Look for our paper in NatureMedicine
Several members of the group and our collaborators published an article in Nature Medicine where we modeled shield immunity. With shield immunity, Covid-19 recovered individuals (with antibodies against Covid-19) could be deployed as focal points for safer...
Demory and Coenen publish a paper on marine viral ecology
David Demory and Ashley Coenen recently published an article in mSystems “Linking Light-Dependent Life History Traits with Population Dynamics for Prochlorococcus and...
Welcome to the group, Dr. Lucia-Sanz
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...
Rogelio Rodriguez Gonzalez publishes phage-antibiotics paper in mSystems
Rogelio Rodriguez Gonzalez’ recently published his paper entitled “Quantitative Models of Phage-Antibiotic Combination Therapy” in mSystems. Congratulations,...
Prof. Weitz publishes opinion piece in the Atlanta Journal Constitution condemning Georgia Tech’s “temporary” student fees
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...
Prof. Weitz publishes opinion piece in Atlanta Journal Constitution condemning President Trump’s border policy
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...
Prof. Weitz publishes opinion piece on university responses to the Parkland shooting
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,...
Joshua Weitz invites Georgia Tech to repeal the new “campus carry” law in Technique
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...
Prof. Weitz publishes opinion piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education
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...