We are concluding 2025, reflecting on all the brilliant networking opportunities and great projects we managed to undertake because of you. Thank you, and looking forward to what 2026 brings! IFMRS Team

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Free virtual workshop – The new XLH International Guidelines Wed 29 Oct 2025 · 15:00 UK Time Adult & paediatric views, multidisciplinary care, and current treatment options. Register → forms.gle/2FqAEw8tm86M... More info → www.ifmrs.org/2025/10/the-...

REGISTER NOW for our free, virtual workshop on the new international guidelines on XLH, featuring world-leading experts on this musculoskeletal disease affecting children and adults. Wed 29 October, 11:00 New York / 15:00 London / 16:00 Paris www.ifmrs.org/2025/10/the-...

Part 1 of the ORS/IFMRS Webinar Series is now public – Collecting & Publishing Orthopaedic Data. Watch before Friday’s second instalment (17 Oct). youtu.be/RZS_viMWaMY

10 awards now open for LMIC colleagues to join the ECTS Virtual Clinical Training Course in Metabolic Bone Diseases (Nov). With support from IFMRS, ECTS & BMAS forms.gle/evcFPkPfxaP8...

APPLY NOW! The IFMRS Ambassadors connect early-career MSK researchers worldwide. They support collaboration, exchange, and engagement across our global community. Learn more: www.ifmrs.org/ambassadors/

👋 A big welcome to the newest ORS Section, the Skeletal Muscle Section! Skeletal muscle drives mobility, strength & overall #musculoskeletal health. This Section will advance research in regeneration, aging, trauma, & therapeutics. Learn more & join: ors.org/skeletalmusc...

Be sure to come along to our joint session with @ASBMR at 5:15 today on Integration of Large Datasets & Systems Biology in rooms 606-609! Chairs: Emma Duncan & Doug Kiel #asbmr2025

Great to be at #asbmr2025 Come visit our stand, and find out about the MSK Knowledge Portal! mskkp.org @broadinstitute.org @asbmr.bsky.social

🚨 Deadline this Friday! Nominate a deserving colleague for the #ORS2026 Adele L. Boskey, PhD Award. $5,000 honorarium for a mid-career ORS member with outstanding mentorship and impactful research. Nominations are due August 15. Submit today: bit.ly/3Re3QnU

Join us NEXT WEEK, Aug 15, for a webinar focused on #orthopaedic research in Africa and beyond - how to collect clinical data, balance practice and research, and publish for global impact. Register here: ors.memberclicks.net/ifmrs081525web In partnership with @ifmrs.bsky.social & Dr. Albert Macha.

Te esperamos en la XLII Reunión AAOMM + XIX Congreso Argentino de Osteoporosis 📅 13-15 ago 2025 Centro de Convenciones Puerto Norte, Rosario 🇦🇷 aaomm.org.ar/8-congreso-a... #Osteología #Osteoporosis #Rosario2025

Dr Lin Xinxiu shows how multi-omic + spatial data can clone one arthritis patient into thousands of virtual copies, each tested against a different drug – pinpointing the best therapy before damage begins. Link – www.ifmrs.org/2025/07/18/e...

Digital twins now span cells to whole organ systems, guiding everything from OA therapy to patient-specific implants. EDITH’s federated platform for a full-body Virtual Human Twin, linking models, data & standards across Europe. Watch: www.ifmrs.org/2025/07/18/e...

Wrapping up #BRS75 in Edinburgh: 3 days of world-class MSK research, inspiration from Natalie Sims, Stuart Ralston & Claire Edwards, vibrant young-investigator energy – and Scottish bagpipes to remember. Here's to another 75 years of innovating the MKS field!

Thrilled to welcome Sociedad Argentina de Osteoporosis (SAO) to the IFMRS family! SAO boosts bone-health through prevention, education & community outreach. ¡Bienvenidos! osteoporosis.org.ar

FrameWORX Summit on the future of musculoskeletal health Warsaw, IN • Aug 20 ’25 Keynote: Dr Kurt Weiss (ortho-oncologist & osteosarcoma survivor) Abstract titles due Jul 20 | FREE registration biocrossroads.com/events/the-f...

