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Portrait Alfons Weig

Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Keylab Genomanalytik & Bioinformatik


since 2015Head of the Genomics and Bioinformatics core facility at the University of Bayreuth
2015venia legendi (habilitation) in Botany
2007-2015Scientific and technical Coordinator of the DNA Analytics and Ecoinformatics Core Facility at the University of Bayreuth
2005-2007metanomics GmbH (BASF Plant Science), Berlin
2002-2005wiss. Mitarbeiter, University of Bayreuth, Plant Physiology (Projects)
1996-2002wiss. Assistent, University of Bayreuth, Plant Physiology (Projects)
1994-1996Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego (M. J. Chrispeels)
1994Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.)
1989-1994PhD work, University of Bayreuth
1984-1989Study in Biology, Universities of Bayreuth and Regensburg
Portrait Alfons Weig

Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Keylab Genomanalytik & Bioinformatik


Publications

2023

Rohrbach, Stephan; Gkoutselis, Gerasimos; Hink, Linda; Weig, Alfons; Obst, Martin; Diekmann, Astrid; Ho, Adrian; Rambold, Gerhard; Horn, Marcus A.
Microplastic polymer properties as deterministic factors driving terrestrial plastisphere micro ...
in Environmental Microbiology volume 25 (2023) issue 12. - page 2681-2697
doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16234 ...

Holzinger, Anja; Hink, Linda; Sehl, Elmar; Rüppel, Nadine; Lehndorff, Eva; Weig, Alfons; Agarwal, Seema; Horn, Marcus A.; Feldhaar, Heike
Biodegradable polymers boost reproduction in the earthworm Eisenia fetida
in Science of the Total Environment volume 892 (2023)
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164670 ...

Müller, Frank-Dietrich; Schüler, Dirk; Weig, Alfons
Complete genome sequencing and annotation of Rhodomicrobium vannielii strain DSM166 suggest aff ...
in Microbiology Resource Announcements volume 12 (2023) issue 12
doi:10.1128/MRA.00690-23 ...

Seidenath, Dimitri; Weig, Alfons; Mittereder, Andreas; Hillenbrand, Thomas; Brüggemann, Dieter; Opel, Thorsten; Langhof, Nico; Riedl, Marcel; Feldhaar, Heike; Otti, Oliver
Diesel exhaust particles alter gut microbiome and gene expression in the bumblebee Bombus terre ...
in Ecology and Evolution volume 13 (2023) issue 6
doi:10.1002/ece3.10180 ...

Hink, Linda; Holzinger, Anja; Sandfeld, Tobias; Weig, Alfons; Schramm, Andreas; Feldhaar, Heike; Horn, Marcus A.
Microplastic ingestion affects hydrogen production and microbiomes in the gut of the terrestria ...
in Environmental Microbiology volume 25 (2023) issue 12. - page 2776-2791
doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16386 ...

Liu, Hongfei; Banfield, Callum; Gomes, Sofia I. F.; Gube, Matthias; Weig, Alfons; Pausch, Johanna
Vegetation transition from meadow to forest reduces priming effect on SOM decomposition
in Soil Biology & Biochemistry volume 184 (2023)
doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109123 ...

2022

Kumar, Anil; Weig, Alfons; Agarwal, Seema
Balancing Degradability and Physical Properties of Amorphous Poly (D, L‐lactide) by Making Bl ...
in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering volume 307 (2022) issue 6
doi:10.1002/mame.202100602 ...

Mlinar, Stanislava; Weig, Alfons; Freitag, Ruth
Influence of NH₃ and NH₄⁺ on anaerobic digestion and microbial population structure at in ...
in Bioresource Technology volume 361 (2022)
doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127638 ...

Simeon, Meshack Imologie; Weig, Alfons; Freitag, Ruth
Optimization of soil microbial fuel cell for sustainable bio-electricity production: combined e ...
in Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts volume 15 (2022)
doi:10.1186/s13068-022-02224-9 ...

Pastore, Giovanni; Weig, Alfons; Vazquez, Eduardo; Spohn, Marie
Weathering of calcareous bedrocks is strongly affected by the activity of soil microorganisms
in Geoderma volume 405 (2022)
doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115408 ...

Gubitz, Christian; Reul, Matthias; Weig, Alfons
Zur Kenntnis von Agaricus depauperatus s. l. unter Berücksichtigung weiterer rötender Champig ...
in Zeitschrift für Mykologie volume 88 (2022) issue 1. - page 23-44

Völkl, Matthias; Jérôme, Valérie; Weig, Alfons; Jasinski, Julia; Meides, Nora; Strohriegl, Peter; Scheibel, Thomas; Freitag, Ruth
Pristine and artificially-aged polystyrene microplastic particles differ in regard to cellular ...
in Journal of Hazardous Materials volume 435 (2022)
doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128955 ...

2021

Weig, Alfons; Löder, Martin G. J.; Ramsperger, Anja; Laforsch, Christian
In situ Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Communities on Microplastic Particles in a Small Headwater S ...
in Frontiers in Microbiology volume 12 (2021)
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.660024 ...

Müller, Jana T.; van Veen, Hans; Bartylla, Malte M.; Akman, Melis; Pedersen, Ole; Sun, Pulu; Schuurink, Robert C.; Takeuchi, Jun; Todoroki, Yasushi; Weig, Alfons; Sasidharan, Rashmi; Mustroph, Angelika
Keeping the shoot above water : submergence triggers antithetical growth responses in stems and ...
in New Phytologist volume 229 (2021) issue 1. - page 140-155
doi:10.1111/nph.16350 ...

Křemenová, Jana; Bartonička, Tomáš; Balvín, Ondřej; Massino, Christian; Reinhardt, Klaus; Sasínková, Markéta; Weig, Alfons; Otti, Oliver
Male diet affects female fitness and sperm competition in human- and bat-associated lineages of ...
in Scientific Reports volume 11 (2021)
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-94622-6 ...

Weithmann, Nicolas; Mlinar, Stanislava; Sonnleitner, Eva; Weig, Alfons; Freitag, Ruth
Flexible feeding in anaerobic digestion : Impact on process stability, performance and microbia ...
in Anaerobe volume 68 (2021)
doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102297 ...

2020

Guhr, Alexander; Weig, Alfons
Assessment of prokaryote to eukaryote ratios in environmental samples by SSU rDNA length polymo ...
in Antonie van Leeuwenhoek volume 113 (2020) . - page 175-183
doi:10.1007/s10482-019-01327-y ...

Silva, Karen T.; Schüler, Margarete; Mickoleit, Frank; Zwiener, Theresa; Müller, Frank D.; Awal, Ram Prasad; Weig, Alfons; Brachmann, Andreas; Uebe, René; Schüler, Dirk
Genome-Wide Identification of Essential and Auxiliary Gene Sets for Magnetosome Biosynthesis in ...
in mSystems volume 5 (2020) issue 6
doi:10.1128/mSystems.00565-20 ...

Mlinar, Stanislava; Weig, Alfons; Freitag, Ruth
Influence of mixing and sludge volume on stability, reproducibility, and productivity of labora ...
in Bioresource Technology Reports volume 11 (2020)
doi:10.1016/j.biteb.2020.100444 ...

2019

Weithmann, Nicolas; Mlinar, Stanislava; Hilbrig, Frank; Bachmaf, Samer; Arndt, Julia; Planer-Friedrich, Britta; Weig, Alfons; Freitag, Ruth
Arsenic metabolism in technical biogas plants : possible consequences for resident microbiota a ...
in AMB Express volume 9 (2019)
doi:10.1186/s13568-019-0902-6 ...

Bäumler, Judith; Riber, Willi; Klecker, Maria; Müller, Leon; Dissemeyer, Nico; Weig, Alfons; Mustroph, Angelika
AtERF#111/ABR1 is a transcriptional activator involved in the wounding response
in The Plant Journal volume 100 (2019) issue 5. - page 969-990
doi:10.1111/tpj.14490 ...

Feulner, Martin; Weig, Alfons; Voss, Tobias; Schott, Lea F.; Aas, Gregor
Central European polyploids of Sorbus subgenus Aria (Rosaceae) recurrently evolved from diploid ...
in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society volume 191 (2019) issue 3. - page 315-324
doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boz053 ...

Brinker, Pina; Weig, Alfons; Rambold, Gerhard; Feldhaar, Heike; Tragust, Simon
Microbial community composition of nest-carton and adjoining soil of the ant Lasius fuliginosus ...
in Fungal Ecology volume 38 (2019) . - page 44-53
doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2018.08.007 ...

Widdig, Meike; Schleuss, Per-Marten; Weig, Alfons; Guhr, Alexander; Biederman, Lori A.; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Crawley, Michael J.; Kirkman, Kevin P.; Seabloom, Eric W.; Wagg, Peter D.; Spohn, Marie
Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions Alter the Abundance of Phosphorus-Solubilizing Bacteria and P ...
in Frontiers in Environmental Science volume 7 (2019)
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2019.00185 ...

2018

Dinh, Mai-Van; Guhr, Alexander; Weig, Alfons; Matzner, Egbert
Drying and rewetting of forest floors : dynamics of soluble phosphorus, microbial biomass-phosp ...
in Biology and Fertility of Soils volume 54 (2018) . - page 761-768
doi:10.1007/s00374-018-1300-y ...

2017

Feulner, Martin; Weig, Alfons; Paule, Juraj; Gregor, Thomas; Schott, Lea F.; Aas, Gregor
Genetic variability and morphology of tri- and tetraploid members of the Sorbus aria complex in ...
in Preslia volume 89 (2017) issue 3. - page 275-290
doi:10.23855/preslia.2017.275 ...

Guhr, Alexander; Horn, Marcus A.; Weig, Alfons
Vitamin B₂ (riboflavin) increases drought tolerance of Agaricus bisporus
in Mycologia volume 109 (2017) issue 6. - page 860-873
doi:10.1080/00275514.2017.1414544 ...

2016

Klecker, Till; Wemmer, Megan; Haag, Mathias; Weig, Alfons; Böckler, Stefan; Langer, Thomas; Nunnari, Jodi; Westermann, Benedikt
Interaction of MDM33 with mitochondrial inner membrane homeostasis pathways in yeast
in Scientific Reports volume 5 (2016)
doi:10.1038/srep18344 ...

Pahlevani, Amir Hossein; Feulner, Martin; Weig, Alfons; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid
Molecular and morphological studies disentangle species complex in Euphorbia sect. Esula (Eupho ...
in Plant Systematics and Evolution volume 303 (2016) issue 2. - page 139-164
doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1358-7 ...

Weithmann, Nicolas; Weig, Alfons; Freitag, Ruth
Process parameters and changes in the microbial community patterns during the first 240 days of ...
in AMB Express volume 6 (2016)
doi:10.1186/s13568-016-0219-7 ...

2015

Habel, Jan Christian; Brückmann, Sabrina V.; Krauss, Jochen; Schwarzer, Julia; Weig, Alfons; Husemann, Martin; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
Fragmentation genetics of the grassland butterfly Polyommatus coridon : Stable genetic diversit ...
in Conservation Genetics volume 16 (2015) . - page 549-558
doi:10.1007/s10592-014-0679-8 ...

Heuck, Christine; Weig, Alfons; Spohn, Marie
Soil microbial biomass C:N:P stoichiometry and microbial use of organic phosphorus
in Soil Biology & Biochemistry volume 85 (2015) . - page 119-129
doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.02.029 ...

Harter, David; Thiv, Mike; Weig, Alfons; Jentsch, Anke; Beierkuhnlein, Carl
Spatial and ecological population genetic structures within two island-endemic Aeonium species ...
in Ecology and Evolution volume 5 (2015) issue 19. - page 4327-4344
doi:10.1002/ece3.1682 ...

