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Investigating how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet

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The group welcomes Siya Xie

May 16, 2022 by adavidson38 Leave a Comment

The group recently officially welcomed first-year Quantitative Biosciences PhD student Siya Xie. Siya is excited to begin research focusing the factors influencing the stoichiometric characteristics of marine bacteria, such as the carbon to nitrogen ratio in genome and proteins.  She is also investigating the genomic mutations affecting bacterial susceptibility to viral infection and designing a Machine Learning model that can predict the results of cross-infection from the genomic context. Besides research, Siya is also passionate about illustration, design, and 3D modeling, meanwhile dreaming of developing websites for interactive visualization of research.

 

Filed Under: New group member Tagged With: Marine viral ecology

Esther Gallmeier to join Applied Math PhD program at Cornell

May 5, 2022 by adavidson38 Leave a Comment

Esther Gallmeier, an undergraduate in the School of Mathematics and a Weitz Group member since fall 2021, is set to graduate tomorrow. Mentored by postdoctoral researcher Jeremy Harris, Gallmeier has spent her time in the Group conducting theoretical modeling research on the effects of correlations between population susceptibility and transmissibility on epidemic dynamics. This fall, Gallmeier will be starting a PhD in applied math at Cornell University in the fall.

“I am absolutely thrilled to join the Cornell Applied Math program to continue to learn and apply mathematics,” shares Gallmeier. “I’m looking forward to this opportunity to delve deeper into using math to understand the dynamical complexities of biological and physical systems.”

Congratulations to Esther on her coming graduation and embarking on the next step of her career.

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Register for the 6th annual Quantitative Biosciences hands-on modeling workshop

April 14, 2022 by adavidson38 Leave a Comment

Applications are now open to register for the 6th annual QBioS hands-on modeling workshop. This in-person, hands-on workshop, organized by the first-year cohort of Quantitative Biosciences PhD students, the first-year cohort of InQuBATE PhD students, Prof. Joshua Weitz, and  Prof. J.C. Gumbart, serves to introduce scientists of all experience levels to the process of modeling stochastic gene expression.

The workshop will include an opening lecture by group member and postdoctoral researcher, Adriana Lucia-Sanz, and a Plenery lecture by Professor Ido Golding, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). There will also be hands-on tutorials on implementing computational stochastic models of gene expression using Python or Matlab – no experience necessary!

To learn more or apply, visit https://workshop2022.qbios.gatech.edu

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Foundations of quantitative viral ecology

Winter school, “Quantitative Viral Dynamics Across Scales,” comes to a close

April 11, 2022 by adavidson38 Leave a Comment

Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) University hosted a winter school centered around Quantitative Viral Dynamics Across Scales. Organized by Prof. Weitz, the school ran for one week (March 21-25, 2022) in Paris, France, and aimed to “bring thought leaders in dialogue with the next generation of early-career scientists to advance the integrative study of quantitative viral dynamics across scales.” Prof. Weitz also served as a lecturer and Scientific Committee Chair. Other guest lecturers include Weitz Group research scientist David Demory, postdoctoral fellow Jacopo Marchi, and several group collaborators.

Filed Under: Education, Science Communication Tagged With: Education, Foundations of quantitative viral ecology, Science communication

The group welcomes Jeremy Seurat

February 15, 2022 by adavidson38 Leave a Comment

Dr. Jeremy Seurat joins our group as a postdoctoral researcher. Seurat joins us from the Steinbach joins us from the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, or the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, where he completed is Ph.D. in biostatistics and biomathematics. Welcome Jeremy!

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The Weitz Group

Investigating how viruses transform human health and the fate of our planet

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School of Biological Sciences
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Website developed by Audra Davidson for the Weitz Group, 2021. For more information on the group, contact Dr. Gabi Steinbach: gabi.steinbach (@) physics.gatech.edu

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