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.
A new paper authored by Tapan Goel, along with Stephen Beckett and Prof. Joshua Weitz, has been published in Virus Evolution. The study, titled “Eco-evolutionary dynamics of temperate phages in periodic environments,” uses non-linear differential equations to simulate how temperate viruses evolve in response to periodic fluctuations in the environment. The paper sheds light on how […]
Prof. Joshua Weitz recently joined Dr. Teri Markow on the Critical Speaking Podcast to discuss the role of asymptomatic individuals in the spread of COVID-19 and the broader implications for how we understand and prepare for pandemics. The conversation covers the science behind “silent transmission,” the challenges it poses for public health responses, and what […]
The Weitz Group is thrilled to announce that Marian Dominguez-Mirazo has successfully passed her thesis defense and has earned a Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences from the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech. Her dissertation, “Impact of Latent Period Variability on Viral Dynamics,” offers new insight into how natural variation in phage infection timing influences […]
Congratulations to Emma Wachter, an undergraduate researcher in the Weitz Group, for successfully defending her Honors Thesis titled “Assessing mechanisms of non-exponential decay in viral systems.” After graduating this May, Emma will join the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for a postbac before pursuing graduate studies. We’re excited to see what comes next!
A new paper co-led by Prof. Weitz has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Entitled “Evidence for temporal partitioning of phosphorus uptake in microbial communities of the North Atlantic Ocean,” the study reveals that marine microbes reduce competition by absorbing nutrients at different times of day, offering new insight into how […]
This press release was originally published by the University of Maryland’s Department of Biology. Researchers at the University of Maryland and University of Pennsylvania show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide. In the wake of sweeping cuts to federal funding for scientific […]
