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...
Virivores, the organism can eat up to a million viruses a day
Prof. Weitz was recently featured in EL PAÍS as an expert reference on why microbes may be motivated to consume viruses. “Because viral genomes are relatively densely packed – and because genetic material is rich in phosphorus – viruses have higher phosphorus content...
Bacteria-Virus Arms Race Provides Rare Window into Rapid and Complex Evolution
This press release was originally published on https://today.ucsd.edu. As conceived by Charles Darwin in the 1800s, evolution is a slow, gradual process during which species adaptations are inherited incrementally over generations. However, today biologists can see...
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...
Researchers to Lead Paradigm Shift in Pandemic Prevention with NSF Grant
This story was written by Bryant Wine, and was originally published by the School of Computational Science and Engineering. One lesson learned from the Covid-19 pandemic is that human behavior is a difficult variable to consider when predicting and preventing disease...