The Weis Lab
at Oregon State University
Publications
2024
Helgoe, J*, SK Davy, VM Weis, M Rodriguez-Lanetty. Triggers, cascades, and endpoints: Connecting the dots of coral bleaching. In press. Biological Reviews
2023
Wuerz, M* CA Lawson, CA Oakley, M Possell, SP Wilkinson, AR Grossman, VM Weis, DJ Suggett, and SK Davy 2023. Symbiont identity impacts the microbiome and volatilome of a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Biology. https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/7/1014.
Cui, G, MK Konciute, L Ling, L Esau, J-B Raina, B Han, OR Salazar, J Presnell†, N Rädecker, H Zhong, J Menzies, PA Cleves, YJ Liew, CJ Krediet, V Sawiccy*, MJ Cziesielski, P Guagliardo, J Bougoure, M Pernice, H Hirt, CR Voolstra, VM Weis, JR Pringle, M Aranda. Molecular insights into the Darwin paradox of coral reefs from the sea anemone Aiptasia. 2023. Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adf7108
Mashini, AG*, CA Oakley, SS Beepat, L Peng, AR Grossman, VM Weis, SK Davy. 2023. The influence of symbiosis on the proteome of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Breviolum minutum Microorganisms https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020292
Davies S, Gamache MH*, Howe-Kerr LI*, Kriefall NG*, Baker AC, Banaszak AT, Bay LK, Bellantuono AJ, Bhattacharya D, Chan CX, Claar DC, Coffroth MA, Cunning R, Davy SK, del Campo J, Diaz-Almeyda EM, Frommlet JC, Fuess LE, Gonzalez-Pech RA, Goulet TL, Hoadley KD, Howells EJ, Hume BCC, Kemp DW, Kenkel CD, Kitchen SA, LaJeunesse TC, Lin S, McIlroy S, McMinds R, Nitschke MR, Oakley CA, Peixoto RS, Prada C, Putnam HM, Quigley K, Reich HG, Reimer JD, Rodriguez-Lanetty M, Rosalas S, Saad OS, Sampayo EM, Santos S, ShoguchiE, Smith EG, Stat M, Stephens TG, Strader ME, Suggett DJ, Swain TD, Tran C, Traylor-Knowles N, Voolstra CR, Warner ME, Weis VM, Wright R, Xiang T, Yamashita H, Ziegler M, Correa AM, Parkinson JE. 2023. Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity. PeerJ https://peerj.com/articles/15023/
Ashley A*, SA Kitchen, LM Gorman, AR Grossman, CA Oakley, DJ Suggett, VM Weis, SL Rosset, SK Davy. 2023. Genomic conservation and putative downstream functionality of the phosphatidylinositol signalling pathway in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1094255
2022
Wuerz, M, CA Lawson, M Ueland, CA Oakley, AR Grossman, VM Weis, DJ Suggett, SK Davy. 2022. Symbiosis induces unique volatile profiles in the model cnidarian Aiptasia. Journal of Experimental Biology. DOI
Huene, AL, JC Koch, L Arregui, Y Liu, ML Nicotra, VM Weis, TR Tiersch. 2022. Cryopreservation of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus sperm to support community-based repository development for preservation of genetic resources. Animals. DOI
Weis, VM. 2022. Seminal early studies on the mechanisms of coral bleaching. Biological Bulletin. DOI
Maruyama S, JR Unsworth, V Sawiccy, Students of Oregon State University’s Z362 Spring 2021, VM Weis. 2022. Algae from Aiptasia egesta are robust representations of Symbiodiniaceae in the free-living state. PeerJ 10:e13796. DOI
Elder, H, VM Weis, J Montalvo-Proano, V Mocellin, A Baird, E. Meyer, L. K. Bay. Genetic variation in heat tolerance of the coral Platygyra daedalea indicated potential for adaptation to ocean warming. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI
Mashini, A.G., Oakley, C.A., Grossman, A.R., Weis, V.M., Davy, S.K. 2022. Immunolocalization of Metabolite Transporter Proteins in a Model Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis. DOI
Gorman, L.M., Konciute, M.K., Cui, G., Oakley, C.A., Grossman, A.R., Weis, V.M., Aranda, M., Davy, S.K. 2022. Symbiosis with Dinoflagellates Alters Cnidarian Cell-Cycle Gene Expression. Cellular Microbiology. DOI
Tivey, T.R., Coleman, T.J., Weis, V.M. 2022. Spatial and temporal patterns of symbiont colonization and loss during bleaching in the model sea anemone Aiptasia. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI
Presnell, J.S., Wirsching, E., Weis, V.M. 2022. Tentacle patterning during Exaiptasia diaphana pedal lacerate development differs between symbiotic and aposymbiotic animals. PeerJ. DOI
Maruyama, S., Mandelare-Ruiz, P.E., McCauley, M., Peng, W., Cho, B.G., Wang, J., Mechref, Y., Loesgen, S., Weis, V.M. 2022. Heat Stress of Algal Partner Hinders Colonization Success and Alters the Algal Cell Surface Glycome in a Cnidarian-Algal Symbiosis. Microbiology Spectrum. DOI
Vardi, T., Hoot, W.C., Levy, J., Shaver, E., Winters, R.S., Banaszak, A.T., Baums, I.B., Chamberland, V.F., Cook, N., Gulko, D., Hein, M.Y., Kaufman, L., Loewe, M., Lundgren, P., Lustic, C., MacGowan, P., Matz, M.V., McGonigle, M., McLeod, I., Moore, J., Moore, T., Pivard, S., Pollock, F.J., Rinkevich, B., Suggett, D.J., Suleiman, S., Viehman, T.S., Villalobos, T., Weis, V.M., Wolke, C., Montoya‐Maya, P.H. 2021. Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral reef restoration worldwide. Restoration Ecology. DOI
2021
Grottoli, A.G., Toonen, R.J., van Woesik, R., Thurber, R.V., Warner, M.E., McLachlan, R.H., Price, J.T., Bahr, K.D., Baums, I.B., Castillo, K.D., Coffroth, M.A., Cunning, R., Dobson, K.L., Donahue, M.J., Hench, J.L., Iglesias‐Prieto, R., Kemp, D.W., Kenkel, C.D., Kline, D.I, Kuffner, I.B., Matthews, J.L., Mayfield, A.B., Padilla‐Gamiño, J.L., Palumbi, S., Voolstra, C.R., Weis, V.M., Wu H.C. 2021. Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments. Ecological applications. DOI
Rosset, S. L., C. A. Oakley, C. Ferrier-Pages, D. J. Suggett, V. M. Weis, and S. K. Davy. 2021. The molecular language of the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Trends in Microbiology. DOI
Maruyama, S., Weis, V. M. 2021. Limitations of Using Cultured Algae to Study Cnidarian-Algal Symbioses and Suggestions for Future Studies. Journal of Phycology. DOI
2020
Matthews, J. L., R. Cunning, R. Ritson-Williams, C. A. Oakley, A. Lutz, U. Roessner, A. R. Grossman, V. M. Weis, R.D. Gates, and S. K. Davy. 2020. Metabolite pools of the reef building coral Montipora capitate are unaffected by Symbiodiniaceae community composition. Coral Reefs. DOI
Sproles, A. E., C. A. Oakley, T. Krueger, A. R. Grossman, V. M. Weis, A. Meibom, and S. K. Davy. 2020. Sub-cellular imaging shows reduced photosynthetic carbon assimilation but increased nitrogen assimilation by the heterologous endosymbiont Durusdinium trenchii in the model cnidarian Aiptasia. Environmental Microbiology. DOI
Koch, J. C., E. A. Verde, and V. M. Weis. 2020. Carbonic anhydrases are influenced by the size and symbiont identity of the aggregating sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. Journal of Experimental Biology DOI
Pogoreutz, C., C. R. Voolstra, N. Radecker, V. M. Weis, A. Cardenas, J.-B. Raina. 2020. The coral holobiont highlights the dependence of cnidarian animal hosts on their associated microbes. In: Cellular dialogues in the holobiont, Pp. 91-118. T Bosch and M. Hadfield, eds. (PDF)
