David Basanta

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%.

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 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.

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

GitHub - milesmcc/truthsocial: Automatically updated dump of Truth Social's source code (reskinned Mastodon) Automatically updated dump of Truth Social's source code (reskinned Mastodon) - milesmcc/truthsocial

regular random reminder that Truth Social is just a skinned Mastodon instance github.com/milesmcc/tru...

Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.

Planwirtschaft

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Look who's here now

excellent title

To have this paper appear the same day that RFK Jr is canceling all mRNA vaccine funding is further indication that irony is not dead, even though we might all be soon.

Come visit and meet scientists right here in Tampa bay - if you are looking for a postdoc position in cancer research we want to hear from you …

How Trump Killed Cancer Research Attempting to eliminate funding for certain kinds of “woke” studies, the Trump administration erased hundreds of millions of dollars being used for cancer research.

What happens when you cancel hundreds of cancer research grants, halt trials, freeze funding, lay off thousands of employees at FDA, NIH, CDC?

You don’t just hurt science. You hurt the people - patients waiting for hope. This isn’t just politics. It’s life or death for millions.

zurl.co/Fo9TM

age is just a number...that is, the number of years after completed your PhD that is

please do!

A #MathOnco conference in beautiful St Pete Beach, FL in the Tampa Bay Area you say? in late October when the weather will be wonderful you say? organized by @sandy and the folks at @math.onco you say?

https://mathematical-oncology.org/mathonco25

Ammar Omar did an incredible job this summer, working with our own Dr Tatiana Moto to study the establishment of #metastases in #TNBC (breast cancer). Great job Ammar!

We had the pleasure of hosting a high school student as part of @mathonco.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social HIP-IMO program led by Dr Renee Brady
www.moffitt.org/education/re...

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Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to NIH, other health agencies

and it gets better if you have a VPN with an ad-blocker like @proton.me

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n...

Abstract submission is now open for #MathOnco25! So please go ahead and submit asap to have a chance of getting one of our travel awards: mathematical-oncology.org/mathonco25

Trump’s NIH cuts are hitting cancer research hard. NCI scientists say grant funding has been slashed, lifesaving trials canceled, and top researchers pushed out. It's a crisis in the making, and lives are on the line.

NIH employees spoke out. Support them here ➡️zurl.co/2AW7t

zurl.co/6FaQW

Interesting...

interesting...

To put this into perspective, in almost 15 years since my postdoc, the best score I have received on an R01 is 8%. You will need a score of 1 - 5% to land a new grant this year, and likely for years to come. I hope you can pull it off, but this is an insane standard that only a lucky few will hit

New analysis predicts sprawling effects of proposed NIH budget cuts Initial analyses of the Trump administration’s proposed NIH cuts neglect key aspects of their long-term economic and health impact, study says.

Proposed NIH cuts predicted to cause a drop in the US scientific workforce, to reduce support for public health, and to create gaps in scientific knowledge. Story by @aniloza.bsky.social
industryhttps://www.statnews.com/2025/07/28/nih-cuts-new-study-says-long-term-they-will-cost-more-than-saved/

Rasmus Jarlov on Twitter writes: "There is nothing to celebrate. Moving from average tariffs of less than 2% on trade between the USA and Europe to 15% under today’s deal will inevitably lead to inflation. Almost everything will become more expensive in both Europe and the USA, and we will all be worse off. The economic illiteracy in the White House is doing serious damage to the West." Stylish Skunk replies: "I have a feeling you have 0 idea what you're talking about. In fact I know you do." Rasmus Jarlov responds: "Of course. I am former minister of trade in Denmark and you are an anonymous Twitter profile. You probably know a lot more than me. For sure."

lol

I don’t know much about plumbing, and even less about household electrical supply, so when I encounter an issue I ask someone trained and certified in these things for their advice and experience. Surprisingly the ‘circuit breakers are woke nonsense’ YouTube channel is not reliable.

Congratulations to you and @fertiglab.bsky.social

FY25 paylines drop to 4th percentile—a historic low—as NCI braces for Trump’s FY26 budget cuts - The Cancer Letter NCI announced that the paylines for R01 grants for established and new investigators are expected to drop to the 4th percentile—a historic low for the institute. To access this subscriber-only content please log in or subscribe.If your institution has a site license, log in with IP-login or register for a sponsored account.**Not all site licenses […]

FY25 paylines drop to 4th percentile—a historic low—as NCI braces for Trump’s FY26 budget cuts
https://cancerletter.com/cancer-policy/20250725_5a/

The world is making impressive progress averting cancer And there are more improvements to come

The world is making impressive progress averting cancer
https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/07/17/the-world-is-making-impressive-progress-averting-cancer?giftId=1fe7f1e0-8ed0-499e-b2ed-b3ff85d80899&utm_campaign=gifted_article

Discovering mechanisms of response via CSI (Cancer Systems Immunology) mathematical-oncology.org

In this week's post Jesse Kreger (@adamlmaclean.bsky.social‬) discusses his latest work in #cancer #systems #immunology together with Edgar Gonzalez to study the mechanisms of response of breast cancer to #checkPointInhibitors