Liz Challenger
@lizchallenger.bsky.social
Research assistant/PhD student @therexuol.bsky.social . Bionalaysis, pharmacokinetics, infectious disease pharmacology 💊🦠
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
September 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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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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
July 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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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We loved seeing all the new medicines being made and chatting about how medication helps our bodies fight infection.
@lizchallenger.bsky.social @drbthompson.bsky.social @helener3.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
@lizchallenger.bsky.social @drbthompson.bsky.social @helener3.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
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
July 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We loved seeing all the new medicines being made and chatting about how medication helps our bodies fight infection.
@lizchallenger.bsky.social @drbthompson.bsky.social @helener3.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
@lizchallenger.bsky.social @drbthompson.bsky.social @helener3.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
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Join Pharmacology and Therapeutics for 'Liverpool's Party People' exploring the science of a night out. britishsciencefestival.org/event/liverp...
July 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join Pharmacology and Therapeutics for 'Liverpool's Party People' exploring the science of a night out. britishsciencefestival.org/event/liverp...
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 👇🏻
britishsciencefestival.org/event/liverp...
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 👇🏻
britishsciencefestival.org/event/liverp...
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July 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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 👇🏻
britishsciencefestival.org/event/liverp...
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 👇🏻
britishsciencefestival.org/event/liverp...
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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
@livuniengagehls.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
#STEM #engagement #clinicalscience
@livuniengagehls.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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
@livuniengagehls.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
#STEM #engagement #clinicalscience
@livuniengagehls.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social
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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 🍻👏
@livunihls.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @therexuol.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk
@livunihls.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @therexuol.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk
May 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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 🍻👏
@livunihls.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @therexuol.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk
@livunihls.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @therexuol.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk
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
May 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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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next up is @lizchallenger.bsky.social explaining how we get medicines from dose to destination and the repurposing medicines during the Covid19 pandemic.
#pint25
#pint25
May 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
next up is @lizchallenger.bsky.social explaining how we get medicines from dose to destination and the repurposing medicines during the Covid19 pandemic.
#pint25
#pint25
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🧪 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
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
April 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🧪 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
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
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!
@therexuol.bsky.social
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!
@therexuol.bsky.social
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…
pintofscience.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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!
@therexuol.bsky.social
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!
@therexuol.bsky.social
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Volunteers wanted! , Are you a sexually active woman who might benefit from #PrEP ?
@profygilleece.bsky.social
@profchloeorkin.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social
@drrageshri.bsky.social
@savinglives.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@profygilleece.bsky.social
@profchloeorkin.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social
@drrageshri.bsky.social
@savinglives.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Women offered jabs in HIV prevention trial
Project leaders are looking for participants in Birmingham, Manchester, London and Brighton.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Volunteers wanted! , Are you a sexually active woman who might benefit from #PrEP ?
@profygilleece.bsky.social
@profchloeorkin.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social
@drrageshri.bsky.social
@savinglives.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@profygilleece.bsky.social
@profchloeorkin.bsky.social @drlaurajwaters.bsky.social
@drrageshri.bsky.social
@savinglives.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Learn more and see if you qualify: www.agiletrial.net
#COVID19 #clinicaltrial
@nhsuhlg-ri.bsky.social @nhsuhlg.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social
#COVID19 #clinicaltrial
@nhsuhlg-ri.bsky.social @nhsuhlg.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social @livuniresearch.bsky.social @livuni-ismib.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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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...
Read the latest report: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
March 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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...
Read the latest report: www.unaids.org/en/resources...
JFC.
“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.
www.cbsnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
JFC.
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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.
❌ 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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March 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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.
❌ 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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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
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov
March 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
taggs.hhs.gov/Content/Data...
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 🧪
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 🧪
March 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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 🧪
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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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.
March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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.
Reposted by Liz Challenger
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! 🧵
Recent funding cuts are hitting global health hard—let’s take action before it’s too late! 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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! 🧵
Recent funding cuts are hitting global health hard—let’s take action before it’s too late! 🧵
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#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...
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...
www.aidsmap.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#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...
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...
Great fun yesterday morning @evertoninthecommunity.org toddler science club!
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!
Thanks to our super scientists from the @therexuol.bsky.social team!
March 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Great fun yesterday morning @evertoninthecommunity.org toddler science club!
Reposted by Liz Challenger
Today we were chatting to the scientists and healthcare professionals of the future about medicines and our brilliant bodies.
#science #medicine #education #STEM
#science #medicine #education #STEM
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!
Thanks to our super scientists from the @therexuol.bsky.social team!
March 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today we were chatting to the scientists and healthcare professionals of the future about medicines and our brilliant bodies.
#science #medicine #education #STEM
#science #medicine #education #STEM
Wtaf
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...
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
March 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Wtaf
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A must-watch: Rebecca Denison, founder of Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD), delivers the Martin Delaney Presentation at #CROI2025
"40+ Years of #HIV: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, What Shouldn’t, What Must"
Thanks to IAS-USA for making it publicly available.
"40+ Years of #HIV: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, What Shouldn’t, What Must"
Thanks to IAS-USA for making it publicly available.
40+ Years of HIV: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, What Shouldn’t, What Must
YouTube video by IAS-USA
youtu.be
March 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM