Escherichia coli transcription factors RapA and SspA play opposing roles in tolerance to replication/transcription conflicts after DNA damage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.23.701399v1

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 🧪 🧫 ✏️

An aside from the typical scientific programming. *record scratch* @thebeaches.bsky.social did the @npr.org tiny desk concert! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOmP... I've totally obsessed over last couple years with this awesome girly pop punk group for Toronto! We now resume with microbiology...

The Beaches: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

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Sometimes 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 ✡️ 🧫 🧬

Thanks for the highlight, @genetics-gsa.bsky.social! 🧫🧬🧪

Genetics Society of America@genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How do spontaneous mutations arise? In this latest #GENETICS review, Susan Lovett and @thalia.bsky.social provide a detailed overview of bacterial genetics experiments instrumental in understanding how genomes change. buff.ly/CXJnTqn

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...

Always happy to chat about microbiology, the development of bacterial genetics, and any hockey game (from the NHL to my silly rec team)! 🏒🧬🧫🧪 doi.org/10.1093/gene...

The nature of mutation: a legacy of bacterial genetics

Abstract. A central question in the fields of genetics and evolution was the nature and origin of spontaneous mutation. Bacterial genetic experiments throu

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Genetics Society of America@genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@thalia.bsky.social is a Postdoc in Molecular & Cell Biology and a Lead Science Communication Fellow at Brandeis University. Outside of the lab, Thalia enjoys playing recreational ice hockey and traveling with her partner.

I 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." 🧪🧫🧬📚 doi.org/10.1093/gene...

The nature of mutation: a legacy of bacterial genetics

Abstract. A central question in the fields of genetics and evolution was the nature and origin of spontaneous mutation. Bacterial genetic experiments throu

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@thalia.bsky.social coli chromosome damaged unleashes stressed pol activate self-care #sciku 🧪🧬🔬🧫🦠 #Phages2025 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

@thalia.bsky.social: the transcription factor “stringent starvation protein” SspA is an important regulator of AZT(DNA damage)-induced genes #phages2025 🦠 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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... 🧪🧬🧫🦠

cool 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.'" www.boston.com/news/local-n...

BU professor finds extensive effects of Trump-era policies in Massachusetts

In a new report, a professor at Boston University warns that the Trump administration's policies threaten the Massachusetts economy.

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Having 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 🏒

Michele is wonderful! During my PhD I commissioned this piece that eventually became a figure in my dissertation 🧫🧬🧪

Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · last yr.

The fact that you've never heard of me doesn't mean I haven't done anything #sciart

With the rising price of eggs these days, I’m so glad my partner had the sense to buy in bulk

Did 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. 🧪📚

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. 🧪🧫

NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters nyti.ms/4iFAI5X

NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters (Gift Article)

About 19 positions will be cut, including those in offices focused on technology policy and diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Going 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! 🏒🥅❤️

Boston Fleet@bostonfleet.com · last yr.

Battle in Boston 😎 🆚: @victoire-lphf.bsky.social ⏰: 2:00 PM ET 📍: Agganis Arena 📺: NESN 🎟️: bit.ly/4bCNVKv

The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether. https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq

Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science

As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.

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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!

#standupforscience2025 ❤️

Thalia, PhD@thalia.bsky.social · last yr.

The 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 🧪🧫❤️

The 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 🧪🧫❤️

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Expression 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 ✡️

“Your work is your rebellion” 💪 www.reddit.com/r/labrats/co...

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 🏒🥅📚

A 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!! ✍️🧫🧪

They found a way to litter from space

Kelsey Johnson@profkelsey.bsky.social · last yr.

Something else to thank EM for. "The sustained rate of daily reentries is unprecedented," says Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics who tracks satellites. "They are retiring and incinerating about 4 or 5 Starlinks every day." @planet4589.bsky.social #astronomy

The 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 ✍️🧪🧫