Investigating how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet.
Investigating how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet.
Investigating how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet.
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 the Institute of Biology at the École Normale Supérieure (IBENS) in Paris as part […]
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 Raunak through the UMD Center of Excellence in Microbiome Studies to support his research project […]
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” addresses the urgent global challenge of antimicrobial resistance through innovative approaches in phage therapy. Focusing on enhancing the efficacy of phage […]
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 diagnostic advancements. These talks were followed by engaging student lunches, providing networking opportunities and career insights. BEES Seminars The BEES (Behavior, […]
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 photosynthetic microbes that drive the base of marine food webs. As shared by the University of Maryland’s Biology Department, “the findings […]
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 public research university based in Paris, France, the course will take place from July 8-12. This […]
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 book serves as “a hands-on approach to quantitative reasoning in the life sciences.” Combined with companion guides in MATLAB, […]
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 support advanced training, networking events, and professional travel to conferences and peer institutions, as well as […]
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 Estimator is designed to provide personalized estimates of protection against infection, and against severe disease based on […]
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 UMD’s Department of Biology, Weitz shared the following: “Given my […]