Tivey, T.R., J. E. Parkinson, and V. M. Weis. 2020. Host and symbiont cell cycle coordination is mediated by symbiotic state, nutrition, and partner identity in a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. mBio DOI
Tivey, T.R., J. E. Parkinson, P. E. Mandelare, D. A. Adpressa, W. Peng, X. Dong, Y. Mechref, V. M. Weis, S. D. Loesgen. 2020. N-linked surface glycan biosynthesis, composition, inhibition and function in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Microbial Ecology. DOI
2019
Gabay, Y., J. E. Parkinson, S. P. Wilkinson, V. M. Weis, S. K. Davy. 2019. Inter-partner specificity limits the acquisition of thermotolerant symbionts in a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. The ISME Journal 13(10), 2489–99. (PDF)
Weis, V. M. 2019. Cell biology of coral symbiosis: Foundational study can inform solutions to the coral reef crisis. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 1-11. (PDF)
Sproles, A. E., C. A. Oakley, J. L. Matthews, L. Peng, J. G. Owen, A. R. Grossman, V. M. Weis, and S. K. Davy. 2019. Proteomics quantifies protein expression changes in a model cnidarian colonised by a thermally tolerant but suboptimal symbiont. The ISME Journal, 13, 2334-2345. (PDF)
2018
Matthews, J. L., C. A. Oakley, A. Lutz, K. E. Hillyer, U. Roessner, A. R. Grossman, V. M. Weis, and S. K. Davy. 2018. Partner switching and metabolic flux in a model cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285, 2018-2336. (PDF)
Parkinson, J. E., T. R. Tivey, P. E. Mandelare, D. A. Adpressa, S. Loesgen, V. M. Weis. 2018. Subtle differences in symbiont cell surface glycan profiles do not explain species-specific colonization rates in a model cnidarian-algal symbiosis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 842. (PDF)
Gabay, Y., V. M. Weis, S. K. Davy. 2018. Symbiont identity influences patterns of symbiosis establishment, host growth, and asexual reproduction in a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Biological Bulletin, 234(1), 1-10. (PDF)
Sproles, A. E., N. L. Kirk, S. A. Kitchen, C. A. Oakley, A. R. Grossman, V. M. Weis, and S. K. Davy. 2018. Phylogenetic characterization of transporter proteins in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,120, 307-20. (PDF)
2017
Mansfield, K. M., N. M. Carter, L. Nguyen, P. A. Cleves, A. Alshanbayeva, L. M. Williams, C. Crowder, A. R. Penvose, J. R. Finnerty, V. M. Weis, T. W. Siggers, T. D. Gilmore. 2017. Transcription factor NF-κB is modulated by symbiotic status in a sea anemone model of cnidarian bleaching. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 16025. (PDF)
Matthews, J. L., C. M. Crowder, C. A. Oakley, A. Lutz, U. Roessner, E. Meyer, A. R. Grossman, V. M. Weis, S. K. Davy. 2017. Optimal nutrient exchange and immune responses operate in partner specificity in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114(50), 13194-13199. (PDF)
Kitchen, S. A., A. Z. Poole, and V. M. Weis. 2017. Sphingolipid metabolism of a sea anemone is altered by the presence of dinoflagellate symbionts. Biological Bulletin. (PDF)
Oakley, C. A., E. Durand, S. P. Wilkinson, L. Peng, V. M. Weis, A. R. Grossman, and S. K. Davy. 2017. Thermal shock induces host proteostasis disruption and endoplasmic reticulum stress in the model symbiotic cnidarian Aiptasia. Journal of Proteome Research. (PDF)
