Jutta Wiese

Jutta Wiese is a Researcher at GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, affiliated with the Research Division 3: Marine Ecology and the Marine Symbioses research unit. Her work focuses on the microbial biodiversity, systematics, and biotechnological applications of marine bacteria and fungi, particularly in antibiotic resistance, bioactive natural products, and microbial interactions within complex marine communities like sponges and algae.

• PhD in Biology (1996-2001) from Georg-August-University Göttingen
• Diploma in Biology (1984-1991) from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen

Her research spans marine symbioses, genomic analyses of novel bacterial species, and bioprospecting for compounds with pharmaceutical or environmental applications. Recent publications highlight discoveries in Actinospongicola halichondriae and Maribacter halichondriae, emphasizing sponge-microbe relationships and adaptive evolution.

She has contributed to patents involving antitumoral cyclodepsipeptides and antibacterial benzanthracenes. Her work often involves collaborations with institutions like IFM-GEOMAR and integrates genomic, biochemical, and ecological approaches to study marine microbial systems.