2014

Kis-Papo, Tamar; Weig, Alfons; Riley, Robert; Peršoh, Derek; Salamov, Asaf; Sun, Hui; Lipzen, Anna; Wasser, Solomon P.; Rambold, Gerhard; Grigoriev, Igor V.; Nevo, Eviatar
Genomic adaptations of the halophilic Dead Sea filamentous fungus Eurotium rubrum
in Nature Communications volume 5 (2014)
doi:10.1038/ncomms4745 ...

Greiner, Katrin; Peršoh, Derek; Weig, Alfons; Rambold, Gerhard
Phialosimplex salinarum, a new species of Eurotiomycetes from a hypersaline habitat
in IMA Fungus volume 5 (2014) . - page 161-172
doi:10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.01 ...

2013

ElSayed, Abdelaleim Ismail; Weig, Alfons; Sariyeva, Gulmira; Hummel, Eric; Yan, Shih-Long; Bertolini, Alberto; Komor, Ewald
Assimilate export inhibition in Sugarcane yellow leaf virus-infected sugarcane is not due to le ...
in Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology volume 81 (2013) . - page 64-73
doi:10.1016/j.pmpp.2012.11.003 ...

Weig, Alfons; Peršoh, Derek; Werner, Sebastian; Betzlbacher, Amelie; Rambold, Gerhard
Diagnostic assessment of mycodiversity in environmental samples by fungal ITS1 rDNA length poly ...
in Mycological Progress volume 12 (2013) issue 4. - page 719-725
doi:10.1007/s11557-012-0883-1 ...

Weig, Alfons; Peršoh, Derek; Rambold, Gerhard
EcoChips für die Erforschung mikrobieller Lebensgemeinschaften
in BIOspektrum volume 19 (2013) issue 4. - page 382-385
doi:10.1007/s12268-013-0326-9 ...

Feulner, Martin; Liede-Schumann, Sigrid; Meve, Ulrich; Weig, Alfons; Aas, Gregor
Genetic structure of three Sorbus latifolia (Lam.) Pers. taxa endemic to northern Bavaria
in Plant Systematics and Evolution volume 299 (2013) issue 6. - page 1065-1074
doi:10.1007/s00606-013-0778-x ...

2012

Peršoh, Derek; Weig, Alfons; Rambold, Gerhard
A transcriptome-targeting EcoChip for assessing functional mycodiversity
in Microarrays volume 1 (2012) issue 1. - page 25-41
doi:10.3390/microarrays1010025 ...

2011

ElSayed, Abdelaleim Ismail; Weig, Alfons; Komor, Ewald
Molecular characterization of Hawaiian Sugarcane yellow leaf virus genotypes and their phylogen ...
in European Journal of Plant Pathology volume 129 (2011) issue 3. - page 399-412
doi:10.1007/s10658-010-9703-0 ...

2005

Eisenbarth, Daniel A.; Weig, Alfons
Dynamics of aquaporins and water relations during hypocotyl elongation in Ricinus communis L. s ...
in Journal of Experimental Botany volume 56 (2005) issue 417. - page 1831-1842
doi:10.1093/jxb/eri173 ...

Eisenbarth, Daniel A.; Weig, Alfons
Sucrose carrier RcSCR1 is involved in sucrose retrieval, but not in sucrose unloading in growin ...
in Plant Biology volume 7 (2005) issue 1. - page 98-103
doi:10.1055/s-2004-830448 ...

2001

Johanson, Urban; Karlsson, Maria; Johansson, Ingela; Gustavsson, Sofia; Sjövall, Sara; Fraysse, Laure; Weig, Alfons; Kjellbom, Per
The complete set of genes encoding major intrinsic proteins in Arabidopsis provides a framework ...
in Plant Physiology volume 126 (2001) issue 4. - page 1358-1369
doi:10.1104/pp.126.4.1358 ...