Neubaeur, E-F, A. Z. Poole, P. Neubauer, O. Detournay, K. Tan, S. K. Davy, and V. M. Weis. 2017. A diverse host thrombospondin-type-1 repeat protein repertoire promotes symbiont colonization during establishment of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. eLife 6:e24494. (PDF)
Kitchen, S. A. and V. M. Weis. 2017. The sphingosine rheostat is involved in the cnidarian heat stress response but not necessarily in bleaching. Journal of Experimental Biology, 153858. (PDF)
2016
Neubaeur, E-F, A. Z. Poole, V. M. Weis, and S. K. Davy. 2016. The scavenger receptor repertoire in six cnidarian species and its putative role in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. PeerJ 4, e2692. (PDF)
Paxton, C. W., M. V. B. Baria, V. M. Weis, and S. Harii. 2016. Effect of elevated temperature on fecundity and reproductive timing in the coral Acropora digitifera. Zygote 24(4), 511-516. (PDF)
Kirk, N. L. and V. M. Weis. 2016. Animal-Symbiodinium Symbioses: Foundations of Coral Reef Ecosystems. In: Advances in Environmental Microbiology: The mechanistic benefits of microbial symbioses. Ed. C. Hurst. Springer. Pg 269-294. (PDF)
Bhattacharya, D., S. Agrawa, M. Aranda, S. Baumgarten, M. Belcaid, J. Drake, D. Erwin, S. Foret, R. D. Gates, D. F. Gruber, B. Hanna, M. P. Lesser, O. Levy, Y. J. Liew, M. MacManes, T. Mass, M. Medina, S. Mehr, E. Meyer, D. C. Price, H. M. Putnam, H. Qiu, C. Shinzato, E. Shoguchi, A. J. Stokes, S. Tambutté, D. Tchernov, C. R. Voolstra, N. Wagner, C. W. Walker, A. P. M. Weber, V. M. Weis, E. Zelzion, D. Zoccola, and P. G. Falkowski. 2016. Comparative genomics explains the evolutionary success of reef-forming corals. eLife 5:e13288. (PDF)
Neubauer E.F., A. Z. Poole, V. M. Weis, and S. K. Davy. 2016. The scavenger receptor repertoire in six cnidarian species and its putative role in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. PeerJ 4:e2692. (PDF)
Poole, A. Z., S. A. Kitchen, and V. M. Weis. 2016. The role of complement in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis and immune challenge in the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida. Frontiers in Microbiology 7. (PDF)
2015
Oakley, C. A., M. F. Ameismeier, L. Peng, V. M. Weis, A. R. Grossman, and S. K. Davy. 2015. Symbiosis induces widespread changes in the proteome of the model cnidarian Aiptasia. Cellular Microbiology.
Matthews, J. L., A. E. Sproles, C. A. Oakley, A. R. Grossman, V. M. Weis, and S. K. Davy. 2015. Menthol-induced bleaching rapidly and effectively provides experimental aposymbiotic sea anemones (Aiptasia sp.) for symbiosis investigations. Journal of Experimental Biology, JEB. 128934. (PDF)
Kitchen, S. A., C. M. Crowder, A. Z. Poole, V. M. Weis, and E. Meyer. 2015. De Novo Assembly and Characterization of Four Anthozoan (Phylum Cnidaria) Transcriptomes. G3: Genes| Genomes| Genetics 5(11), 2441-2452. (PDF)
Baumgarten, S., O. Simakov, L. Y. Esherick, Y. J. Liew, E. M. Lehnert, C. T. Michell, Y. Li, E. A. Hambleton, A. Guse, M. E. Oates, J. Gough, V. M. Weis, M. Aranda, J. R. Pringle, C. R. Voolstra. 2015. The genome of Aiptasia, a sea anemone model for coral symbiosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(38), 11893-11898. (PDF)
Paxton, C. W., M. V. B. Baria, V. M. Weis, S. Harii. 2015. Effect of elevated temperature on fecundity and reproductive timing in the coral Acropora digitifera. Zygote, 1-6.
