SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
The SMB is dedicated to the advancement of research at the interface between the mathematical and biological sciences. smb.org
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Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Join us for an @smtpb.bsky.social workshop on Modern Coexistence Theory. We'll cover mathematical foundations, the theory of partitioning, and data-based applications. Featuring @swatipatel.bsky.social, Nick Kortessis, & Lauren Shoemaker. Zoom link here: smtpb.org/event-6426026
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I had the privilege of giving Science Saturday, an engaging public lecture meant to spark curiosity about the wonders of science. My talk, “The Physics of Mysterious Droplets,” explored liquid-like droplets inside our cells and the physics behind their behavior: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R16...
The Physics of Mysterious Cellular Droplets
YouTube video by WU Physics Department
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November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I had the privilege of giving Science Saturday, an engaging public lecture meant to spark curiosity about the wonders of science. My talk, “The Physics of Mysterious Droplets,” explored liquid-like droplets inside our cells and the physics behind their behavior: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R16...
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I’m excited to be included on the list as an Affiliate Member of NITMB. I look forward to visiting the Institute more often and actively participating in the scientific community!
🎉 We're excited to welcome 45 new Affiliate Members joining NITMB!
Our new members come from institutions across the nation and world, bringing expertise spanning a wide array of mathematical and biological disciplines to our community
Meet our new Affiliate Members at tinyurl.com/5dxdtjy9
Our new members come from institutions across the nation and world, bringing expertise spanning a wide array of mathematical and biological disciplines to our community
Meet our new Affiliate Members at tinyurl.com/5dxdtjy9
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’m excited to be included on the list as an Affiliate Member of NITMB. I look forward to visiting the Institute more often and actively participating in the scientific community!
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Very proud that @gauravathreya.bsky.social's brilliant work based on his Master's thesis is out as his first paper in @asn-amnat.bsky.social. Interested in host-symbiont interdependence, eukaryogenesis, evolutionary transitions in individuality, and some great theory to back it?...check out the🧵👇
Interested in host-symbiont interdependence, eukaryogenesis, and evolutionary transitions in individuality? my first paper just came out! With @gokhalecs.bsky.social and Pete Czuppon, we study when & how individuality emerges in a host-endosymbiont collective doi.org/10.1086/737588 a short thread🧵:
July 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Very proud that @gauravathreya.bsky.social's brilliant work based on his Master's thesis is out as his first paper in @asn-amnat.bsky.social. Interested in host-symbiont interdependence, eukaryogenesis, evolutionary transitions in individuality, and some great theory to back it?...check out the🧵👇
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Excited to report that this paper has been accepted at Royal Society Open Science. Updated version coming soon!
New preprint from @tobyhandfield.bsky.social and me!
We analyze authorship order norms from two perspectives: (1) why do disciplines have different norms and (2) do those different norms affect what kinds of collaborations take place.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.07364
We analyze authorship order norms from two perspectives: (1) why do disciplines have different norms and (2) do those different norms affect what kinds of collaborations take place.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.07364
The Evolution of Scientific Credit: When Authorship Norms Impede Collaboration
Scientific authorship norms vary dramatically across disciplines, from contribution-sensitive systems where first author is the greatest contributor and subsequent author order reflects relative input...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Excited to report that this paper has been accepted at Royal Society Open Science. Updated version coming soon!
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New work by Emily Oby et al. in Nature Neuroscience demonstrates that neural population activity in motor cortex follows fixed dynamical constraints: monkeys could not volitionally reorder or reverse latent trajectories during BCI control.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamical constraints on neural population activity - Nature Neuroscience
Oby, Degenhart, Grigsby and colleagues used a brain–computer interface to challenge monkeys to override their natural time courses of neural activity. They found the time courses to be highly robust, ...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New work by Emily Oby et al. in Nature Neuroscience demonstrates that neural population activity in motor cortex follows fixed dynamical constraints: monkeys could not volitionally reorder or reverse latent trajectories during BCI control.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In a few minutes, Cody FitzGerald from Northwestern University and @nitmb.bsky.social will be giving a talk on data-driven modeling of complex biological systems.
