Parmvir K Bahia
LightNews LightNews
banner
parmvir.com
Parmvir K Bahia
@parmvir.com
570 followers 310 following 330 posts
Neuroscientist | Communicator | Podcaster | CEO Scientists Inc & artha science media | Freelancer | Nerd

Creating meaningful connections with science

📍London | Tampa | parmvir.com
married to @cancerevo.org
#InclusiveSciComm #WomenInSTEM #chronicallyIll
Posts Replies Media Videos
parmvir.com
Me doing my best to regulate my body clock using that sweet sweet Florida sunshine!
Thanks again @oliviawalch.bsky.social for the time and the chat for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social's podcast #BiologyInNumbers. It was super cool learning about your work @arcascope.bsky.social ⏰☀️💊

#scicomm
A view looking past a swimming pool surrounded by palm trees. In the background you can see the sun in a blue sky and the ocean.
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
parmvir.com
I very much enjoyed thinking about how to present this introductory guide, as well as speaking with IMO folks yesterday about #SciComm.
And I may have included one or more melodramatic messages to impress upon people the need for more and better communication 🫣
Two slides from a powerpoint presentation. The first opening slide reads "From the collaboratorium to the community: a quick guide to science communication". The second slide includes text that reads "Or how I learned to start worrying and love the scicomm". There's also a cartoon from an artist called Dave Whamond. Two scientists are doing experiments while a third stands at a podium with a speech bubble saying "We had our funding cut by DOGE, but not before our studies showed that 4 out of 5 people" Meme of a dog at a table with a mug on it. The dog is surrounded by flames and says "this is fine".
September 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
parmvir.com
I will never get over the irony of seeing what ends up behind a paywall.

#SciComm
A screenshot of an article entitled "The unexpected value of communicating science to the public" by Nicole C. Rust in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. The abstract reads: As a group, our scientific community has a responsibility to unpack the ‘what’ and ‘why’ behind our work for the public, not least because much of our research is publicly funded. Here, I argue that alongside this important service, there are less apparent and perhaps even more motivating reasons to engage in science communication. I also offer some tips on getting started. The line below that reads: This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.
September 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
parmvir.com
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is:
A picture of the national archives set against a blue sky with fluffy clouds.
August 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
parmvir.com
Also reminds me of Bclassic ollywood movie posters from the 60s. Just to offer breadth to the demographics they probably hit.
A montage of Bollywood movie posters from the 60s, with vivid colored images and lettering with drop shadows.
August 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
parmvir.com
Part of its remit is to support the community, so it's cool to see downloads worldwide, reflecting @smbmathbiology.bsky.social's international members. It's also great to see the # of followers on different platforms indicating regular listeners. Go to smb.org/podcast to subscribe if you haven't!
A world map with countries showing where listeners are includes more than 37 countries including: United States, United Kingdom, India, Türkiye, Germany, Australia, Canada, Philippines, Italy, New Zealand, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Mexico, Denmark, Hungary, France, Romania, Sweden, Colombia, Brazil, Austria, Israel, Norway, Argentina, Chile, Poland, Morocco, South Korea, Indonesia, Peru, Finland, Algeria, Hong Kong SAR China, Egypt. The countries in the darkest shades of blue indicating the highest number of listeners are in: US, UK then India. Graphs showing listener engagement on apple and spotify. Followers: 93 and 219 respectively, time listened (hours) 882 and 162 respectively and number of plays: 1200 and 1225 respectively. Two graphs showing information about the listeners. The first is a donut chart showing that female listeners make up 50% of the audience, male listeners 45%, 4.5% unknown and 0.7% non-binary. A bar graph of listener age groups shows: 0-17 year olds: 1%, 18-22 year olds: 9%, 23-37 year olds: 23%, 28-34 year olds: 45%, 35-44 year olds: 17%, 45-59 year olds: 6%, 60+: 1%.
August 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
parmvir.com
This year we wrapped up S2 of Biology in Numbers for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social. I've loved hearing scientists talk passionately about #MathBio. Digging into the data to learn about the podcast’s reach, it seems so do many others.
So here is the podcast by the numbers, starting with an intro. 1/2
A presentation slide entitled "About the show". The text reads: Biology in Numbers is in part the brainchild of then SMB president Sandy Anderson, realized by Heiko Enderling (also as SMB president), and hosted by Parmvir Bahia. Created for math biologists to connect with each other, the wider scientific community and non-expert audiences. Under the text is a picture of Parmvir and Heiko sitting at microphones in an office. To the right is a graphic of some headphones. A slide with a montage of all podcast guests to-date. Under their headshots is a little graphic of a microphone and text reading: Our guests have included members and non-members. Scientists from every career stage, nationality and background. We’ve discussed articles, committees, subgroups, mentorship, industry and roles within the society.
August 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
parmvir.com
Uffff, that was a heart stopper! I suspect @cancerevo.org 🇪🇸 and I might be on opposite sides of a final again...

BTW, anyone know what all the official hashtags are? Because there doesn't seem to be any consistency.
#Euros2025 #wEuros2025 #lionesses
Image of the england women's national team. Text reads, England through to final in dramatic style.
July 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
parmvir.com
Now back to the business of gathering material for #BiologyInNumbers season 3.
Thank you to everyone who has already sat down with me for a minisode. I never fail to be delighted by the fun and quirky answers to these questions.
A laptop on the left and a set of lavalier mics resting on a table, with a blurred background.
July 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
parmvir.com
At lunch I found @danielcooney1.bsky.social, who's been diligently sharing all @smbmathbiology.bsky.social related posts. Unsurprisingly, during his episode, we discussed using social media to talk science, and his use of game theory in his work:
smb.org/news/13495634 🧪

#SMB2025 #BiologyInNumbers
A picture of me with Daniel, making me look shorter than I already am.
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
parmvir.com
After running into her several times, today I finally got my pic with @suzannesindi.bsky.social. Her episode covered her role on the society nomination committee, prion proteins and, thank you Suzanne for introducing me to the Murderbot series!
smb.org/news/13442398

#SMB2025 #BiologyInNumbers
Suzanne and I, arms around each other, with conference attendees taking a coffee break in the background.
July 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
parmvir.com
Since @staceyfinley.bsky.social didn't make it to Korea last year, I was pleased to find her at #SMB2025. Here we are as 2 members of the Baggy Jeans Brigade.
Stacey's episode with Zhilan Feng discussed making #MathBio more accessible 🧪 open.spotify.com/episode/70XK...

