Thalia Newman

Originally from the Seattle area, Thalia attended Lafayette College in Easton, PA for her undergraduate education and graduated Magna cum Laude with her Bachelor's of Science in Biology with honors in 2023. While at Lafayette, she worked in the lab of Robert Kurt, studying TLR signaling cascades in monocytes and macrophages through computational and experimental approaches. Thalia is currently pursuing both a Ph.D. in Immunology and a M.S. in Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan, as a member of the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) research labs mentored by Jason Knight.

Neutrophil pro-inflammatory and pro-thrombotic signaling pathways relevant to antiphospholipid syndrome

Primary human cell culture, flow cytometry, bioinformatics

University of Michigan Research Training in Experimental Immunology (T32) Trainee (2024)

Phi Beta Kappa (2023)

Lafayette College Willis Roberts Hunt Biology Prize (2023)

Lafayette College George Wharton Pepper Prize Finalist (2023)

Beta Beta Beta (2022)

Kurt R, Newman T, Liew C. Predicting the therapeutic efficacy of TLR stimulated macrophages for cancer treatment [abstract]. In: The Journal of Immunology; May 2023; Washington, D.C.

Newman T, Taylor A, Kurt R, Liew C. The roles of lipopolysaccharide and flagellin in the TLR4 and TLR5 signaling cascades [abstract]. In: Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Meeting; March 2022; Center Valley, PA

Outside of lab, Thalia is the music director for the GradTONES, the University's graduate student a cappella group. She also enjoys hiking, painting, cooking, and watching women's soccer.