Please see below to join us at the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar.
Please see below to join us at the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar.
I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time).
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In a few minutes, Cody FitzGerald from Northwestern University and @nitmb.bsky.social will be giving a talk on data-driven modeling of complex biological systems.
Please see below to join us at the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar.
Please see below to join us at the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar.
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Sally Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social
and I are back with the next installment of “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, supported by @smtpb.bsky.social. Bob Holt shares his personal history and stories of his life in science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hX...
and I are back with the next installment of “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, supported by @smtpb.bsky.social. Bob Holt shares his personal history and stories of his life in science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hX...
Robert D. Holt interview
YouTube video by SMTPB
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May 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sally Otto @sarperotto.bsky.social
and I are back with the next installment of “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, supported by @smtpb.bsky.social. Bob Holt shares his personal history and stories of his life in science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hX...
and I are back with the next installment of “Reflections on the history of modeling and theory”, supported by @smtpb.bsky.social. Bob Holt shares his personal history and stories of his life in science: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8hX...
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Come join us in July 2026 for the 14th European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology in Graz, Austria!
Registration opens now: ecmtb2026.org
#ECMTB’26
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
Registration opens now: ecmtb2026.org
#ECMTB’26
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology 2026
ECMTB is coming to Graz, Austria in July 2026. Registration and Call for Contributions are open!
ecmtb2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Come join us in July 2026 for the 14th European Conference on Mathematical & Theoretical Biology in Graz, Austria!
Registration opens now: ecmtb2026.org
#ECMTB’26
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
Registration opens now: ecmtb2026.org
#ECMTB’26
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
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Right now, Professor Swati Patel from Oregon State University is giving a talk on the survival or extinction of structured populations in the presence of pulsed controls.
Please see below for information to join.
Please see below for information to join.
I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time).
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
sites.google.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Right now, Professor Swati Patel from Oregon State University is giving a talk on the survival or extinction of structured populations in the presence of pulsed controls.
Please see below for information to join.
Please see below for information to join.
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We are organizing a mini-symposium at the SMB Annual Conference ECMTB 2026 in Graz, July 13-17, around the general theme of cell and development.
If you are interested in speaking, let us know by signing up here: forms.gle/L8E1cFzPuSRS...
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
If you are interested in speaking, let us know by signing up here: forms.gle/L8E1cFzPuSRS...
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
Speakers for SMB 2026 CDEV Minisymposium
Are you interested in attending SMB 2026 and speaking in the CDEV Mini-symposium? Sign-up below!
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November 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We are organizing a mini-symposium at the SMB Annual Conference ECMTB 2026 in Graz, July 13-17, around the general theme of cell and development.
If you are interested in speaking, let us know by signing up here: forms.gle/L8E1cFzPuSRS...
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
If you are interested in speaking, let us know by signing up here: forms.gle/L8E1cFzPuSRS...
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
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Right now, Dr. Ruby Kim from the University of Michigan is giving a talk on Mechanistic Modeling of Dopamine Rhythms.
Please see below for information to join the seminar.
Please see below for information to join the seminar.
I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time).
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
sites.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Right now, Dr. Ruby Kim from the University of Michigan is giving a talk on Mechanistic Modeling of Dopamine Rhythms.
Please see below for information to join the seminar.
Please see below for information to join the seminar.
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Really enjoyed chatting with @parmvir.com on the Biology in Numbers podcast! Thanks for having me. open.spotify.com/episode/2oIC...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Really enjoyed chatting with @parmvir.com on the Biology in Numbers podcast! Thanks for having me. open.spotify.com/episode/2oIC...
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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
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
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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
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
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Right now, Dr. Hyukpyo Hong from the University of Wisconsin - Madison is giving a talk on asymptotic robustness of biochemical systems.