2014
Poole, A. Z., and V. M. Weis. 2014. TIR-domain-containing protein repertoire of nine Anthozoan species reveals coral-specific expansions and uncharacterized proteins. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 46: 480-488. (PDF)
Crowder, C. M., W. Liang, V. M. Weis, and T. Fan. 2014. Elevated Temperature Alters the Lunar Timing of Planulation in the Brooding Coral Pocillopora damicornis. PLoS ONE 9(10): e107906. (PDF)
2013
Technau, U. and V. M. Weis. 2013. EvoDevo meets ecology: the Ninth Okazaki Biology Conference on Marine Biology. EvoDevo 4:18. (PDF)
Paxton, C. W., S. K. Davy, and V. M. Weis. 2013. Stress and death of cnidarian host cells play a role in cnidarian bleaching. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 2813-2820. (PDF)
2012
Detournay, O., C. E. Schnitzler, A. Poole, and V. M. Weis. 2012. Regulation of cnidarian-dinoflagellate mutualisms: Evidence that activation of a host TGFbeta innate immune pathway promotes tolerance of the symbiont. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 38:525-537. (PDF)
Meyer, E., and V. M. Weis. 2012. Study of cnidarian-algal symbiosis in the 'omics' age. Biological Bulletin 223:44-65. (PDF)
Davy, S. K., D. Allemand, and V. M. Weis. 2012. Cell biology of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 76:229-261. (PDF) doi: 10.1128/MMBR.05014-11
Chen, W. N. U., H. J. Kang, V. M. Weis, A. B. Mayfield, P. L. Jiang, L. S. Fang, and C. S. Chen. 2012. Diel rhythmicity of lipid-body formation in a coral-Symbiodinium endosymbiosis. Coral Reefs 31:521-534. (PDF)
2011
Detournay, O., and V. M. Weis. 2011. Role of the sphingosine rheostat in the regulation of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbioses. Biological Bulletin 221:261-269. (PDF)
Schnitzler, C. E., L. L. Hollingsworth, D. A. Krupp and V. M. Weis. 2011. Elevated temperature impairs onset of symbiosis and reduces survivorship in larvae of the Hawaiian coral, Fungia scutaria. Marine Biology 159:633-642. (PDF)
2010
Schnitzler, C. E. and V. M. Weis. 2010. Coral larvae exhibit few measurable transcriptional changes during the onset of coral-dinoflagellate endosymbiosis. Marine Gemomics 3:107-116. (PDF)
Logan, D. D. K., A. C. LaFlamme, V. M. Weis and S. K. Davy. 2010 Flow-cytometric characterization of the cell-surface glycans of symbiotic dinoflagellates. (Symbiodinium spp.) Journal of Phycology 46:525-533 (PDF)
Weis, V. M. 2010. Perspective article. The susceptibility and resilience of corals to thermal stress: adaptation, acclimatization or both? Molecular Ecology 19:1515-1517. (PDF)
2009
Sunagawa, S., E. Wilson, M. Thaler, M. Smith, C. Caruso, J. Pringle, V. Weis, M. Medina, and J. Schwarz. 2009. Generation and analysis of transcriptomic resources for a model system on the rise: the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida and its dinoflagellate endosymbiont. BMC Genomics 10(1) 258. (PDF)
Weis, V. M. and D. Allemand. 2009. What determines coral health? Science 324:1153-1155. (PDF)
Wood-Charlson, E. and V. M. Weis. 2009. The diversity of C-type lectins in the genome of a basal metazoan, Nematostella vectensis. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 33:881-889 (PDF)
Dunn, S. R. and V. M. Weis. 2009. Apoptosis as a post-phagocytic winnowing mechanism in a coral-dinoflagellate mutualism. Environmental Microbiology 11:268-276. (PDF)
2008
Weis, V. M. 2008. Cellular mechanisms of cndiarian bleaching: Stress causes the collapse of symbiosis. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 3059-3066. (PDF)
Richier, S., M. Rodriguez-Lanetty, C. E. Schnitzler, and V. M. Weis. 2008. Response of the symbiotic cnidarian Anthopleura elegantissima transcriptome to temperature and UV increase. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D: Proteomics and Genomics 3:283-289. (PDF)