#BiologyInNumbers
Stacey and I both wearing baggy blue jeans and dark colored shirts.
July 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
parmvir.com
I can't talk about this poster session without mentioning this work of art by Thomas Woolley. Sadly I didn't get a pic with his Turing pattern waistcoat, but man, what a way to ensure traffic to a poster!
Thomas will be one of the "minisode" guests from this meeting 🦇🧪

#smb2025 #biologyInNumbers
A bat shaped scientific poster titled Bat Maths. Thomas Woolley at the conference center in a blue waistcoat.
July 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
parmvir.com
At the evening poster session and social, I caught up with Mohit Kumar Jolly, with whom I had the pleasure of nerding out about #scicomm. Our episode covered changing cancer cells, awards and the Indian Institutes of Technology 🧪 smb.org/news/13482578

#SMB2025 #BiologyInNumbers
Mohit and I standing in a convention hall, with me holding a beer.
July 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
parmvir.com
One of the question prompts I have for this year's "minisodes", short recordings with #SMB2025 attendees, is: how do you overcome the overwhelm that is a scientific conference? I'm likely going to engage in some form of exercise 🏃‍♀️🏋️‍♀️

#ScientificConference #SelfCare
A mirror selfie of me at the gym surrounded by gym equipment.
July 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
parmvir.com
Around the same time I met up with incoming @smbmathbiology.bsky.social president Reinhard Laubenbacher; a scientist interested in using math to understand human disease. We talked about parasites, motorbikes, and digital twins. 🧪
smb.org/news/13425365

#SMB2025 #BiologyInNumbers #Scicomm
Reinhard standing to my right in the convention center.
July 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
parmvir.com
I caught Marissa Renardy in the coffee area, wearing a shirt from a previous @smbmathbiology.bsky.social in Montreal. Our first guest from industry, we spoke about big pharma, in silico trials, a new pharmacometrics subgroup, and sciencing for fun 🧪 smb.org/news/13506725

#SMB2025 #BiologyInNumbers
Marissa on my right wearing a shirt with a maple leaf design.
July 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
parmvir.com
I found Jay Newby seen here aptly standing in the plenary hall. His expertise lie in applied stochastic processes and machine learning tools for bio-image analysis. We chatted about his role as a meeting organizer, neurons & gumbatine.
smb.org/news/13516785
#SMB2025 #scicomm #BiologyInNumbers 🧪
Jay and I standing in the hall of the convention center in Edmonton.
July 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
parmvir.com
It's not an @smbmathbiology.bsky.social social if someone doesn't whip out a laptop.

#SMB2025
3 researchers in a bar, with their beers, sitting around a laptop.
July 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
parmvir.com
First was Mark Lewis, a math ecologist at the U of Victoria. He uses math models to understand the environment and our human impacts. In his episode we talked about: the Akira Okobu prize, the (excellently named) Fokker-Planck equation, and the movement of bears.
smb.org/news/13462349

#SMB2025
Mark is on the left of the stage at the podium. On the right is his presentation entitled: One equation helps solve three paradoxes in the spatial ecology of predators and prey. Mark and I standing together holding his award: a beautiful carved leaf with the Society for Mathematical biology inscribed.
July 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
parmvir.com
Another year, another @smbmathbiology.bsky.social, which I now consider my adoptive scientific society. This time with my new affiliation.
Wonderful opening words from outgoing president Jane Heffernan along with a prayer in Cree from a local elder.
#MathBio #SciComm
Me holding up my conference badge with my name and affiliation as Artha Science Media. Jane Heffernan standing on stage at the podium. A native elder in a rainbow skirt at the podium in her sunglasses. Me standing under a big slide announcing the next season of the SMB podcast Biology in Numbers. I'm pointing up at the picture of myself on screen.
July 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
parmvir.com
This year has been one of profound personal loss, but one advantage of my work is that I have opportunities to do something meaningful for others affected by #cancer.
My next gig explores flaws in healthcare, fair treatments access & innovations to address them.
#Scicomm #healthcare #SciencePodcast
A photo of a laptop and a journal with notes next to it. Overlaying text reads "working on new projects".
July 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
parmvir.com
A week away from the start of the @smbmathbiology.bsky.social meeting in #Edmonton so it seems like an apt time to share my convo with conference organizer, Jay Newby. You'll also hear me nerding out about potassium channels in neurons 🧠
smb.org/news/13516785

#SciencePodcast #BiologyInNumbers
July 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
parmvir.com
The latest @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #podcast was with Marissa Renardy. As someone with a background in Pharmacology it was cool to learn about the new SMB subgroup on Pharmacometrics, and to get a perspective from an industry scientist.
Here are deets for the full episode: smb.org/news/13506725
June 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
parmvir.com
The most recent Biology in Numbers episode with @danielcooney1.bsky.social is out! We had a lovely chat about his role managing social media for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social and his use of game theory to study #MathBio.

Find all the deets here: smb.org/news/13495634
May 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM