Draft:James Weiss
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James Weiss is a scientist and a science communicator known for popularizing microscopy and microbes. He is the author of the book "The Hidden Beauty of the Microscopic World"..[1] where he describes microbes with his easy-to-understand style, and tells his personal story that got him into the microscopy. He partners with Hank Green on Journey to the Microcosmos[2] on YouTube and maintains his own Instagram[3] account where he posts daily.
History[edit]
The journey for Weiss as an independent scientist consisted of operating in his private laboratory collecting pond samples, and capturing protists clips for both his YouTube [4] and Instagram[3] accounts regularly. The partnership with Hank Green and Journey to the Microcosmos[2] began on April 10, 2019. Their initial collaboration video was of tardigrades developing; and within three weeks the channel reached a staggering 100,000 subscribers which has steadily increased since 2019. Weiss worked with Journey to the Microcosmos[2] to create James' first microscope to produce a cheap and accessible microscopy for anyone. After a successful Kickstarter campaign Weiss and his collaborators launched the microcosmos store[5]
According to his book, Weiss spends between 8 to 12 hours everyday looking through a microscope searching for microbes. He recently published his first scientific article as first author on a rare microbe, Legendrea loyezae, which has only been reported four times prior to his recent discovery in 114 years[6]. Weiss and his co-author Genoveva Esteban[7] of Bournemouth University have a unique approach to science where inspiration and pure passion coincide by analyzing each subject under a microscope "they want to bring back the excitement of ecological and behavioral discoveries of the early microbe studies which can only be seen through the microscope"[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Weiss, James (2021). The Hidden Beauty of the Microscopic World. London: Watkins Publishing. ISBN 9781786784490.
- ^ a b c "Journey to the Microcosmos - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ a b Weiss, James. "Jam_and_germs". Instagram.
- ^ "Jam's Germs - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ "Journey to the Microcosmos - Online Store". The Microcosmos. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ Weiss, James; Andreou, Demetra; Esteban, Genoveva F. (2022). "The Extraordinarily Rare Ciliate Legendrea loyezae Fauré-Fremiet, 1908 (Haptoria, Ciliophora)". Protist. 173 (6): 125912. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2022.125912. ISSN 1434-4610.
- ^ "Professor Genoveva Esteban - Bournemouth University Staff Profile Pages". staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ "Discovery of new microscopic species expands the tree of life". www.bournemouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-31.