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 Prof. Joshua Weitz and led by former graduate student, now postdoctoral researcher at the Plant Health Institute de Montpellier, Dr. Marian Dominguez-Mirazo is published in Science Advances. The study, in collaboration with group of Prof. Debbie Lindell, investigates how much variability exists from one infection to another in marine cyanobacteria […]
The University of Maryland launched 11 research impact projects via its Grand Challenges Grants Program in July. The Weitz group are involved with two of these funded efforts. Joshua Weitz is Director of the Predictive Biology Hub for Human and Environmental Health where he is joined by Associate Director Gabi Steinbach and Associate Director for Education, […]
We congratulate and welcome Spencer Hobson-Gutierrez, a new postdoctoral researcher joining us from NYU who will be working with the Weitz group and the Maltas group at the University of Maryland through a Quantitative Biology Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship. Additionally, we congratulate Weitz group postdoc Julie Pourtois on her Quantitative Biology Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship which will […]
The Chesapeake Aquatic Viral Ecology (CAVE) network, launched in 2025, is highlighted in Maryland Sea Grant’s On the Bay blog. The write up features 2025 and 2026 network meeting organizers: Stephen Beckett, Julie Pourtois and Tapan Goel. More information about the CAVE network can be found online.