Reminder that the ISS & IFMRS Webinar 'Imaging Beyond Intent - Advancing Diagnostics with Opportunistic Imaging' featuring Profs. Boutin, Bredella, Shepard & Cheung is tomorrow! Visit internationalskeletalsociety.com/iss-and-ifmr... for more information!

Missed our session on Digital Twins in MSK research at #ECTS2025? You can watch it on-demand via the ECTS portal! Thank you to everyone who joined us – it was a fantastic session on digital technology in MSK research. #IFMRS #DigitalTwins #MSKresearch

Meet the experts in digital tech: Prof. Liesbet Geris & Xinxiu Li speak on Digital Twins in MSK research – today at 14:15 in the Tirol Room! #ECTS2025 #DigitalTwins #MSKresearch

WHO is reassessing its 1994 osteoporosis definition. Clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and advocates—your input is needed! ⏱️ 25 min 🌍 Global call 📅 Submit by 15 June 🔗 extranet.who.int/dataformv6/i... #Osteoporosis #BoneHealth #WHO

BMAS & IFMRS announce 10 awards for early-career MSK researchers in LMICs! Includes: free reg. for Summer School 2025, BMAS membership & networking Apply by 31 July bma-society.org/bmas-summer-... #MSKresearch #BMAS #IFMRS

Join us June 11 for the ISS–IFMRS Webinar on Opportunistic Imaging! Discover how everyday scans can help detect MSK conditions early. Register: veritasamc.zoom.us/webinar/regi... More info: internationalskeletalsociety.com/iss-and-ifmr...

An important survey that only takes 5 minutes – send it to the relevant people!

🇦🇺 Join us in Cairns, Australia, for the inaugural Asia-Pacific IFMRS Herbert Fleisch Workshop! 🧬 Network with global MSK researchers Nov 12–14. Register & submit abstracts now: www.aphfworkshop.com.au

It's tomorrow!

WEBINAR ALERT The framework includes indicators on treatment coverage for key health conditions affecting older people. Date: 7 May 2025 (Wednesday) Time: 14:00–15:30 CET – check your time zone! Format: Webinar (Zoom) REGISTER HERE: who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The April MSK News by IFMRS Newsletter is out now! Please read it now: mailchi.mp/2c4bde329474...

🚨🗣️ Exciting opportunity for LMICs researchers Apply now for the BMAS-IFMRS Future Global Leaders #award and receive FREE Summer School 2025 registration PLUS one-year BMAS membership waiver! This is a great opportunity to join the activities of this vibrant society! @ifmrs.bsky.social

Still accepting applications. Don't hesitate and send us your profile if you are interested! #MSKJobs #MusculoskeletalJobs

🚀 We're Hiring! 📢 Join the IFMRS team as a Digital Content Curator! 🔹 6-month remote role (renewable) 🔹 $5,000 honorarium for 6 hrs/week 🔹 Ideal for PhD candidates/recent grads in MSK science Visit www.ifmrs.org/vacancies/ for more info. Apply by 31 March #MSKResearch #PhDJobs

Earlier this week associate prof. @larsfolkestad.bsky.social from @kmeblab.bsky.social & Dept. of Endocrinology at #OUH participated in the @ifmrs.bsky.social council meeting representing #DanskKnogleselskab. The IFMRS is an international, nonprofit federation of musculoskeletal research societies 🦴

The call for abstract submission for the 2025 World Congress of Orthopaedic Research and the 12th International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies Congress (ICORS) is now open. The deadline is March 11th! Check more on icors2025.com.au

Our February newsletter is out now – read it here: mailchi.mp/f38855aaff31... If you are not on our newsletter list feel free to visit www.ifmrs.org#newsletter-s... and register for it :)

Do we make the best of the synergistic potential between basic and clinical scientists? This is the topic we as members of the Basic and Clincal Science Action Groups of @ectssociety.bsky.social (ECTS) and ECTS Academy discuss in this paper! rdcu.be/d9WxL @asbmr.bsky.social @ifmrs.bsky.social

It'd be great to introduce ourselves:) We're IFMRS. We aim to advance MSK research globally to prevent and treat MSK diseases by sharing resources, raising public awareness, and providing education. Visit our site at www.ifmrs.org and our projects at www.huble.org and www.mskkp.org. Happy 2025!