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. Joshua Weitz — along with Richard E. Lenski, Lauren A. Meyers, and Johnathan Dushoff — wrote an opinion piece in the Atlanta Journal Constitution about the painful but practical decisions that will have to be made to mitigate Covid-19 spread. Citing the NCAA’s decision to restrict the number of fans allowed in upcoming March […]
David Demory and Ashley Coenen recently published an article in mSystems “Linking Light-Dependent Life History Traits with Population Dynamics for Prochlorococcus and Cyanophage”.
Adriana Lucia-Sanz, Ph.D. joined the Weitz group in March 2020 from Dr. Manrubia’s group in Spain. They hold a Ph.D. on Virus Evolution. Their principal research interests focus on how biological systems behave in a quantitative and qualitative way, how we can describe them from the ground level, and into which extent a model captures […]
Rogelio Rodriguez Gonzalez’ recently published his paper entitled “Quantitative Models of Phage-Antibiotic Combination Therapy” in mSystems. Congratulations, Rogelio.
Prof. Weitz gives his opinion on the state of student fees for graduate students at Georgia Tech. As a professor and graduate studies director, I am deeply worried this practice of ever-increasing fees has been allowed to continue for far too long within the University System of Georgia without recognition of the pernicious effect fees […]
Prof. Weitz and assistant professor at Spelman College Maira Goytia share their opinions about President Trump’s border policy in the Atlanta Journal Constitution. There should be no doubt that the practice of separating children from families at borders and then confining separated children in cages should be described with the same term: child abuse.
A recent New York Times article on ‘Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each Day’ focused on the role of viruses of microorganisms in shaping life on Earth. The article highlighted a recent call for a new initiative in this area, proposed by Prof. Weitz and colleagues – Prof. Steven Wilhelm (UT-Knoxville) […]
Prof. Weitz urges universities in Georgia to speak on the civic engagement of high school students following the shooting in Parkland, Florida. What should institutions of higher learning do in response? Following on Parkland, more than 250 colleges and universities, both public and private from across the United States – from Texas to Florida to California […]
Joshua Weitz wrote a letter to the editor of Technique, the Georgia Tech student newspaper, inviting the institution to repeal the new campus carry law. In assessing various other campus carry bills and gun-related incidents, a 2016 Johns Hopkins public health policy report concluded that more guns on campus are “unlikely to lead to fewer […]
Prof. Weitz recently published an opinion piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education addressing the impacts of the current administration on scientific research. Image via The Chronicle.