Parmvir K Bahia

@parmvir.com

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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

Screenshot of the ECMTB page for my presentation session. It shows details including the title: Meta-Perspectives on Mathematical Biology. It's in the Education and Outreach category. It is scheduled for Mondaty at 10:40am to 12:00pm and is in room HS 15.11. The organizers are Sara Hamis and Linnéa Gyllingberg.
Headshot of Lukas wearing glasses, against a leafy background
A scientific abstract from a paper reading: The structural, energetic and electronic properties of chiral (n, m) (3⩽n⩽6, n/2⩽m⩽n) single-wall copper nanotubes (CuNTs) have been investigated by using projector-augmented wave method based on density-functional theory. The (4, 3) CuNT is energetically stable and should be observed experimentally in both free-standing and tip-suspended conditions, whereas the (5, 5) and (6, 4) CuNTs should be observed in free-standing and tip-suspended conditions, respectively. The number of conductance channels in the CuNTs does not always correspond to the number of atomic strands comprising the nanotube. Charge density contours show that there is an enhanced interatomic interaction in CuNTs compared with Cu bulk. Current transporting states display different periods and chirality, the combined effects of which lead to weaker chiral currents on CuNTs.
Alicia wearing headphones and speaking via video conference.
A map of the Tampa Bay area with a proposed congressional map, marking districts and using red and blue dots to point out votes in the 2024 elections.
A video of Gary An in his office.
Ranjini on camera wearing some white earbuds
Phone notifications from our security camera in the garage. It repeatedly states that a pet has been spotted
Me standing in front of a giant blue backpack that is the same height as me.
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.
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"
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.
A picture of the national archives set against a blue sky with fluffy clouds.
A montage of Bollywood movie posters from the 60s, with vivid colored images and lettering with drop shadows.
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.
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.
Image of the england women's national team. Text reads, England through to final in dramatic style.
A laptop on the left and a set of lavalier mics resting on a table, with a blurred background.
A picture of me with Daniel, making me look shorter than I already am.
Suzanne and I, arms around each other, with conference attendees taking a coffee break in the background.
Stacey and I both wearing baggy blue jeans and dark colored shirts.
A bat shaped scientific poster titled Bat Maths.
Mohit and I standing in a convention hall, with me holding a beer.
A mirror selfie of me at the gym surrounded by gym equipment.
Reinhard standing to my right in the convention center.
Marissa on my right wearing a shirt with a maple leaf design.
Jay and I standing in the hall of the convention center in Edmonton.
3 researchers in a bar, with their beers, sitting around a laptop.
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.
Me holding up my conference badge with my name and affiliation as Artha Science Media.
A photo of a laptop and a journal with notes next to it. Overlaying text reads "working on new projects".
An audiogram with a headshot of Jay Newby. The subtitles read:  So it was in Seoul in 2024. It was a really great meeting and it's really daunting to have to follow that. So, I mean, they specifically told me that, I'm paraphrasing, but you need to make it as good as this. [Parmvir laughs] Well, Edmonton is the city in North America that no one has ever heard of. I think Seth Rogan even made a joke about it in a movie. I don't remember which one. That I'm from Edmonton, You've probably never heard of it. It is the northern most city in Canada, major city. There are a couple of million people here. And to answer your question, how do I think I'm going to measure up to the Seoul meeting, I don't know. But Edmonton is beautiful in the summer.
A headshot of Marissa with the text from the clip appearing to her right. Text reads:   You know, I've seen figures of the percentage of drugs that enter clinical trials that end up making it to approval, and it's pretty dismal. It's like less than 10%, depending on the therapeutic area that you're looking at. And so the hope is that with modeling we can make, you know, better informed decisions as far as weeding out the drugs that are not likely to succeed so that we don't waste time and resources running clinical trials that are going to fail, but also designing our clinical trials in a way that we are most likely to see a statistically significant benefit.