Please see below for more information about the seminar.
Please see below for more information about the seminar.
I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time).
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
sites.google.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Right now, Dr. Hyukpyo Hong from the University of Wisconsin - Madison is giving a talk on asymptotic robustness of biochemical systems.
Please see below for more information about the seminar.
Please see below for more information about the seminar.
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Last call! Share your work, ideas and perspectives
@biologists.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@stemcellnetwork.ca
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
#virtualtwins
#digitatwins
#mathematicalbiology
#insilicotrials
#cellmodels
www.nature.com/collections/...
@biologists.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@stemcellnetwork.ca
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
#virtualtwins
#digitatwins
#mathematicalbiology
#insilicotrials
#cellmodels
www.nature.com/collections/...
Virtual human development: merging experiments and theory to understand human development
This Collection invites research leveraging experimental and theoretical models, and advanced research tools to study human development.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Last call! Share your work, ideas and perspectives
@biologists.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@stemcellnetwork.ca
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
#virtualtwins
#digitatwins
#mathematicalbiology
#insilicotrials
#cellmodels
www.nature.com/collections/...
@biologists.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@stemcellnetwork.ca
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social
#virtualtwins
#digitatwins
#mathematicalbiology
#insilicotrials
#cellmodels
www.nature.com/collections/...
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I had a blast helping moderate “ From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins Virtual Conference” @smbmathbiology.bsky.social
#digitaltwins
#virtualtwins
#multiscalemodels
#digitaltwins
#virtualtwins
#multiscalemodels
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I had a blast helping moderate “ From Multiscale Immune Modeling to Medical Digital Twins Virtual Conference” @smbmathbiology.bsky.social
#digitaltwins
#virtualtwins
#multiscalemodels
#digitaltwins
#virtualtwins
#multiscalemodels
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Right now, we are hosting a talk by Professor Folashade Agusto from the University of Kansas. Please see the link below for more info about the talk.
I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time).
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
sites.google.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Right now, we are hosting a talk by Professor Folashade Agusto from the University of Kansas. Please see the link below for more info about the talk.
The first portion of this talk is about a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by Hwai-Ray Tung and Sean Lawley on the effect of missed doses of antibiotics on the dynamics of a bacterial infection.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The first portion of this talk is about a recent #BulletinMathBio paper by Hwai-Ray Tung and Sean Lawley on the effect of missed doses of antibiotics on the dynamics of a bacterial infection.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Right now, Ray Tung from the University of Utah is giving a talk titled "Strolling through space - missed antibiotic doses and extreme first passage times".
Please see the link below for more information about joining the seminar.
Please see the link below for more information about joining the seminar.
I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time).
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
sites.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Right now, Ray Tung from the University of Utah is giving a talk titled "Strolling through space - missed antibiotic doses and extreme first passage times".
Please see the link below for more information about joining the seminar.
Please see the link below for more information about joining the seminar.
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Thank you for joining us at today's entry in the NITMB Seminar Series!
@ssm57.bsky.social, Professor and Bliss Faculty Scholar of Bioengineering at the Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joined us this week to explore 'Crossfeeding Dynamics in Energy-Limited and Auxotrophic Systems'
@ssm57.bsky.social, Professor and Bliss Faculty Scholar of Bioengineering at the Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joined us this week to explore 'Crossfeeding Dynamics in Energy-Limited and Auxotrophic Systems'
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thank you for joining us at today's entry in the NITMB Seminar Series!
@ssm57.bsky.social, Professor and Bliss Faculty Scholar of Bioengineering at the Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joined us this week to explore 'Crossfeeding Dynamics in Energy-Limited and Auxotrophic Systems'
@ssm57.bsky.social, Professor and Bliss Faculty Scholar of Bioengineering at the Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, joined us this week to explore 'Crossfeeding Dynamics in Energy-Limited and Auxotrophic Systems'
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Right now, Naghmeh Akhavan from the University of Michigan is giving a talk about collective cell migration in Drosophila egg development.
