🎓 Kim is a DPhil student at the Botnar. Find out what made her apply to study at NDORMS, and what her highlight here has been!

Researchers at the Kennedy @KIROxford.bsky.social are part of a UK-wide consortium that has been awarded a £644K BBSRC Network Grant to establish the Microbiome Innovation Network! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/new-microbiome-innovation-network-to-drive-uk-bioscience-research

🎉 Congratulations to Prof Dani Prieto Alhambra , Dr Francine Toye, and Dr Ali Cenk Aksu who have all been recognised in this year’s Medical Sciences Teaching Excellence Awards! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/teaching-excellence-awards-for-ndorms

🥼 Isobel is a DPhil student at the Kennedy Institute. Hear about why she chose NDORMS, and what advice she has for applying to study at Oxford. 🎓🧬

Applications are now open to join us for our Taught MSc in Musculoskeletal Sciences. Find out more about this two-year, part-time course from the team behind it! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/blog/behind-the-scenes-on-the-ndorms-taught-msc-in-musculoskeletal-science

🔬 Meet DPhil student Maria, who shares her experience studying at NDORMS! Find out what her highlight has been, what the best thing about NDORMS is and her tips for applying! 🥼 🧫

There is one month left to apply for our part-time taught MSc in Musculoskeletal Sciences! Join us for world class training in the musculoskeletal sciences and be part of our amazing alumni.  Apply by Tuesday 2 December 2025! www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/taught-msc

🎓 Applying to study at Oxford is a daunting task. Don’t worry – our students are here to offer their advice!

Imposter participants threaten the integrity of health research, and the policies and clinical decisions built upon it, according to new research at NDORMS. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/imposter-study-participants-risk-undermining-patient-care

🥼 🩺 How can you possibly choose one best thing about studying at NDORMS? Our students managed it – hear what they have to say!

Looking for world-class training in musculoskeletal diseases? Look no further! Join our part-time taught MSc at the University of Oxford.  Apply by 2 December 2025. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/taught-msc

The OxKen programme is designed for Oxford medical students to study for a DPhil in musculoskeletal science, inflammation or immunology. Interested in finding out more? Join the OxKen open day! 🗓️ Tuesday 28 October ⏰ 5 – 6pm 📍 Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/oxken

A team at NDORMS has developed a new national online surgical research course, designed to equip every surgical trainee in the UK with the skills to engage with and contribute to surgical research. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/ndorms-team-develops-new-national-course-for-all-uk-surgical-trainees

The team at Oxford Trauma have launched the World Hip Trauma Evaluation (WHiTE) Platform Trial to efficiently test multiple new treatments for patients with fractures of the hip! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/worlds-largest-hip-fracture-research-platform-designed-to-improve-care-and-outcomes

Menopause reshapes women’s immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to infection. A new study has shown that HRT may help reverse these changes and boost immune health. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/hormone-therapy-may-help-restore-immunity-in-menopausal-women

World’s largest #HipFracture research platform - based @ndorms.bsky.social launched to improve care and outcomes for patients oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/worlds-large... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

🎓 We asked our students what the highlights of studying at NDORMS are. It’s difficult to choose, although they have narrowed it down!

Are you a 3rd or 4th yr medical student interested in pursuing a DPhil in the fields of musculoskeletal disease, inflammation and immunology? Join the OxKen Open Day on Tue 28 Oct to learn about the @NDORMS OxKen programme. Read about programme ➡️

An NDORMS study has found that a tailored exercise programme for people aged 80 years + with osteoarthritis is practical and acceptable, leading the way to a large clinical trial. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/study-finds-tailored-exercise-programme-feasible-for-adults-over-80-with-osteoarthritis

🤔 Thinking of doing a PhD? Why choose NDORMS? Hear from some of our students about what made them apply.

It's #MenopauseAwarenessDay! Our new study exploring why women’s immune defences weaken after menopause offers some hope - suggesting that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) not only relieves symptoms, but those taking it had healthier immune systems in later life. https://f.mtr.cool/abqkylmndg

Calling all orthopaedic, rheumatology and trauma trainees! Are you looking to gain specialist knowledge, understanding and skills to help you in your career? Check out our part-time taught MSc in Musculoskeletal Sciences.  Apply by 2 December 2025. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/taught-msc

👋 🎓 A big welcome to our new students, who started their studies at NDORMS this week!

