Apply to do your PhD at Oxford! At NDORMS, our students are part of world-class research into musculoskeletal and inflammatory conditions in both wet lab and computer-based projects. 🔬🖥️🥼🔎 https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study

There’s still time to join us to Meet the researcher later! This month we’ll be learning about frailty and fixing feeling in fingers with two University of Oxford researchers. 🗓️ Monday 28 September ⏰ 1 – 2pm 📍 Online Register now 👉 https://medsci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UhwPMOj8QKa6zslGTsvRKg

🔬 🧫 🖥️ 🧬 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. https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study

Applying for a PhD or MSc? 🤔 Study at Oxford! Our students tell you about why they chose to study at NDORMS.

Why did you choose NDORMS?

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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, the Kennedy @kiroxford.bsky.social and the Botnar @botnaroxford.bsky.social for your DPhil! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study

Join us next week to Meet the researcher! This month we’ll be learning about frailty and fixing feeling in fingers with two University of Oxford researchers. 🗓️ Monday 28 September ⏰ 1 – 2pm 📍 Online Register now 👉 https://medsci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UhwPMOj8QKa6zslGTsvRKg

Thinking of studying for a PhD at Oxford? Come to our open day to to find out more! Tour labs, attend taster lectures, find out about our technology and facilities, and meet our students! 🗓️ Friday 6 November ⏰ 1pm 📍 Kennedy Institute More info 👉 https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/open-day

Did you see this? Researchers at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social have discovered that some joints may be more susceptible to inflammatory arthritis before birth. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/arthritis-origins-may-begin-before-birth-study-finds

Join us later this month to Meet the researcher! This month we’ll be learning about frailty and fixing feeling in fingers with two University of Oxford researchers. 🗓️ Monday 28 September ⏰ 1 – 2pm 📍 Online Register now 👉 https://medsci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UhwPMOj8QKa6zslGTsvRKg

👂 Listen to Prof Eleanor Stride on BBC Radio 4’s The Best Medicine, where she argues that her work using bubbles to improve the effectiveness of antimicrobial and cancer drug delivery is the best medicine! 🫧💉

Best Medicine - Series 3 - 5 - Seaweed Underwear, Bubbles, Saunas - BBC Sounds

Bubbles face hot competition from seaweed underwear and saunas.

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NEWS: Arthritis origins may begin before birth, study finds @kiroxford.bsky.social study offers new insight and explains why rheumatoid arthritis attacks particular joints while sparing others.

Arthritis origins may begin before birth, study finds

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute (Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences) have discovered that some joints may be more susceptible to inflammatory arthritis before birth, offering new insight into why rheumatoid arthritis attacks particular joints while sparing others.

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Thinking of studying for a PhD at Oxford? Come to our open day to find out more! Tour labs, attend taster lectures, find out about our technology and facilities, and meet our students! 🗓️ Friday 6 November ⏰ 1pm 📍 Kennedy Institute More info and register 👉 www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study-with-u...

🌙 🚀 🌍 From the Moon to Mars - and back to human health on Earth. We are delighted to be hosting the Oxford-Pittsburgh Workshop 2026: Space Medicine and Human Exploration in the Era of the Moon and Mars at the Botnar Institute later this year!

Thinking of studying for a PhD at Oxford? Come to our open day to to find out more! Tour labs, attend taster lectures, find out about our technology and facilities, and meet our students! 🗓️ Friday 6 November ⏰ 1pm 📍 Kennedy Institute More info 👉 https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/open-day

🎉 Congratulations to Matt Costa and Rachel Kuo, who have been announced as winners of the NIHR20 Research Leaders Prizes in recognition of their outstanding contribution to health and care research! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/ndorms-researchers-win-prestigious-national-leadership-prizes

We had a great time at the Kennedy retreat last week! There were lots of great talks from each of the KIR labs, a treasure hunt, and even a choir performance! Thanks to all the organisers for a great 2 days☀️ @kiroxford.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social

NEWS: Trial exploring effects of drug on liver in psoriasis patients recruits first UK patient Read about the BALANCE study led by @ndorms.bsky.social

Trial exploring effects of drug on liver in psoriasis patients recruits first UK patient

The first patient in the UK has been recruited to a clinical trial investigating how a new drug affects liver inflammation and scarring in people with psoriatic disease using a new non-invasive MRI scanning technique.

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Mariela Ortiz, a pharmacist from Paraguay, received a Trueta Bursary to attend the Botnar Institute's Summer School in Real World Evidence this June. She shared her experience with us. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/from-oxford-to-paraguay-trueta-bursary-supports-medicines-safety-ambitions

🌙 🚀 🌍 From the Moon to Mars - and back to human health on Earth. We are delighted to be hosting the Oxford-Pittsburgh Workshop 2026: Space Medicine and Human Exploration in the Era of the Moon and Mars at the Botnar Institute later this year!

🎉 Congratulations to Sara Lyden, a medical student at NDORMS, who has gained a top prize in the prestigious 2026 Falk Foundation/Guts UK Charity national awards! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/ndorms-student-wins-national-research-prize

A new study by Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social researchers has found that arthritis origins may begin before birth.

The embryonic origins of site-specific arthritis

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Researchers at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social have discovered that some joints may be more susceptible to inflammatory arthritis before birth.

The Kennedy Institute Retreat is always a highlight for our community, and an excellent chance to share our science, meet new colleagues and students, and have fun. This year we even had a performance from the Kennedy Institute Choir! Read more 👇 www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/kennedy...

Kennedy Institute Retreat 2026: connections, ideas and community

More than 150 staff and students gathered at Oxford Brookes University for this year's Kennedy Institute Retreat. Over two days attendees shared their science, explored new ideas and strengthened the ...

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Can a microbiome testing kit really tell you what's living in your gut – and, more importantly, what you should eat? 🍎 🧀  Listen to Kennedy researcher Nick Ilott talking about it on BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread! 🔬  Listen now on BBC Sounds 🎧

Sliced Bread - Sliced Bread - Series 17 - Gut Microbiome Tests - BBC Sounds

Can a test tell you what's living inside your gut - and what to do about it?

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Did you see this? NDORMS researchers have found that a naturally occurring compound called spermidine may help improve vaccine responses in some older adults by reducing signs of immune system ageing. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/natural-compound-may-help-boost-vaccine-responses-in-older-adults

The team at the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies have been answering questions about the gut microbiome, how to improve your gut microbiome’s health, and how your poo can tell you how healthy your gut is! 🔎 💩

Why do some people fart more than others? 💩

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Did you see this? Prof Stephanie Dakin has been awarded a major research project from the Horserace Betting Levy Board and the Racing Foundation to identify targeted new treatments for equine tendon injuries. 🐎 https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/tackling-tendon-injuries-a-one-medicine-approach

At the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies, our researchers regularly receive poo samples in the post for them to study! 💩 Find out why, and how they use these samples to learn more about the gut microbiome! 🔬

Day in the life of a poo sample 💩

At the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies, our researchers regula...

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🎉 Congratulations to Dr Madelon de Jong, who has won a prestigious Career Development Fellowship from Arthritis UK! https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-madelon-de-jong-wins-career-development-fellowship-from-arthritis-uk

The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology is a biomedical research centre uniquely bringing together discovery science and early-stage clinical research, to develop transformative new therapies for chronic inflammatory and musculoskeletal conditions.

The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

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