See the post below for information about the seminar.
See the post below for information about the seminar.
I am happy to announce that the Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be returning for the Fall 2025 semester. Our talks will be held on Tuesdays at 11am US/Canada Eastern time (10am Central time).
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Please see the link below for more information.
sites.google.com/view/midwest...
Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar
The Midwest Mathematical Biology Seminar will be a series of virtual talks on mathematical biology featuring speakers from the Midwest region and beyond. All areas of mathematical biology will be repr...
sites.google.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Right now, Naghmeh Akhavan from the University of Michigan is giving a talk about collective cell migration in Drosophila egg development.
See the post below for information about the seminar.
See the post below for information about the seminar.
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Randomly listening to #BiologyInNumbers episodes (by @parmvir.com for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social) and really enjoyed @suzannesindi.bsky.social's! I wish I'd heard it during my Ph.D. - esp: "most of the time what you try does not work... it feels like you're always solving a puzzle".
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Randomly listening to #BiologyInNumbers episodes (by @parmvir.com for @smbmathbiology.bsky.social) and really enjoyed @suzannesindi.bsky.social's! I wish I'd heard it during my Ph.D. - esp: "most of the time what you try does not work... it feels like you're always solving a puzzle".
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Really enjoyed talking about mathematical biology (and a little about being an associate dean) in @parmvir.com's Biology in Numbers podcast on the 2025 @smbmathbiology.bsky.social annual meeting!
Bolero superfans, don't @ me! 🧪
(I'm at 33:43)
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Bolero superfans, don't @ me! 🧪
(I'm at 33:43)
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S3 Ep1: SMB 2025
Podcast Episode · Biology in Numbers · 09/29/2025 · 53m
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October 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Really enjoyed talking about mathematical biology (and a little about being an associate dean) in @parmvir.com's Biology in Numbers podcast on the 2025 @smbmathbiology.bsky.social annual meeting!
Bolero superfans, don't @ me! 🧪
(I'm at 33:43)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Bolero superfans, don't @ me! 🧪
(I'm at 33:43)
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Also starring:
@adamlmaclean.bsky.social
@gosiaweh.bsky.social
@mathcancer.bsky.social
@thomasewoolley.bsky.social
Luis Sordo Vieira
Mobolaji Williams
Kira Pugh
and Francisca Olajide
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social #scicomm #BiologyInNumbers
@adamlmaclean.bsky.social
@gosiaweh.bsky.social
@mathcancer.bsky.social
@thomasewoolley.bsky.social
Luis Sordo Vieira
Mobolaji Williams
Kira Pugh
and Francisca Olajide
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social #scicomm #BiologyInNumbers
This year's @smbmathbiology.bsky.social meeting provided us with another delightful mashup of math biologists (and me) talking about science, and in Amy's case, ultra-running and conference coffee ☕
Thanks to all the excellent attendees who agreed to speak with me for Biology in Numbers.
#scicomm
Thanks to all the excellent attendees who agreed to speak with me for Biology in Numbers.
#scicomm
I do regret not asking @parmvir.com about her ultra-running in the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/7rpv... but even better, she's interviewed here too!
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Also starring:
@adamlmaclean.bsky.social
@gosiaweh.bsky.social
@mathcancer.bsky.social
@thomasewoolley.bsky.social
Luis Sordo Vieira
Mobolaji Williams
Kira Pugh
and Francisca Olajide
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social #scicomm #BiologyInNumbers
@adamlmaclean.bsky.social
@gosiaweh.bsky.social
@mathcancer.bsky.social
@thomasewoolley.bsky.social
Luis Sordo Vieira
Mobolaji Williams
Kira Pugh
and Francisca Olajide
@smbmathbiology.bsky.social #scicomm #BiologyInNumbers