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Liz Challenger
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Research assistant/PhD student @therexuol.bsky.social . Bionalaysis, pharmacokinetics, infectious disease pharmacology 💊🦠
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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · 29d
More info: britishsciencefestival.org/event/liverp...
Liverpool’s party people | British Science Festival
Run time: 18.00 – 21.30 This event is part of the British Science Festival takeover of Quirky Quarter, an evening of activities and performances that will encourage you to see the world from a whole…
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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · 29d
British Science Festival 2025 is in #Liverpool! Join us on Saturday, 6pm for Liverpool's Party People @ Quirky Quarter to learn about the science of a night out! #BSF25 @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livuniengagehls.bsky.social @therexuol.bsky.social @britsciassoc.bsky.social @drlaurarandle.bsky.social
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Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement @livuniengagehls.bsky.social · Jul 22
We were back at @evertoninthecommunity.org today for a special summer edition of our Toddler Science Club with the @therexuol.bsky.social team. We had fun learning all about medicines with our mini scientists! @livunihls.bsky.social
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Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (TherEx) @therexuol.bsky.social · Jul 25
We loved seeing all the new medicines being made and chatting about how medication helps our bodies fight infection.

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Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement @livuniengagehls.bsky.social · Jul 22
We were back at @evertoninthecommunity.org today for a special summer edition of our Toddler Science Club with the @therexuol.bsky.social team. We had fun learning all about medicines with our mini scientists! @livunihls.bsky.social
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Dr Laura Randle @drlaurarandle.bsky.social · Jul 3
Join Pharmacology and Therapeutics for 'Liverpool's Party People' exploring the science of a night out. britishsciencefestival.org/event/liverp...
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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · Jul 2
This September LJMU and UoL are hosting the British Science Festival!!

Join us for ✨ ONE NIGHT ONLY ✨ on 13th September at the Quirky Quarter to learn about the science of a night out!! @drlaurarandle.bsky.social @therexuol.bsky.social

Info here 👇🏻
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Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (TherEx) @therexuol.bsky.social · Jun 27
We were delighted to join the Careers Carousel at St Anne's Catholic Primary school this week and share insights of our work with the Year 6 children.

#STEM #engagement #clinicalscience

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Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement @livuniengagehls.bsky.social · May 21
A fab final night of @pintofscience.uk at the Bridewell 🥼 from dementia to drug discovery and allergic reactions to microplastics! Thanks to all our brilliant speakers 🍻👏

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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · May 22
Great night last night, taking pharmacology to the pub @pintofscience.uk - some great talks and fantastic shots of science! My talk focused on how we got treatments to patients during the COVID pandemic @therexuol.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @livuniengagehls.bsky.social
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Dr Laura Randle @drlaurarandle.bsky.social · May 21
next up is @lizchallenger.bsky.social explaining how we get medicines from dose to destination and the repurposing medicines during the Covid19 pandemic.

#pint25
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NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group R&I @nhsuhlg-ri.bsky.social · Apr 24
🧪 A new trial in Liverpool is testing a breakthrough oral treatment for visceral leishmaniasis.

Led by UHLG, @liverpooluni.bsky.social & DNDi, it could transform care for this deadly disease.

Call 0151 706 4863 to take part! 💊🌍

#GlobalHealth #ClinicalTrials #Leishmaniasis #DNDi
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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · Apr 24
Pleased to say that I'll be speaking at this year's Pint of Science festival on Weds 21st May.

Tickets are £5 & can be purchased here:

pintofscience.co.uk/event/from-m...

It'll be a good night showcasing fantastic science being done right here in Liverpool, plus beer!

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From Molecule to Man
What happens after a medicine enters the body? Why does the immune system sometimes fight back? And what can we do to better support people living with dem…
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Doctor Steve Taylor @docstevetaylor.bsky.social · Apr 18
Volunteers wanted! , Are you a sexually active woman who might benefit from #PrEP ?

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Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trial
Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.
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Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (TherEx) @therexuol.bsky.social · Apr 4
Learn more and see if you qualify: www.agiletrial.net

#COVID19 #clinicaltrial

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UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · Mar 24
Latest reports from 67 UNAIDS offices confirm that, despite efforts by governments and partners to mobilize domestic resources to mitigate risks, US funding cuts continue to severely impact the HIV response, putting millions at risk.

Read the latest report: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Countries report ongoing impact from the US funding cuts on their HIV response
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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · Mar 29
JFC.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · Mar 28
“The entire staff of the federal government's Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off.”
RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say
Much of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Mar 28
UPDATE: Here's where we're at w/ NIH grant terminations:

❌ 429 NIH grants terminated*
❌ 137 related to HIV/AIDS prevention
❌ 27 on cancer
❌ 16 on Alzheimer's

The full Airtable, thanks to wizardry of @noamross.net👇

*This is just what we know. There are certainly more we don't know about yet.
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Mar 26
14 pages of terminated NIH grants--everyone should read through the list. The sweep is VERY broad, including "The Impact of the Herpes Zoster Vaccine on Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus" & "Mitochondrial-based Determinants of Sex Differences in Acute Kidney Injury"🧪 1/n
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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · Mar 21
Bleak.

So much progress has been made in these areas over decades of hard work. It would be a disaster to lose those gains

We must not go backwards.

#IDsky 🧪
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WHO @who.int · Mar 21
The abrupt loss of U.S. funding threatens to reverse progress in

▪️disease control,
▪️immunization rates,
▪️maternal and child health,
▪️emergency preparedness.
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WHO @who.int · Mar 21
The sudden U.S. funding cuts are also affecting efforts to eradicate polio, to monitor the emergence of diseases such as avian influenza, and to respond to disease outbreaks and humanitarian crises.
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WHO @who.int · Mar 21
Now more than ever, we must step up action and protect #HealthForAll.

Recent funding cuts are hitting global health hard—let’s take action before it’s too late! 🧵
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aidsmap @aidsmap.bsky.social · Mar 21
#CROI2025
Two slides presented at last week’s conference starkly illustrated the cost of the almost-complete defunding of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) provision via PEPFAR, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
www.aidsmap.com/news/mar-202...
HIV testing requirements must be simplified for injectable PrEP to have a future
Two slides presented at last week’s Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025) in San Francisco starkly illustrated the cost of the almost-complete defunding of HIV pre-exposu...
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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · Mar 21
Great fun yesterday morning @evertoninthecommunity.org toddler science club!
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Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement @livuniengagehls.bsky.social · Mar 20
Today was week two of Toddler Science Club at @evertoninthecommunity.org 🧫 this week we were learning about brilliant bodies and how medicines make us healthy! 💊

Thanks to our super scientists from the @therexuol.bsky.social team!
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Centre for Experimental Therapeutics (TherEx) @therexuol.bsky.social · Mar 20
Today we were chatting to the scientists and healthcare professionals of the future about medicines and our brilliant bodies.
#science #medicine #education #STEM
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Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement @livuniengagehls.bsky.social · Mar 20
Today was week two of Toddler Science Club at @evertoninthecommunity.org 🧫 this week we were learning about brilliant bodies and how medicines make us healthy! 💊

Thanks to our super scientists from the @therexuol.bsky.social team!
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Liz Challenger @lizchallenger.bsky.social · Mar 20
Wtaf
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · Mar 20
This is chilling and will cause a wider conversation about the safety of having conferences in the US.

Having been involved in such discussions about other countries firsthand I know how delicate this is.

This situation is another blow to science in the US.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com