Weis, V. M., S. K. Davy, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, M. Rodriguez-Lanetty, and J. R. Pringle. 2008. Cell biology in model systems as the key to understanding corals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23(7): 369-376. (PDF)
Perez, S. and V. M. Weis. 2008. Cyclophilin and the regulation of symbiosis in Aiptasia pallida. Biological Bulletin 215:63-72. (PDF)
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., S. Dove, O. Hoegh-Guldberg and V. M. Weis. 2008. Analytical approach for selecting normalizing genes from a cDNA microarray platform to be used in q-RT-PCR assays: A cnidarian case study. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods 70:985-991. (PDF)
2007
Dunn, S. R., C. Schnitzler and V. M. Weis. 2007. Apoptosis and autophagy as mechanisms of dinoflagellate symbiont release during cnidarian bleaching: Every which way you lose. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 274:3079-3085 (PDF)
Mitchelmore, C. L., E. A. Verde, and V. M. Weis. 2007. Uptake and partitioning of copper and cadmium in the coral Pocillopora damicornis. Aquatic Toxicology 85:48-56. (PDF)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., G. Muller-Parker, C. B. Cook, R. D. Gates, E. Gladfelter, R. K. Trench and V. M. Weis. 2007. Len Muscatine (1932-2007) and his contributions to the understanding of algal-invertebrate endosymbiosis. Coral Reefs 26:731-739. (PDF)
Dunn, S. R., W. S. Phillips, and V. M. Weis. 2007. Knockdown of actin and caspase gene expression by RNA interference in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pallida. Biological Bulletin 212:250-258. (PDF)
Barneah, O., I. Brickner, M. Hooge, V. M. Weis, Y. Benayahu. 2007. First evidence of maternal transmission of algal endosymbionts at an oocyte stage in a triploblastic host, with observations on reproduction in Waminoa brickneri (Acoelomorpha). Invertebrate Biology 126: 113-119. (PDF)
Barneah, O., I. Brickner, M. Hooge, V. M. Weis, T. C. LaJeunesse, Y. Benayahu. 2007. Three party symbiosis: acoelomorph worms, corals and unicellular algal symbionts in Eilat (Red Sea). Marine Biology 151:1215-1223 (PDF)
deBoer, M. L., D. A. Krupp and V. M. Weis. 2007. Proteomic and transcriptional analyses of coral larvae newly engaged in symbiosis with dinoflagellates. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D: Proteomics and Genomics. 2:63-73. (PDF)
Hauck, L., W. S. Phillips and V. M. Weis. 2007. A novel EF-hand protein is highly conserved among cnidarians. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.146(4) 551-559. (PDF)
2006
Wood-Charlson, E. M., L. H. Hollingsworth, D. A. Krupp, and V. M. Weis. 2006. Lectin/glycan interactions play a role in recognition in a coral/dinoflagellate symbiosis. Cellular Microbiology 8(12) 1985-1994. (PDF)
deBoer, M., D. A Krupp, and V. M. Weis. 2006. Two atypical carbonic anhydrase homologues from the planula larva of the scleractinian coral Fungia scutaria. Biological Bulletin 211: 18-30. (PDF)
Dunn, S. R., W. S. Phillips, J. Spatafora, D. R. Green, and V. M. Weis. 2006. Highly conserved caspase and Bcl-2 homologues from the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida: Lower metazoans as models for the study of apoptosis evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution 63:95-107. (PDF & PDF of supplementary material)
Perez, S., and V. M. Weis. 2006. Cnidarian bleaching and nitric oxide: An eviction notice mediates the breakdown of symbiosis. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 2804-2810. (PDF) Also see this article featured in "Inside JEB." (PDF)
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., W. Phillips, and V. M. Weis. 2006. Transcriptome analysis of a cnidarian – dinoflagellate mutualism reveals complex modulation of host gene expression. BMC Genomics 7:23. (PDF)
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., E. Wood-Charlson, L. Hollingsworth, D. Krupp, and V. M. Weis. 2006. Dynamics of infection and localization of dinoflagellate endosymbionts in larvae of the coral Fungia scutaria during the onset of symbiosis. Marine Biology 149: 713-719. (PDF)
