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.
Dr. Jeremy Seurat joins our group as a postdoctoral researcher. Seurat joins us from the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, or the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, where he completed is Ph.D. in biostatistics and biomathematics. Welcome Jeremy!
In early 2020, members of the Weitz Group were part of a dedicated team of Georgia Tech researchers, engineers, campus leaders, and staff members working to establish Georgia Tech’s surveillance testing program. The goal of the program was to use testing to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and increase campus safety. A collaborative paper on […]
Look for our new paper out in Ecology Letters, titled “Leapfrog dynamics in phage-bacteria coevolution revealed by joint analysis of cross-infection phenotypes and whole genome sequencing.” This work is was done in collaboration with researchers from the University of California in San Diego as well as former group members Shengyun Peng and Chun Yin Leung.
In collaboration with 13 other institutions, new work investigating changes in microbial metabolism with the diel cycle has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution. Led by Prof. Weitz, group members Daniel Muratore, who served as one of three co-first authors, Stephen Beckett, Ph.D., and Rogelio Rodriguez-Gonzalez contributed to this work. Read more about the paper […]
Recently there have been record-breaking numbers of Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations, likely caused by the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In spite of rising cases, many large events have been continuing as scheduled. The Covid-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool has been used to urge caution for high-risk events. Featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution‘s Get Schooled blog, the tool […]
Dr. Gabi Steinbach joins our group as the new Scientific Project Coordinator and Data Communications Specialist. Steinbach joins us from her former position as a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Physics at Georgia Tech. We are also excited for our former Scientific Project Coordinator and Data Communications Specialist, Dr. Jessica Irons, as she moves […]
As the holiday season approaches, many are looking for ways to make sure their holiday celebrations are safe. Recently featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Covid-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool is one of the many tools available to help you and your family make informed decisions this holiday season. Follow the tool at […]
Last November the Covid-19 Event Risk Assessment Planning Tool made headlines as people around the United States planned their holiday travel amidst rising Covid-19 cases and uncertainty. Now, the tool is in the news again. So far, the tool has been featured in national news outlets such as National Geographic, The Hill, and Fast Company, as well as […]
On November 18th, 2021, Ashley Coenen successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Inferring ecological interactions from dynamics in phage-bacteria communities,’’ earning her Ph.D. in physics. To learn more about Ashley’s dissertation, read the abstract below. Characterizing how viruses interact with microbial hosts is critical to understanding microbial community structure and function. However, existing methods for quantifying bacteria-phage […]
Quantitative Biosciences Ph.D. student Marian Dominguez-Mirazo successfully defended her thesis proposal on October 19th, 2021. We are delighted to feature Marian to commemorate her successful defense and progression to Ph.D. candidate. Originally hailing from Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, Marian joined the Weitz Group in 2018 after completing a bachelor’s degree in Genomics at the National University […]