Microbiologist. Bibliophile. Hockey fan. PhD -> Postdoc @ Brandeis University ✡️ she / they / Dr ✌🏼 researchgate.net/profile/Thalia-Sasshttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3m4t2gnyj5s2kBallot #92 submitted for my local elections in Massachusetts today! Please go vote for your community 🗳️04 Nov 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4t2gnyj5s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3m4iymhq2tk2sFaculty 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 🧪 🧫 ✏️31 Oct 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4iymhq2tk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3m475w7elis2cAn aside from the typical scientific programming. *record scratch* @thebeaches.bsky.social did the @npr.org tiny desk concert! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmPUirn-eI I've totally obsessed over last couple years with this awesome girly pop punk group for Toronto! We now resume with microbiology...27 Oct 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m475w7elis2chttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3m2u5wrxclc2gSometimes I forget to type "coli" when googling genes. This time instead of finding search results for the transcription factor yidZ, I got a kosher B&B in Illinois and a "Judean Drip" instagram. Shalomie my prokaryotie homies ✡️ 🧫 🧬10 Oct 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2u5wrxclc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3m2mufrk4zs25Thanks for the highlight, @genetics-gsa.bsky.social! 🧫🧬🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Oct 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mufrk4zs25https://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lxicz76ci22jAlways happy to chat about microbiology, the development of bacterial genetics, and any hockey game (from the NHL to my silly rec team)! 🏒🧬🧫🧪 https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyaf144 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxicz76ci22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lxaheazfy22sI cannot fully put into words what publishing this Review has meant to me, so I leave you with how we closed the paper. "The humble bacterium is still a relevant tool for the study of the underlying mechanisms that are conserved throughout life." 🧪🧫🧬📚 https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyaf14425 Aug 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxaheazfy22shttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lvlwxhckgs2zA conference requested an image that represents my work for an invited talk…. I give you Emo. coli. Also check out the paper: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407832121 🧪🧬🧫🦠04 Aug 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlwxhckgs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lpmnzfo6is2zcool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool 🫠 🧪🧫📚 "'I call it a wrecking ball,' he said. 'It is a gigantic wrecking ball that’s hit Massachusetts.'" https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/05/20/bu-professor-finds-extensive-effects-of-trump-era-policies-in-massachusetts/20 May 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmnzfo6is2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lpa4ij5vhs2pHaving a great day? Go play hockey Shitty day? Better go play hockey Want to scream at the world? Take it out on the puck. Not enough steps for the day? Go skating Need an expensive coping mechanism? Try adult rec hockey 🏒15 May 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa4ij5vhs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lndegf6trc2lMichele is wonderful! During my PhD I commissioned this piece that eventually became a figure in my dissertation 🧫🧬🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndegf6trc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lltkhbq4422qWith the rising price of eggs these days, I’m so glad my partner had the sense to buy in bulk02 Apr 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltkhbq4422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lko7olhwbs2mDid I just sign up with an additional library network so I don't have to wait to borrow the next book in a series? Yes. My mental health is fragile and being held up by 40+hr historical fiction audiobooks while pipetting. 🧪📚18 Mar 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko7olhwbs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lkbhp66gss27Another 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. 🧪🧫13 Mar 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbhp66gss27https://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3ljut2l22ns26Going to see incredible women play hockey in Boston with the girlies of my rec league. Hockey women supporting women’s hockey on International Women’s Day. Perfection! 🏒🥅❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Mar 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljut2l22ns26https://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3linssiv6ek2kThe 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!21 Feb 2025 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3linssiv6ek2khttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lifqn6r22k2hThe 2nd date with my now spouse was meeting up at the Boston March for Science in 2017. 1. Support STEM 2. Meet the love of your life It’s a win-win 🧪🧫❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifqn6r22k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lhx3offorc25Expression of my Jewish identity today was making a dank chicken stock (and schmaltz!) from a Costco chicken carcass and veggies from the back of the fridge. No food waste & bubbe would be proud ✡️12 Feb 2025 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhx3offorc25https://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lhrb4p7cws2fNow 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 🏒🥅📚09 Feb 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhrb4p7cws2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lhpiqk5ikc2aA formal thank you to my high school French teachers because I can just about translate a bacteriology article published in 1939. Even more of a shout out to the Interlibrary Loan system for getting this obscure article in two days!! ✍️🧫🧪09 Feb 2025 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhpiqk5ikc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/thalia.bsky.social/post/3lhgzd7i4nc2xThe best place to write is a townie pub before 5pm. A+ people watching $4 beers Free Wifi Biggest hits of 1970-00's Awesome fried chicken & no one bothers me or asks wtf I'm doing ✍️🧪🧫05 Feb 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:lrg2geep544ad2cd4bobqqe7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgzd7i4nc2x