Thalia, PhD
@thalia.bsky.social
Microbiologist. Bibliophile. Hockey fan.
PhD -> Postdoc @ Brandeis University
✡️ she / they / Dr ✌🏼
researchgate.net/profile/Thalia-Sass
PhD -> Postdoc @ Brandeis University
✡️ she / they / Dr ✌🏼
researchgate.net/profile/Thalia-Sass
Ballot #92 submitted for my local elections in Massachusetts today! Please go vote for your community 🗳️
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ballot #92 submitted for my local elections in Massachusetts today! Please go vote for your community 🗳️
Faculty Applications: Describe your teaching pedagogy
Me: Well, from what I have learned in the punk rock pit.... I meet every student where they are and pick them back up so they can achieve their career or personal goals
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Me: Well, from what I have learned in the punk rock pit.... I meet every student where they are and pick them back up so they can achieve their career or personal goals
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October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Faculty Applications: Describe your teaching pedagogy
Me: Well, from what I have learned in the punk rock pit.... I meet every student where they are and pick them back up so they can achieve their career or personal goals
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Me: Well, from what I have learned in the punk rock pit.... I meet every student where they are and pick them back up so they can achieve their career or personal goals
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These women, and the value they put on the self-determination of education, were a driving force for my PhD. They of course got the last word in the acknowledgements.
Happy Birthday to our Halcyon Matriarch
Happy Birthday to our Halcyon Matriarch
October 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
These women, and the value they put on the self-determination of education, were a driving force for my PhD. They of course got the last word in the acknowledgements.
Happy Birthday to our Halcyon Matriarch
Happy Birthday to our Halcyon Matriarch
A conference requested an image that represents my work for an invited talk…. I give you Emo. coli.
Also check out the paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Also check out the paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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August 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A conference requested an image that represents my work for an invited talk…. I give you Emo. coli.
Also check out the paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Also check out the paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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Michele is wonderful! During my PhD I commissioned this piece that eventually became a figure in my dissertation
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April 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Michele is wonderful! During my PhD I commissioned this piece that eventually became a figure in my dissertation
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With the rising price of eggs these days, I’m so glad my partner had the sense to buy in bulk
April 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
With the rising price of eggs these days, I’m so glad my partner had the sense to buy in bulk
Another friend from college is pregnant. Mazel Tov to her, but I'm staying pretty busy with a few billion children on these assay plates and the imploding world of academic science funding.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Another friend from college is pregnant. Mazel Tov to her, but I'm staying pretty busy with a few billion children on these assay plates and the imploding world of academic science funding.
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The 4 Nations Face-off is some of the most exciting hockey I’ve seen in a long time! Anytime the USA plays Canada something special will happen on the ice. 🥅🏒
What a treat for Boston to host part of the tournament!
What a treat for Boston to host part of the tournament!
February 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The 4 Nations Face-off is some of the most exciting hockey I’ve seen in a long time! Anytime the USA plays Canada something special will happen on the ice. 🥅🏒
What a treat for Boston to host part of the tournament!
What a treat for Boston to host part of the tournament!
Now that’s my kind of Little Free Library!
One of the greatest hockey movies of all time and very appropriate for a snowy Boston day 🏒🥅📚
One of the greatest hockey movies of all time and very appropriate for a snowy Boston day 🏒🥅📚
February 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Now that’s my kind of Little Free Library!
One of the greatest hockey movies of all time and very appropriate for a snowy Boston day 🏒🥅📚
One of the greatest hockey movies of all time and very appropriate for a snowy Boston day 🏒🥅📚
January 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A reminder from the entrance to the Brandeis science complex
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November 16, 2023 at 2:29 PM
A reminder from the entrance to the Brandeis science complex
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Local elections are important.
Did you vote and support your community today?
Did you vote and support your community today?
November 7, 2023 at 9:23 PM
Local elections are important.
Did you vote and support your community today?
Did you vote and support your community today?
Taking some time away from the bench after defending my PhD to do some light reading.
Inspiring and heartbreaking
🧪🧫 #WomenInSTEM
Inspiring and heartbreaking
🧪🧫 #WomenInSTEM
October 30, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Taking some time away from the bench after defending my PhD to do some light reading.
Inspiring and heartbreaking
🧪🧫 #WomenInSTEM
Inspiring and heartbreaking
🧪🧫 #WomenInSTEM
Good morning to everyone, but especially to my lab mate who made this thesis defense poster. It’s art, I love it. 🧪🧫
October 18, 2023 at 12:37 PM
Good morning to everyone, but especially to my lab mate who made this thesis defense poster. It’s art, I love it. 🧪🧫
The leaves are changing, the rinks are frozen, and there’s a lovely brisk breeze in the air - must be hockey season!
Happy first game, Blues! 💙
Happy first game, Blues! 💙
October 13, 2023 at 12:22 AM
The leaves are changing, the rinks are frozen, and there’s a lovely brisk breeze in the air - must be hockey season!
Happy first game, Blues! 💙
Happy first game, Blues! 💙
Happy Monday to all of the writers out there. Hope your day is more productive than this sponge 📝
October 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Happy Monday to all of the writers out there. Hope your day is more productive than this sponge 📝
Did I reorganize the LEGO lab bench to be more like my actual lab bench? ….maybe. 🧪🧫 #womeninstem
September 29, 2023 at 1:01 AM
Did I reorganize the LEGO lab bench to be more like my actual lab bench? ….maybe. 🧪🧫 #womeninstem
What one picture describes what it’s like working in your field? I’ll start for microbiology:
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September 9, 2023 at 4:17 PM
What one picture describes what it’s like working in your field? I’ll start for microbiology:
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How has the start of the week going you ask?
September 6, 2023 at 3:17 AM
How has the start of the week going you ask?
There are worse places to read papers and think about molecular mechanisms 🧪 #womeninSTEM
August 31, 2023 at 9:24 PM
There are worse places to read papers and think about molecular mechanisms 🧪 #womeninSTEM
Are there any Latin scholars out there?
I have an etching from the late 18th century with a sentence in Latin that I need some help translating.
I have an etching from the late 18th century with a sentence in Latin that I need some help translating.
August 14, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Are there any Latin scholars out there?
I have an etching from the late 18th century with a sentence in Latin that I need some help translating.
I have an etching from the late 18th century with a sentence in Latin that I need some help translating.
A very Blue Sky in the park today
August 6, 2023 at 9:52 PM
A very Blue Sky in the park today
The original inspiration - the single, circular chromosome. The delicate loops with the instructions for life (that the cell protects at all costs) is beautiful to me.
July 27, 2023 at 9:47 PM
The original inspiration - the single, circular chromosome. The delicate loops with the instructions for life (that the cell protects at all costs) is beautiful to me.