Parmvir K Bahia

As a newbie, here is my "about me": 🔧 My training is in pharmacology 💊, physiology 🫀 and neuroscience 🧠 📣 in 2023 I went from doing lab research to #scicomm 🫶 CEO of the nonprofit Scientists Inc and my own company Artha Science Media 🎙️ podcaster 🎪 science festival director 🤓 giant nerd for STEAM

On March 18, 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed the reins of the US Agency for International Development to Jeremy Lewin, a 28-year-old graduate of Harvard Law School and DOGE affiliate. But USAID HR said he was not onboarded.

Imagine being this fucking fragile. This kid is an absolute joy to watch. I hope he has an epic career ahead of him!

Community led public health measures FTW!

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

Initially failed to find parking, fought with the printer, but otherwise rather smoothly did the thing with @cancerevo.org this morning. No lines, no stress, and right on the USF campus. All excellent reasons to #VoteEarly. #midterms

Atomic Hands is partnering with Microsoft on a sign language research project. We’re looking for ASL annotators to join us for remote, part-time paid work! Deaf signers are highly encouraged to apply. Hearing signers are welcome too. Apply at bit.ly/AHxMS

This convo w/ @cosmicarturo.bsky.social is definitely more philosophical than your usual #BiologyInNumbers fare, but I think it makes it all the more worthwhile. Links to the full episode here: smb.org/news/13742866 #MathBio #MathOnco #complexity #Scicomm #SciencePodcast @smbmathbiology.bsky.social

Alright ocean 🌊 lovers, I could really use your help right now. FathomVerse, a citizen science 🧪 app for discovering ocean life 🦑, has been nominated for the Anthem Impact Awards (Sustainability, Environment, Climate). Please vote and help us win! celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting...

Barack Obama just delivered a blistering rebuke of Trump's actions against Ilhan Omar. This is worth reading in full.

So cool 😍

John Cleese once invited me on his GB News show, the topic was fully described in the invitation as ‘woke’. The other guest was Rob Schneider. I politely declined.

It's quite alarming that we're already having to filter AI-generated content out of our libraries, and I suspect this is very much the future. Though "AI authors" is a strange term. An AI can't be an author. It's a way of stealing other people's work.

Sharing a thoughtful conversation with the fantastic sci-comm expert, Dr. @parmvir.com for the @smbmathbiology.bsky.social's "Biology in Numbers" podcast about the unorthodox path that took me to mathematical oncology and fun craic. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/o5tVVXD Apple: buff.ly/TntQzOU

I am biased, @cosmicarturo.bsky.social and I go a long way back. But this is a great listen with a very thoughtful #methodology scientist

Join us tomorrow for the next MathBioNexus webinar! Charlotte Taylor Barca will explore mathematical approaches to understanding dynamic and heterogeneous cancer cell types in melanoma. 📅 Oct. 14 | 9 AM ET 🔗 Register: buff.ly/EX7XPNI #MathBio #MathematicalBiology

The next @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #MathBioNexus, features Charlotte Taylor Barca from @manchester.ac.uk. She'll describe the modeling process for a regulatory network of transcription factors providing a novel way to inform biological experiments in #melanoma. RSVP: cassyni.com/events/NSKuc...

Our long national nightmare of minimizing toxic chemicals in our food is finally over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I may or may not have spent several hours on Notion to help said productivity instead of doing actual work this week. 🫣

💜Applications are OPEN for the 2027 #DisabledInSTEM Mentorship Program! Join our 7th year of connecting disabled people in STEM with mentors & community. Mentors can be disabled or nondisabled allies! 📅 Apply by Dec. 11 Mentees: forms.gle/121MAZgCWBHW...
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Crystal by name, crystal-clear by nature, at least that is the goal for her science communication work. She's a first-gen Latina scientist that is passionate about viruses, scicomm and her dog and we talk about all these things (minus the pup). Full episode 🎧: 2scientists.org/podcast/crystal-clear

A lot of excitement on here about the article in Science summarising the discoveries of @alistairsponsel.bsky.social and Brian Sutton, just published in the Journal of the History of Biology. Some people have asked, so here is what I think they show, and what are the implications:

UK friends: Apply for the @prideinstem.bsky.social small grant scheme until October 30th (Halloween is the holiday of our people, after all). The theme is "Empowering Queer People With STEM", and grants of £1,000 will be awarded in late 2026. Spread the word! prideinstem.org/2026/10/01/s...

