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Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences
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At the Botnar Institute for Musculoskeletal Sciences we conduct high-quality research to discover the causes, the disease pathways, and the new treatments that will transform the lives of patients suffering with musculoskeletal conditions.
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🎅 All we want for Christmas is… a fun Christmas video! Thank you to all the NDORMS staff and students who took part!
All I Want For Christmas Is You... NDORMS edition!
🎅 All we want for Christmas is… a fun Christmas video! Thank you to all the NDORMS staff and students who took part!https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk
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December 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
2025 has been a brilliant year at the Botnar and at NDORMS! Merry Christmas!
December 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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🎄 A very merry International Christmas Lunch 2025 at the Kennedy Institute!
December 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Congratulations to the Planetary Health Informatics group at the Botnar @botnaroxford.bsky.social, led by Sara Khalid, who have been awarded funding from the Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges initiative!
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to Maria Kyriazi, who won the Young Star Award at the Greek International Women Awards! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/maria-kyriazi-wins-young-star-award-at-the-greek-international-women-awards
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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🎉 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
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🎓 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!
Meet Kim
Meet Kim, a DPhil student at NDORMS.https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study
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November 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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🎓 Brook is a DPhil student at the Botnar. Find out what he thinks is the best thing about NDORMS, and his advice for applying to study at Oxford!
Meet Brook
Meet Brook, a DPhil student at NDORMS.https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study
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November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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🥼 🩺 How can you possibly choose one best thing about studying at NDORMS? Our students managed it – hear what they have to say!
What is the best thing about studying at NDORMS?
We asked some of our students what the best thing about studying at NDORMS is.https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study
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October 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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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
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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🔬 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! 🥼 🧫
Meet Maria
Meet Maria, a DPhil student at NDORMS.https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study
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November 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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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
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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👋 🎓 A big welcome to our new students, who started their studies at NDORMS this week!
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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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
September 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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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...
Botnar projects
Applications will open in September.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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🩻 🦴 🖥️ 🔬 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
September 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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🎉 Congratulations to the wonderful Associate Prof Ghada Alsaleh, who has been made an Official Fellow in the Cellular Life Theme at Reuben College!
September 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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🎉 Congratulations to the Botnar Institute @botnaroxford.bsky.social, who have won the Green Impact Gold Award!
July 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Researchers at the Botnar Institute @botnaroxford.bsky.social have joined a new consortium that has been awarded £3m by Versus Arthritis!
June 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈🧁 Thank you to everyone that came and celebrated identity and inclusivity at NDORMS Pride, and a big thank you to our brilliant students for organising!
June 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to Prof Andrew Carr, who has been awarded an MBE for services to Orthopaedic Research and Training in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/professor-andrew-carr-recognised-in-king2019s-birthday-honours
June 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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New research led by Dr Liye Chen at the Botnar Institute @botnaroxford.bsky.social has identified key drivers of inflammation in spondyloathritis.
June 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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🔬🧫🦴🩻 Another brilliant Botnar Institute @botnaroxford.bsky.social Student Symposium! Thank you to everyone who helped organise a wonderful day celebrating our students!
June 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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A new podcast episode out today! Learn about Ghada Alsaleh's pioneering work with samples on the International Space Station: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/research-hum...

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Research with Human Tissue Samples on the International Space Station, with Dr Ghada Alsaleh
Exciting developments are underway at the Space Innovation Lab at the University of Oxford! The launch of human tissue samples to the International Space Station marks a bold and forward-looking step ...
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April 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Three of our brilliant Botnar @botnaroxford.bsky.social postdocs recently attended the EMBO Lab Leadership course. They shared their thoughts about how it will help their careers, and their day-to-day work, on our blog! https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/blog/the-value-of-embo-part-one
June 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM