Launch of the COVID-19 Immunity Estimator
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...
The Weitz Group Moves to the University of Maryland
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...
Prof. Weitz Serves as New Co-Chief Editor of Journal of Theoretical Biology
Prof. Weitz is now one of the chief editors of the Journal of Theoretical Biology. In this role, Weitz will advise on new directions for the journal, identify new topics for publication, write editorials, and more. Learn more about the editorial board...
Collaborative Paper Published in Science
Look for our new paper out in Science, titled “Rapid bacteria-phage coevolution drives the emergence of multiscale networks.” This work is was done in collaboration with Justin Meyer and his group of researchers from the University of California in San...
Quan Nguyen to join Bioengineering Ph.D. program at UPenn
Quan Nguyen, an undergraduate Weitz Group member since 2020, just graduated with a B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Quan has spent his time in the Group designing algorithms that estimate the risk scores of viral infections. This fall, Quan will be...
Jeremy Harris to Join Rose Hulman College as A Visiting Assistant Professor
Dr. Jeremy Harris will be leaving the Weitz Group to start at the Rose Hulman College in August 2023. Dr. Harris accepted a position as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics. Congratulations Jeremy on this next step in your...
Dr. Justin Meyer Visits From UCSD
Dr. Justin Meyer is an associate professor in the Department of Ecology, Behavior & Evolution at the University of California- San Diego and head of the Meyer Lab. Dr. Meyer’s research focuses on experimental microbial ecology and evolution. Dr. Meyer presented a...
Shashwat successfully defends his dissertation, earning his Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering.
On March 22nd, 2023, Shashwat Shivam successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Endogenous and Exogenous Control of Virus-Host Dynamics,’’ earning his Ph.D. in electrical & computer engineering. Congratulations, Shashwat! To learn more about Shashwat’s...
localcovid19now: an updated software to map local Covid-19 case data published in Journal of Open Source Software
localcovid19now is an R package that allows users to process and map Covid-19 infections in subnational locations using a variety of data including population estimates, Covid-19 case data and spatial geometry in order to better estimate Covid-19 risk. localcovid19now...
Dr. Elaine Luo Visits From UNC-Charlotte
Dr. Elaine Luo is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and head of the Microbial Ecology Lab. Dr. Luo’s research aims to address how microbes impact marine ecology and carbon cycling. Dr. Luo...
New Paper Assessing Uptake of Recent Covid-19 Bivalent Booster Published in CDC’s MMWR
There has been a low uptake of the new (available since early September ’22) bivalent booster COVID-19 vaccine in the USA (~15% of the population as of 10th January 2023). In this work, we set to ask the reasons why people are, or are not, electing to take the...
Quan Receives the Thomas L. Gossage International Enrichment Scholarship
Quan (King) Nguyen, a chemical & biomolecular engineering undergraduate that has been in the Weitz Group since 2020, has recently been selected by the Student Awards Committee of the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering as the recipient of the Thomas...