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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

5 months

Spanish and English version of LEARN Crew’s cover letter for more information!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Hi my name is Brayan Vilanova Cuevas (he/him), I am a Microbiology PhD student working on current mass mortality events of sea urchins. Outside of science I enjoy photography, swimming and woodwork. Fun fact, if I had to give up science tomorrow I would go to culinary school.

Felix “Javi” Berrios

@FelixJBerrios

1 year

Today is the first day of #PrideMonth I want to call out all LGBTQ+ scientists reply to this thread with - Name and Pronouns - Field - A picture of yourself - Hobbies outside of science - A random Fact about yourself Find new people, follow each other and tag fellow scientists!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

3 years

Happy doesn’t begin to cover it, the hard work is paying off. I am overjoyed to announce I will be joining the Microbiology graduate program at Cornell University in Fall 2022. @CornellMicrobio #cornell #phdlife #PhDposition #microbiology

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

4 months

Hi! I am Brayan (he/him), my field is microbial ecology. Currently focused on a sea urchin mass mortality event, the pathogen and associated microbes. For my hobbies I love cooking, hiking, and am a bit of a gym junkie. Random fact I am a burlesque performer 💕😊!

Felix “Javi” Berrios

@FelixJBerrios

4 months

Yearly Pride Month call out for science twitter! Reply with the following information: - Name and Pronouns - Field - A picture of yourself - Hobbies outside of science - A random Fact about yourself Follow each other and find new interesting people and tag others!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

10 months

Happy to announce as of today I am officially a PhD candidate! Super thankful to all the members of my committee, and all my micro(and non-micro) friends who helped me prepare for the qualifying exam. Very excited for all the work ahead at the Hewson Lab 🌊🦠

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

10 months

Out and proud scientist everyday of the week. Incredibly grateful to all who fought and keep fighting, so we can celebrate who we are without fear 🏳️‍🌈🧫🪸🌊 #LGBTQSTEMDay

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

After a day and a half of traveling finally on the last plane to reach Palma for #ASLO23 can’t wait to talk and get some feed back on our ongoing project at the Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Lab ( @IanH77 ) exploring D. antillarum mass mortality and changes to the urchin microbiome

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Super grateful to have been a part of #ASLO23 , the new friendships and networking are fantastic. The talks where great and I have learned so much in just 5 days it was incredible. First oceanography conference and it was a complete success,🥂to many more! Gonna miss the 🏝️.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

I can say this is one of my proudest achievements, yesterday I finalized the purchase and got the keys to my house. 22 and entering my second year of grad school, and it only took rent going up for me to start this endeavor 😂. Homeowner ✅

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

7 months

A quick snippet of my presentation today at #OSM24 . Very grateful for the opportunity to present in this session and all the people who spoke and messaged after to speak further about our work at @IanH77

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

5 months

Hi!! This will be a long one but please stay with me! After 3 years doing talks for Puerto Rican undergraduates, high and middle school students talking, about environmental sciences, biology and topics surrounding my research work, I was asked to formalize my efforts. (1/?)

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Poster presentation today was great, loved all the feedback and hearing all the incredible conferences. #ASLO23

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Unpaid promotion… these are the true conference talk snacks 🤤

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

It’s incredible to work with such an amazing group of scientist. The learning curve and amounts of work and data generated is outstanding. Can’t wait to analyze all the collected data and see where this project goes.

Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Laboratory 🏳️‍🌈

@IanH77

1 year

The team is in St Petersburg FL working with @virome_girl and @DrChrisKellogg to understand more about the drivers and vectors of echinoderm disease and their viruses. It’s been a busy couple of days but already seeing results! Excited to be able to continue our investigation!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Sloths, research station dog, sample collection and the Panama Canal Locks, I have to say this has been an incredible experience. Working with the Smithsonian and being able to sample both Pacific and Atlantic is just surreal.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

So incredibly proud and excited! Super grateful to mentors, professors, friends and family who always help and support me! #GRFP

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Super excited to see published! And incredibly grateful to be a co-author with such an incredible group of scientist! Small thread ahead (1/5)

A scuticociliate causes mass mortality of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean Sea

A scuticociliate (Philaster sp.) causes mass mortality of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum.

www.science.org

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

That’s how… undergrad graduation pic🥂also had my lavender hair for that

grudge judy 🏳️‍🌈

@mistererickson

1 year

hey gays whadja look like in your cap-n-gown?

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Officially time to haul everything down stairs. Lab move day # I’ve lost count

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

5 months

Let the fun begin!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

11 months

My spooky bake for this year! Pumpkin chai cake, maple buttercream, and apple cider infused caramel 🤤

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

10 months

A month ago I gave a talk to PR middle-school students about my research and the impact learning english has had in my career. Today I come home to this surprise, a thank you letter from teacher and students and some PR cookies and goodies. Thank you! 🇵🇷Boricua hasta en la luna

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

10 months

A lot to be thankful about in a couple of pictures. Very grateful for all the things this year has put in my way and the incredible support I get from all these wonderful people.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Today in casual conversation I got asked what year of my PhD I was in and realized… as of next week I am a second year! So Imma do a recap of this past year 🤓 First thing that comes to mind is meeting the cohort, each and every one of them made this year unforgettable (1/5)

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

11 months

Incredibly excited to receive this email! Will be attending the Ocean Sciences Meeting and presenting my work on effects of ethanol preservation on sequencing, the microbiomes of D. antillarum samples from 40 years ago, and microbial community differences then and now. 🌊🦠

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

7 months

Super excited for #OSM2024 this coming week! Come explore museum preserved specimens of D. antillarum from the 1980’s with me, will be comparing the microbiome then and now, associations with mass mortality events, and talk about Diadema scuticociliatosis! 🦠🌊

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Starting once again the weekly trip to Farmers Market with @ddtetreault … to think we where right here almost a year ago talking about how our first year as PhD students might turn out and now a week or two away from being done with the 1st year!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

I am always and forever proud of my roots. Thanks to @ElNuevoDia for this article describing my scientific trajectory. ————————————————— Siempre orgulloso de mis raíces. Gracias a Él Nuevo Día por está pieza describiendo mi trayectoria acientífica.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

An incredible week down at USF with @IanH77 , @virome_girl , @DrChrisKellogg and @marinebioBella . Super productive week and a bunch of outstanding results. Very grateful for the amazing collaborators and incredible science. Just left and can’t wait to go back, till the next one.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

5 months

Yesterday, I launched L.E.A.R.N. (Latino Educators Advancing Research & Knowledge) Crew, this initiative now has multiple graduate students who will offer talks to students with different base knowledge. Our goal is to build interest for young students… (2/?)

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Happy doesn’t begin to cover it, super excited to be in the lab and continue our work! 🎉🎊

Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Laboratory 🏳️‍🌈

@IanH77

1 year

It's not official until its website official: Pleased to formally welcome @brayan_vilanova to the team! During his rotation in Fall 2022, Brayan contributed to our work on Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis. I'm excited to continue work with him for his studies!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 month

Really happy to see our @CornellMicrobio DEI Pride shirts on the panel! 🥹🤩

Ahmed A. Shibl

@shiblahmed

1 month

#isme19 Happening now - Diversity In STEM brought to you by the ISME ECSC and others. #STEM #diversityinstem

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

It takes one plate of food to make me feel like I am 9 years old and back in Puerto Rico at my grandmothers house. Rice, beans, spam and eggs 🤤

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

New member of the family, this is Fleur, @Corbin_Lay and I, adopted her yesterday and she has been adapting quite quickly to her new house ❤️🥹😻

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Happy #NationalComingOutDay we still here and we still 🏳️‍🌈! Thought I’d share my new favorite way for grad school decompression… burlesque classes. Cause it can’t be science 24/7 and we all gotta find ways to explore our artsy side.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Friendsgiving with some of the many members of the new extended family here in Ithaca. These beautiful people made an initially nostalgic occasion, feel just like home. And I don’t mean to brag but for the first time making Puerto Rican thanksgiving food, I am quite happy!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Extremely happy to see another project come to fruition. One of the project I worked on during my undergraduate research with Dr. Filipa Godoy looking at the “Oral Microbiota and Periodontitis Severity among Hispanic Adults”.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

An incredible experience to be at the Panama Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and to be collecting samples on both Pacific and Atlantic side is a dream! Coral bleaching due to the heatwave is very striking, hoping the reefs can recover from this.

OceanSciSwim 🏳️‍🌈

@oceansci_swim

1 year

Amazing but sobering day sampling corals and other invertebrates in Panamá working with collaborators from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Sobering because much of the coral on the Pacific coast was clearly bleached in the heatwave… tomorrow Atlantic

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Micro PhD at Cornell Week one ✅, I couldn’t have asked for a better cohort and overall department. We are definitely away from home but this feels like a second home to me 🥹

Heather Feaga

@FeagaHeather

2 years

#WingHall knows how to party @CornellMicrobio

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Today I got pinned as a Deans Scholar for having this years CALS Stadman Fellowship. It’s a great honor to be part of this group of distinguished and talented people. And I look forward to interacting and collaborating with all Dean scholar colleagues. Extremely grateful!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

10.9 miles, 10 snakes, and a whole lot of beautiful scenery hiking with @ddtetreault so happy it’s spring.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Falling in love with Ithaca a little more everyday, some pics of the weekend hike at Dandy State Forest.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