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One of the great long-term collaborations in my career has been with Ciencia Puerto Rico. The latest is a practical handbook with a chapter from me & Nic Bennett on "Using Self-Determination Theory to Facilitate for Shared Purpose and Sustained Engagement." www.cienciapr.org/en/media/41876

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In my latest for @undark.org, I compare AI adoption in science to the Ship of Theseus: "If you swap out every wooden plank on a ship over time, is it still the same vessel?" I argue that science derives authority from something more than data generation + publication. undark.org/2026/09/25/o...

It was lovely to hear about Sebastiano's work partly because we got to hear how his institution is legitimizing #SciComm as a pursuit in its own right, and partly because of the cool ways he's engaging audiences with research. I may or may not have taken notes for our own @scientistsinc.org events 🤫

Thank you to @cancerevo.org for being my co-host today 😄

Today's @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #MathBioNexus seminar was a fun one, so comes highly recommended. Fortunately, for anyone who missed it, you have a week to join the discussion and get Fred to answer any questions you may have. cassyni.com/events/S1zv5... #MathBio #SciSky 🧪

Anthropic "CRISPR-like system" opinion: based on where the biochemical/wet-lab validation currently stands as reported in their not-a-preprint, this is a marketing document. The humans involved have made some v. cool mol-bio discoveries in the past, and evidently they expect this to also have ...

Just signed this. My arXiv manuscripts are for the community of scholars and researchers (broadly construed to include those inside and outside of academia), not for plagiarizing bots.

Alright alright. This time with the actual link: cassyni.com/events/S1zv5...

Check out @cassyni.bsky.social talk: Cells, bureaucracy and corruption presented by Frederick R Adler 📅 Wednesday 23rd Sep 2026 ⏰ 13.00 PM (EDT) It's not to late to RSVP. Looking forward to seeing you then! @smbmathbiology.bsky.social #MathBio #MathOnco

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Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible

Authors!🚨 While you scramble for scarce $ 🤔 “Springer Nature reports revenue growth of 6.2%..and adjusted operating profit growth of 7.7%. They reported even more stunning submission growth of 30% and published article growth of 13%.” Publishing in society journals helps YOU not them👇🏻. Pass it on.

Better late than never they say... And this will be very VERY late, but looking forward to sharing our chat with Crystal Mendoza. At least we can argue we were timing it for #HispanicHeritageMonth 😬 #SciencePodcast #2Scientists

Just two doses of psilocybin administered before chemotherapy completely prevented mice from developing neuropathy go.nature.com/3SUD1uT

"the problem with vaccines is that they work too well. The incredible, astounding, profound wonders of vaccines led many people to think of measles as a rash, the flu as a bad cold, mumps as a thing that makes you look like Brando playing Don Corleone. " #VaccinesWork

Biology in Numbers – Episode 4.1 SMB 2026 ...where everyone got together to talk MathBio in Graz, Austria. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/byXRXui Listen on Apple: buff.ly/rXSyZiL

S4 of #BiologyInNumbers begins with another set of minisodes recorded at the @smbmathbiology.bsky.social/ESMTB meeting. We got to visit the lovely city of Graz to talk about: women’s health, social determination of measles, and a precious baseball card collection... smb.org/news/13686145 #MathBio

I had the pleasure of seeing Fred talk on this subject at #SMB2025 in Edmonton. As someone who has suffered from having to study these "biological bureaucrats" his talk was as insightful as it was entertaining. cassyni.com/events/S1zv5... @smbmathbiology.bsky.social

Our next #MathBioNexus event is up on the Cassyni platform. Use the link to RSVP and hear from Dr. Fred Adler about "Cells, bureaucracy and corruption". cassyni.com/events/S1zv5.... Of particular interest to anyone in: #SystemsBiology #EvolutionaryBiology #CancerBiology @smbmathbiology.bsky.social

If there are any PhD hopefuls on here, I wanted to share a few thoughts on your timeline for the upcoming admissions cycle, with apps due starting mid-November. What should you be doing right now? ✔️ Generating a list of schools ✔️ Reaching out to possible recommenders 🧵!