) student applications are OPEN! Lectures, new friends, and Noordhoek beach await. Apply by July 1!
More info and apply: imbizo.africa/apply/
#Imbizo2026 #CompNeuro
01.05.2025 10:06 β π 6 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
πExciting news! Student applications for the #Imbizo 2026 open May 1! Stay tuned for more!π
π Details: imbizo.africa
#Africa #CapeTown #CompNeuro
29.04.2025 12:46 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
It feels so good to see Imbizo students doing great things! @imbizo.bsky.social #imbizo
16.04.2025 15:17 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
one of the coolest things in my life π: listen to the spikes from cockroach leg + do spike sorting on them + plot the neural activity on #imbizo 2025 t-shirt!! πππ @imbizo.bsky.social
05.02.2025 19:59 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Group picture of students, TAs and faculty at the #imbizo2025 course
A bit late, but just to say how lucky I feel that I could spend a week at #Imbizo2025 summer school @imbizo.bsky.social, hanging out w/ this group of absolutely brilliant students, their dedicated TAs & other faculty. Watch out for this pool of talent! & consider applying/contributing next rounds
30.01.2025 19:27 β π 17 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Dr. Dan Wetmore giving a lecture
Students at Imbizo working hard on their presentation
Student presentation on designing ML solutions to understand cardiac rhythms
Student presentation on designing ML solutions to sleep paralysis
π Exciting day at #Imbizo2025! Dr. Dan Wetmore & Dr. Garrick Orchard from Metaβs Reality Labs shared their industrial insights on designing top-notch AI/ML experiments, including innovative BCI applications π€π‘ Students showcased creative solutions for EMG, sleep, wind, epilepsy monitoring & more! π
30.01.2025 09:50 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Dr. Dukes gives a presentation on Career Success and DEI initiatives as a #BlackInNeuro Scientist
Dr. Dukes presenting the demographics statistics of academic faculty in neuroscience
Students engaging in an insightful lecture on succeeding in academia and increasing the representation of #BlackInNeuro
Dr. Dukes sharing information about her #BlackInNeuro initiative
This sunny dayβοΈ in Cape TownπΏπ¦, today's #imbizo2025 lecture we had Dr. Angeline Dukes @therealdrdukes.bsky.social, co-founder of #BlackInNeuro, presenting her journey to our students from 16 different countries, supporting the lesson that "Equity is an Action!"βπ½βπΏβπΌβπΎ #IBROawardee #IBROSupportedSchool
17.01.2025 12:50 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1
Just gave my lecture at @imbizo.bsky.social summer school today. What an amazing school both in terms of science and social impact --and the place is breathtaking! Now, time to enjoy the summer time with @therealdrdukes.bsky.social, @arifahamid.bsky.social, and all the students and tutors ποΈ
15.01.2025 20:46 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Annual cockroach spike πͺ³ fun at the @imbizo.bsky.social! @simonsfoundation.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @backyardbrains.bsky.social
17.01.2025 07:59 β π 11 π 4 π¬ 0 π 3
PhD in neuro/ML theory @ Gatsby, UCL | Clinician | TA @ Comp Neuro Imbizo | Organiser @ Deep Learning Indaba | healthcare @ AmathamboAI | Prev. @ OIST, UCT | Exploring πΏπ¦
Asst Professor Psychology & Data Science @ NYU | Working on brains & climate, separately | Author of Models of the Mind: How physics, engineering, and mathematics have shaped our understanding of the brain https://shorturl.at/g23c5 | Personal account (duh)
Neuroscientist @ TU Berlin, with a weak spot for equations & good food
Postdoc, founder of ArabsInNeuro. I theorize about the brain, mental health & AI and experiment with multicultural life. Views are my own!
Postdoc @dendritesgr.bsky.social
Passionate about math, neuro & AI
dendrites.gr
Dr. @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social lab (https://dendrites.gr/) at @imbb-forth.bsky.social. We investigate the role of dendrites in learning and memory processes, using computational models, behavioral and imaging experiments.
A grassroots movement turned non-profit organization with a mission to diversify the neurosciences by building a community that celebrates and empowers Black scholars and professionals in neuroscience-related fields.
PhD student in NeuroAI @Mila & McGill w/ Blake Richards. Top-down feedback and brainlike connectivity in ANNs.
Neuroscientist at The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL, in London. Leading the "Learning, Inference & Memory" laboratory. Accidental advocate of #longcovid
https://www.lim.bio/
βπΎπ§ Founding President of #BlackInNeuro π π Neuroscience Professor π©πΎβπ« #HBCUgrad β¨ International Invited Speaker πΉπΉππΉ ΞΞ£ΞπΊ she/her
Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the University of Amsterdam. Interested in large-scale brain models, neural dynamics and cognition.
Professor of Neuroscience @UMN Medical School | Neurobiology of Reinforcement Learning #BlackinSTEM #NeuroscienceinAfrica
HamidLab.org
South African cellular neuroscientist, mostly confused.
Postdoc at Meta FAIR, Comp Neuro PhD @McGill / Mila. Looking at the representation in brains and machines π¬ https://dongyanl1n.github.io/
| Cellular/Molecular-turned-Computational Neuroscientist |
| What do neurons even do?? | Neural Computation with Dendrites |
| Biophysical Optimization | AI <-> Neuro |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Kempner Institute |
| www.ilenna.com
Global neuroscience association: supporting neuroscience education, research & outreach
IBRO Journals: Neuroscience & IBRO Neuroscience Reports @ibrojournals.bsky.social
Join us in Cape Town for #IBRO2027!
More information: ibro.org
Advancing the frontiers of basic science through grantmaking, research and public engagement. Sign up for our newsletter: simonsfoundation.org/newsletter
Boutique Neurotheory & Snazz Compneuro at IST Austria