2000

Weig, Alfons; Eisenbarth, Daniel A.
Aquaporin function in hypocotyl growth
2000
Plant Biology 2000, San Diego, USA

Weig, Alfons; Jakob, Christiane
Functional characterisation of Arabidopsis thaliana aquaglyceroporins
Molecular biology and physiology of water and solute transport
New York : Kluwer, 2000. - page 365-372
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1203-5_49 ...

Weig, Alfons; Jakob, Christiane
Functional identification of the glycerol permease activity of Arabidopsis thaliana NLM1 and NL ...
in FEBS Letters volume 481 (2000) issue 3. - page 293-298
doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(00)02027-5 ...

Weig, Alfons; Eisenbarth, Daniel A.
Role of aquaporins during elongation growth of castor bean seedlings
Molecular biology and physiology of water and solute transport
New York : Kluwer, 2000. - page 357-364
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1203-5_48 ...

1997

Chrispeels, M. J.; Daniels, M. J.; Weig, Alfons
Aquaporins and water transport across the tonoplast
in Advances in Botanical Research volume 25 (1997) . - page 419-432
doi:10.1016/S0065-2296(08)60160-3 ...

Weig, Alfons; Deswarte, C.; Chrispeels, M. J.
The major intrinsic protein family of Arabidopsis has 23 members that form three distinct group ...
in Plant Physiology volume 114 (1997) issue 4. - page 1347-1357
doi:10.1104/pp.114.4.1347 ...

1996

Weig, Alfons; Komor, Ewald
An active sucrose carrier (Scr1) that is predominantly expressed in the seedling of Ricinus com ...
in Journal of Plant Physiology volume 147 (1996) issue 6. - page 685-690
doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(11)81478-1 ...

Komor, Ewald; Orlich, Gabriele; Weig, Alfons; Köckenberger, Walter
Phloem loading - not metaphysical, only complex : towards a unified model of phloem loading
in Journal of Experimental Botany volume 47 (1996) issue Special Issue. - page 1155-1164
doi:10.1093/jxb/47.Special_Issue.1155 ...

1995

Chrispeels, M. J.; Daniels, M. J.; Weig, Alfons
Aquaporins facilitate water transport through the plasma-membrane and the tonoplast
in Plant Physiology volume 108 (1995) issue Suppl. 2. - page 6

Weig, Alfons; Komor, Ewald
Isolation of a class II metallothionein cDNA (accession no. L02306) from Ricinus communis L.(Pl ...
in Plant Physiology volume 109 (1995) issue 2. - page 721
doi:10.1104/pp.109.2.721 ...

Daniels, M. J.; Weig, Alfons; Maurel, C.; Chrispeels, M. J.
PIPs and TIPs, aquaporins of the plasma membrane and the vacuolar membrane
1995
The American Society for Cell Biology 35th annual meeting, Washington, USA

Daniels, M. J.; Weig, Alfons; Maurel, C.; Chrispeels, M. J.
PIPs and TIPs, aquaporins of the plasma membrane and the vacuolar membrane
in Molecular Biology of the Cell volume 6 (1995) issue Suppl.. - page S. 52A

1994

Weig, Alfons; Franz, Juliane; Sauer, Norbert; Komor, Ewald
Isolation of a family of cDNA clones from Ricinus communis L. with close homology to the hexose ...
in Journal of Plant Physiology volume 143 (1994) issue 2. - page 178-183
doi:10.1016/S0176-1617(11)81683-4 ...

1994

Weig, Alfons
Molekularbiologische Analyse der Hexose- und Saccharosecarrier aus Ricinus communis L : Klonier ...
1994. - 122 page
(dissertation, 1994, )

1992

Weig, Alfons; Komor, Ewald
The lipid-transfer protein C of Ricinus communis L. : Isolation of two cDNA sequences which are ...
in Planta volume 187 (1992) issue 3. - page 367-371
doi:10.1007/BF00195660 ...

Portrait Alfons Weig

Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Keylab Genomanalytik & Bioinformatik


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