🎉 Congratulations to Loren Kell, who recently won the prestigious Korenchevsky Prize at the British Society for Research on Ageing annual scientific meeting! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/loren-kell-wins-prestigious-award-at-the-british-society-for-research-on-ageing-annual-scientific-meeting

Applications are now open for our part-time taught MSc in Musculoskeletal Sciences!  Find out more about how you can join us for world class training in musculoskeletal and inflammatory conditions. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/taught-msc

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🔬 🧫 🧬 🩻 Applications are now open to study at NDORMS next year! 🥼 🩺 🎓 Join us at our world class University of Oxford research institutes for your DPhil! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study

🎉 The brilliant Maria Kyriazi, a DPhil student at NDORMS, has been nominated for the Young Star award at the Greek International Women Awards! We can’t think of anyone more deserving! If you agree, vote for her here 👉 https://www.eventora.com/en/Events/giwa-2025

🧪🧪New paper out, exploring the boundaries of data-driven drug discovery for chronic pain “Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Drug Target Discovery for Chronic Widespread Pain: A Large Proteogenomic Study” @ndorms.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

🎉 🚀 Congratulations to NDORMS student Grace Frost, who recently attended the European Space Agency summer school, where she was recognised as a top student! 🔭🛰️ https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/ndorms-student-grace-frost-recognised-as-top-student-at-european-space-agency-summer-school

New research has revealed that drug shortages can become a systemic issue affecting the health of millions of patients, and impacting healthcare systems in Europe and North America.

🎉 Congratulations to Prof Sara Khalid, who has received the Wellcome Trust Accelerator Award! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/wellcome-accelerator-award-for-sara-khalid

🎉 Congratulations to the wonderful Associate Prof Ghada Alsaleh, who has been made an Official Fellow in the Cellular Life Theme at Reuben College!

🩻 🦴 🖥️ 🔬 Applications are now open to study at the Botnar Institute @botnaroxford.bsky.social next year! Find out what it’s like to study at Oxford, meet our supervisors and see available projects! www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study-at-the-botnar

🔬 🧫 🖥️ 🧬 Applications are now open to study at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social next year! Look at available projects, meet our supervisors and find out what it’s like studying at the University of Oxford. www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study

The first trial of microsurgical suture repair vs nerve alignment for digital nerve injuries suggests that suture repair does not improve outcomes.

☢️ A woman being exposed to radiation?! No, it’s not the latest Marvel film – it’s a new study at the Oxford Translational Myeloma Centre. In a world first, researchers are testing a new technology that could enable clinicians to better diagnose and treat myeloma. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/magneto-study

Four PhD projects advertised for October 2026 @ndorms.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Find info and apply here: www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study/botnar...

🔬 🧫 🧬 🩻 Applications are now open to study at NDORMS next year! 🥼 🩺 🎓 Join us at our world class University of Oxford research institutes, the Kennedy @kiroxford.bsky.social and the Botnar @botnaroxford.bsky.social for your DPhil! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study

🚨 New evidence from the NEON Trial: microsurgical suture repair does not improve outcomes for digital nerve injuries. 🔗Keen to know more? Read up on the details here!📖 www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/trial-s... @ndorms.bsky.social @situ-oxford.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social @octructu.bsky.social

Thinking of applying for a DPhil?   Join us at the Kennedy Institute for lab tours, taster lectures, a chance to meet our students, and to find out what studying for a DPhil is like!   🗓️ Friday 24 October ⏰ 1 – 5pm 📍 Kennedy Institute   Register 👉 https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/open-day

Join us later this month to Meet the researcher! Maria Sanchez-Santos @mtsanchez.bsky.social will be talking about midlife factors and risk of frailty, and Danielle Newby @daniellenewby.bsky.social will speak about heart equity and making treatments safer for everyone.

🎉 Congratulations to Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic, Audrey Gerard, Karthik Ramasamy and Sarah Snelling, who have been awarded the title of Full Professor by the University of Oxford! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/ndorms-researchers-honoured-in-the-recognition-of-distinction-scheme-2025

Applications will open soon to study with us. Would you like to find out more? Join us at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social  for our student open day!   🗓️ Friday 24 October ⏰ 1 – 5pm 📍 Kennedy Institute   Find out more and register. 👉https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/open-day

🎉 Congratulations to Kennedy @kiroxford.bsky.social student Julia Karjalainen, who has been awarded a competitive Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship! https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/julia-karjalainen-awarded-boehringer-ingelheim-fonds-phd-fellowship

A team of researchers has discovered more about the evolutionary battle between humans and malaria. Research has revealed how the malaria parasite evades the immune system, and how the human body fights back. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/malaria-parasite-found-to-hijack-human-immune-system

Bittersweet farewell weeks at @kiroxford.bsky.social, a place pivotal to my growth as an independent scientist. With deep gratitude for this chapter, I'm thrilled to begin the next at @unibas.ch @biomedizin.unibas.ch, where my lab will study organelle inheritance in T cells in the context of ageing.

Julia Karjalainen, A DPhil candidate at the Kennedy Institute, has been awarded a competitive Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD fellowship to study neuro-immune interactions in skin disease! www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/julia-k...

We had a fab time running The Gut Florists stall at Green Man Festival! From talking all things microbiome, painting gut microbes, making bacterial pom-poms, or doing microbe word searches, we had something for everyone & loved chatting to you!🧫💐🦠🌼 @britsocimm.bsky.social @greenmanfest.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce that NDORMS has been recognised as a @eular.org European Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology Research! 🎉 www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/ndorms-...