Audiogram of Daniel with a headshot.
An audiogram with a headshot of Mohit Kumar Jolly.
A small back and white print of a person with long flowing hair sleeping on clouds. The text reads "rest is productive".
A Garmin map of a 3 mile square-shaped route. Text underneath shows a distance of 30 miles and a total running time of 6 hours 51min.
A birds eye view looking down two pairs of legs in running gear. Running shoes are completely caked in mud.
A photo of my sister wearing a black sari, with her curly hair and makeup done, set against a pastel background. Flowers overlay the picture. The text underneath reads: Sukhneil Kaur Bahia. 4th February 1984 - 23rd February 2025.
Screenshot of the NHS blood donation website which asks "which of the following best describes your gender?". The options are: female, gender fluid, male, non-binary, questioning or prefer not to say.
A screech owl sitting on a glove.
A mural on a white wall with "love" written all over. In the middle is a set of butterfly wings with a human face. The eyes are covered with an eye mask that has the word "read" written on it.
Drs. Steven Bradley, Susan Vadaparampil and Brandon Blue, sitting around a table recording a podcast.
A view of a sewing kit with different colored threads on the left and buttons, needles and pins on the right.
Front cover of "Ours" by Phillip B. Williams, with 2 Black characters on the front
Front cover of "Last night at the telegraph club" by Malinda Lo. The artwork is of a Chinatown street in San Francisco. Most of the street is dark but for a couple spotlighted by a streetlight.
Español: Vista de un pequeño río que corre hacia casas coloridas esparcidas en las colinas del campo. English: View of a small river running up toward colorful houses dotted in hills in the countryside.
A white flag tapered from left to right. The right side has a zigzag edge. There is a red vertical stripe on the left. To the right of that is a dark blue vertical stripe with white stars that forms the top of of a letter T that spans from left to right. down the middle are thin yellow and red vertical stripes the color of the Spanish flag. In the middle is a round stamp with a picture of a pirate ship. The text underneath reads "mascotte" and the text around the edges read "city of Tampa, Florida", "organized July 15, 1887". To the right of that are two red chevrons pointing from right toward the center. Along the jagged "swallowtail" edges of the flag is a green arrow pointing toward the center. There are three small red squares on the tips of the swallow tail edges.
First post reads: ‪BKandCleo'sMom‬ Yes Kathy Castor is from Tampa, Florida. She's from a very blue district. Can't understand her reasoning for her vote other than hurricane relief which is still very needed in her area of Florida. She's not usually one to break from the party so 😱. Reply reads: I'm assuming she took the chance to vote yes as a "my vote was a compromise in exchange for disaster relief funds for my constituents" message to be sent back to her district while also knowing going into the CR vote that it was going to fail anyway.
Front cover of a book with a red background and two characters on the front with tentacles and other red and black cartoons around them. The title is Someone you can build a nest in by John Wiswell
Headphones with a soundwave between the earpieces, are set against a light blue background. The text at the top reads "cancer in our community". There is a white Moffitt Cancer Center logo in the bottom right.
My feet on a floral tile floor. I'm wearing clean, pale green coloured running shoes.
The bluesky roast app generated the following description of me: A SciComm Star on Bluesky: Science, Sass, and a Side of Chai Parmvir K Bahia is turning the science communication game into an art form, one post at a time. "imagine Einstein with a touch of sepia-toned Instagram aesthetic and a sprinkle of chai-spiced humor." 85% Authenticity 88% Thought Leader Key Topics 90% Chronic Illness Advocacy 95% Science Communication
Two small, yellow, gilled mushrooms looking like cocktail umbrellas can be seen in the dirt, surrounded by dead leaves and twigs.
A wooden mortar and pestle with a number of spices on a table. The spices are labeled and include: tea bags, cinnamon, green cardamom, fresh ginger and cloves. There's a little Pusheen cat drinking tea in the top left corner.
Heiko (left) and I (right) sitting at a small round table with microphones and recording gear on it. We are in Heiko's office. He has a computer behind him and a chalkboard and art on the wall.
The podcast logo consists of a square where the left half is blue and the right half white. There is a wave form across the top. The text reads Biology in Numbers podcast, and the Society for mathematical biology logo is in the bottom right.