Jeremy Weisz

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Jeremy Weisz
Associate Professor

Graf Hall 250

I'm a microbiologist, a marine biologist and an ecologist. At Linfield, I teach the fall semester of Principles of Biology, Principles of Ecology and General Microbiology. I also teach Marine Ecology, Microbiology of Grapes and Wine and Bioinformatics. My research interests generally involve interactions between microorganisms and their hosts. I focus on marine inverts/microbes as well as wine grape/microbes.

Education

B.S., zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., marine sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research interests

I study the interactions between microbes and host organisms both in the ocean and in vineyards. I am interested in what marine bacteria do in their interactions with marine sponges. I’m also interested in how different farming practices impact the microbiomes of wine grapes.

Academic interests

I teach Principles of Biology, Principles of Ecology, General Microbiology and Marine Ecology. I also teach a course entitled Microbiology of Grapes and Wine as part of the wine studies program.

Publications

Morganti TM, Ribes M, Moskovich R, Weisz JB, Yahel G, Coma R (2021) In situ Pumping Rate of 20 Marine Demosponges Is a Function Osculum Area. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:583188. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.583188

Sacristan-Soriano O, Winkler M, Erwin P, Weisz, J, Harriott O, Heussler G, Bauer E, Marsden BW, Hill A, Hill M (2019) Ontogeny of symbiont community structure in two carotenoid-rich, viviparous marine sponges: comparison of microbiomes and analysis of culturable pigmented heterotrophic bacteria. Environmental Microbiology Reports 11: 249-261.

Butler MJ IV, Weisz JB, Butler J (2018) The effects of water quality on back-reef sponge survival and distribution in the Florida Keys, Florida (USA). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 503: 92–99.

Poppell E, Weisz J, Spicer L, Massaro A*, Hill A, Hill M (2014) Sponge heterotrophic capacity and bacterial community structure in high- & low-microbial abundance sponges. Marine Ecology 35: 414-424.

Massaro AJ*, Weisz JB, Hill MS, Webster, NS (2012) Behavioral and morphological changes caused by thermal stress in the Great Barrier Reef sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 416-417:55-60.

Weisz JB, Massaro AJ*, Ramsby B, Hill MS (2010) Zooxanthellar symbionts shape host sponge trophic status through translocation of carbon. Biological Bulletin 219:189-97.

Southwell MW, Weisz JB, Martens CS, Lindquist N (2008)In situ fluxes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen from the sponge community on Conch Reef, Key Largo, Florida. Limnology and Oceanography 53: 986-996.

Weisz JB, Lindquist N, Martens CS (2008) Do associated microbial abundances impact marine demosponge pumping rates and tissue densities? Oecologia 155:367-376.

Schmitt S, Wehrl M, Lindquist N, Weisz JB, Hentschel U (2007) Morphological and molecular analyses of microorganisms in Caribbean reef adult sponges and in corresponding reproductive material In: Custódio MR, Lôbo-Hajdu G, Hajdu E, Muricy G (eds). Porifera research: biodiversity, innovation and sustainability. Série Livros 28. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. pp. 561-568

Grants

2019: Oregon Wine Board “Terroir and Microbiomes: Examining the impacts of environmental variations and farming practices on wine grape microbiomes” ($31,039.30; in collaboration with Dr. Krista McGuire, U of Oregon).

2018: Oregon Wine Board “Terroir and Microbiomes: Examining the impacts of environmental variations and farming practices on wine grape microbiomes” ($27,463.23).

2016: National Science Foundation “Collaborative Research: RUI: Characterizing pathways of intracellular persistence in phototroph: sponge symbioses.” ($128,416; in collaboration with Dr. Malcolm Hill, U of Richmond).