Prof. Weitz to Give Closing Chaire Blaise Pascal Lecture in Paris
Prof. Weitz will deliver soon deliver his closing lecture as the Chaire Blaise Pascal of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France. Weitz has held the Blaise Pascal International Chair of Excellence since 2021, and conducted a year of research based at...
Raunek Day Receives Three University Awards
Group member Raunek Dey, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Physics, has recently received three awards through the University of Maryland (UMD) to fund his research and conference travel. UMD Microbiome Center Summer Scholarship This scholarship was awarded to...
Rogelio Rodriguez-Gonzalez Defends His Ph.D. Thesis
Rogelio Rodriguez-Gonzalez recently defended his thesis, successfully earning a Ph.D. in Biology in Quantitative Biosciences from Georgia Tech. His project entitled “Computational Models of Phage Therapy from In Vitro Settings to In Vivo Infections”...
Sharing Science: A Semester of Noteworthy Seminars
During the Spring ’24 semester, the Weitz Group welcomed many distinguished experts in virology and mathematical biology through several University of Maryland (UMD) seminar series, fostering insights into viral ecology, infectious disease dynamics, and...
New paper published in Nature Communications
A new paper has been published in Nature Communications. Entitled “Disentangling top-down drivers of mortality underlying diel population dynamics of Prochlorococcus in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre,” the study provides insights into the lifecycle of...
Prof. Weitz to Chair Week-Long Quantitative Viral Dynamics Course in Paris
Prof. Joshua Weitz will serve as the chair for a week-long, interactive course entitled ‘Quantitative Phage-Bacteria Dynamics Across Scales’, to be held in Paris this summer. Hosted by the Q-Life Institute at Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) University, a...
Quantitative Biosciences Textbook and Lab Guides Now Available
After nearly 10 years in development, the textbook “Quantitative Biosciences: Dynamics across Cells, Organisms, and Populations” and associated lab guides are now available to order from Princeton University Press and Amazon. Written by Prof. Weitz, the...
Consider Supporting Our Research
Consider gifting to the Quantitative Viral Dynamics (QVD) Research Fund to support the professional development of students and early career researchers in the Weitz Group, who work to understand how viruses impact human and environmental health. Your gifts will...
Launch of the COVID-19 Immunity Estimator
Did you know that protection against COVID-19 weakens over time? Researchers in the Quantitative Viral Dynamics group have contributed to the development of the COVID-19 Immunity Estimator to help communicate this knowledge to the public. The COVID-19 Immunity...
The Weitz Group Moves to the University of Maryland
After over 15 years at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Prof. Weitz and his research group have moved to the University of Maryland. Weitz joins UMD as a professor of biology and the Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics. In a press release published by...
Prof. Weitz Serves as New Co-Chief Editor of Journal of Theoretical Biology
Prof. Weitz is now one of the chief editors of the Journal of Theoretical Biology. In this role, Weitz will advise on new directions for the journal, identify new topics for publication, write editorials, and more. Learn more about the editorial board...
Collaborative Paper Published in Science
Look for our new paper out in Science, titled “Rapid bacteria-phage coevolution drives the emergence of multiscale networks.” This work is was done in collaboration with Justin Meyer and his group of researchers from the University of California in San...