Barneah, O., Y. Benayahu and V. M. Weis. 2006. Comparative proteomics of symbiotic and aposymbiotic juvenile soft corals. Marine Biotechnology 8:11-16. (PDF)
2004
Barneah, O., V. M. Weis, S. Perez, and Y. Benayahu. 2004. Diversity of dinoflagellate symbionts in Red Sea soft corals: mode of symbiont acquisition matters. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 275: 89-95. (PDF)
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., D. A. Krupp and V. M. Weis. 2004. Distinct ITS types of Symbiodinium in clade C correlate with cnidarian/dinoflagellate specificity during onset of symbiosis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 275: 97-102. (PDF)
Yacobovitch, T., Y. Benayahu, and V. M. Weis. 2004. Motility of zooxanthellae isolated from the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens (Cnidaria). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 298(1): 35-48. (PDF)
2003
Schwarz, J. A. and V. M. Weis. 2003. Immunolocalization of host sym32 and an undescribed protein, p45/48, in the sea anemone-dinoflagellate association Anthopleura elegantissima-Symbiodinium muscatinei. Biol. Bull. 205:339-350. (PDF)
Mitchelmore, C., E. A. Verde, A. H. Ringwood, and V. M. Weis. 2003. Effects of heavy metal exposure on the symbiotic sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima (1) Differential accumulation of heavy metals as a function of symbiotic state. Aquatic Toxicol. 64(3): 317-329. (PDF)
Yacobovitch, T., V. M. Weis, and Y. Benayahu. 2003. Development and survivorship of zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate primary polyps of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: Laboratory and field comparisons. Mar. Biol. 142:1055-1063. (PDF)
Mitchelmore, C., A. H. Ringwood, and V. M. Weis. 2003. Differential accumulation of cadmium and changes in glutathione levels as a function of symbiotic state in the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 284:71-85. (PDF)
2002
Weis, V. M., E. A. Verde, A. Pribyl, and J. A. Schwarz. 2002. Aspects of the larval biology of the sea anemones Anthopleura elegantissima and A. artemisia. Invertebr. Biol. 121: 190-201. (PDF)
Schwarz, J. A., V. M. Weis, and D. Potts. 2002. Feeding behavior and acquisition of zooxanthellae by the planula larva of the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. Mar. Biol. 140: 471-478. (PDF)
Weis, V. M., E. A. Verde and W. S. Reynolds. 2002. Characterization of a short form peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) cDNA and protein from the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium muscatinei (Dinophyceae) from the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima. J. Phycol. 38: 157-163. (PDF)
Mitchelmore, C., J. A. Schwarz and V. M. Weis. 2002. Development of symbiosis-specific genes as biomarkers for the early detection of cnidarian-algal symbiosis breakdown. Mar. Env. Res. 54: 345-349. (PDF)
2001
Weis, V. M., W. S. Reynolds, M. L. deBoer, and D. A. Krupp. 2001. Host-symbiont specificity during onset of symbiosis between the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium spp. and the scleractinian coral Fungia scutaria. Coral Reefs 20:301-308. (PDF)
2000
Reynolds, W. S., Schwarz, J. A., and V. M. Weis. 2000. Symbiosis-enhanced gene expression in cnidarian-algal associations: Cloning and characterization of a cDNA, sym32 encoding a possible cell adhesion protein. Comp. Biochem. and Physiol. A 126:33-44. (PDF)
1999
Weis, V. M. and W. S. Reynolds. 1999. Carbonic anhydrase expression and synthesis in the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima are enhanced by the presence of dinoflagellate symbionts. Physiol. Zool. 72(3): 307-316. (PDF)
Schwarz, J. A., D. A. Krupp, and V. M. Weis. 1999. Late larval development and onset of symbiosis in the scleractinian coral Fungia scutaria. Biol. Bull. 196:70-79. (PDF)