As the deadline is close, if any student has completed drafts of personal or research statements for the #GRFP and needs someone to review or wants to see my proposal/personal statement or the review I got, just message me. Not an expert but got great advise when writing my own.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

11 months

Thrilled to have talked with 4/5th graders at UPR-Elementary invited by their English and Math teachers! Explored the importance of sea urchins and corals, and shared insights into the impact of learning English in my academic journey. The enthusiasm and curiosity was awesome 🤩!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

From 0 to a 100. Had never seen snow to snowshoeing up Loch Leven Trail at Truckee. Some good immersion therapy before moving to Ithaca! ❄️🦠

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

To open the curtains and see snow falling for the first time in my life… I kinda can’t wait until this happens more often (might regret later) feeling like a little kid 😂🤓

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Not a Dr. yet but nothing better than waking up to this email. Extremely happy and honored to have worked with such an amazing and skilled team on this paper!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

It’s published!

Frontiers | Oral microbiota and periodontitis severity among Hispanic adults

BackgroundPeriodontitis, one of the most common bacterial infections characterized by chronic inflammation, is also known to be a risk factor for chronic con...

www.frontiersin.org

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

So nice when FedEx delivers precious samples on time. Thanks for sending it @virome_girl

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

🤯The fact that his book “I contain multitudes” was one of the first things that pushed me into microbial ecology, and to have him write a piece about our on going work! 🥲❤️ This is so freaking cool!!!!

Ed Yong is not here

@edyong209

1 year

I wrote about an oceanic (mass) murder mystery that was solved in record time.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

I could sit and watch this all day, they are so cute holding on to the nori sheets

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

“I wouldn’t have been able to do anything to help or stop it” that’s been the mantra today. Incredible feeling of powerlessness, I am here but my heart is with my people. Seeing the bandages left by Maria being stripped away by Fiona is heartbreaking.

Insider Paper

@TheInsiderPaper

2 years

NEW 🚨 Hurricane Fiona has knocked out all electricity, caused catastrophic flooding as it makes landfall in US island of Puerto Rico

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Extremely thankful for all the new skills, memories and mentorship. Proud to have been part of Team Aquatic Virus ( @IanH77 ) throughout my first rotation and excited to begin my next rotation at The Hendry Lab ( @ToryHendry ).

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Just some more pictures of our ongoing research trip at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Incredibly grateful to be here, and so proud to work with such incredible scientist. Throughly enjoying every bit of our work.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

New award for the CV, Best Baked Good for the @CornellMicrobio Halloween Party! They where so fun to make!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

A short video summary of the recent publication concerning Diadema antillarum mass mortality event and the ciliate culprit. Produced by ⁦ @IanH77 ⁩ and ⁦ @Cornell ⁩

Massive Caribbean sea urchin die-off caused by parasite

In a study lead by Cornell microbiology professor Ian Hewson, scientists have discovered that a parasite is behind a severe die-off of long-spined sea urchin...

www.youtube.com

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

At first this was daunting, now it feels like a blessing every time 🥹

Julie Bastarache

@JulesBass6

1 year

If I could give aspiring scientists and trainees one piece of advice it would be this: Find a mentor who cares enough about you to do this 👇 #Mentorship #AcademicChatter #PhysicianScientist #CareerAdvice

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Incredibly grateful to have worked with @AugustusPendle1 and @micro_marian on this workshop! It was a great experience to share a bit of our knowledge with @CornellMicrobio .

Augustus Pendleton

@AugustusPendle1

2 years

Just finished teaching a @thecarpentries workshop with @micro_marian and @brayan_vilanova in #Rstats for @CornellMicrobio . Feeling so grateful to share what I love with such a special group of learners! Excited to build a community of coders here!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

As a kid: “The sky is the limit” As a PhD student: “The grants the limit”

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

8 months

It’s funny, so involved with work that I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this chaos 🥹. Fam arrived yesterday and at 7:00am today we were all out tossing snowballs around 🥹🇵🇷. I’m gonna miss this!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

One tragedy doesn’t overshadow another. My thoughts and best wishes go to Taiwan after the earthquake today and my people in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona. I can’t emphasize enough the necessity for kindness in the upcoming weeks and the mobilization for aid in both places.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

@Akustics @PhDVoice For graphs @rstudio , for method summary images or other I use @BioRender , and for editing of graphs usually @inkscape

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

After this I was made to believe that they didn’t have any battery other than the most expensive (which wasn’t true) and then they attempted to not do the installation properly. If the shirt wasn’t clear, fuck you! The rage and frustration is immediate and unforgiving.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Extremely proud to have collaborated with such an amazing team from multiple institutions in Argentina to explore the gut of plastic degrading wax moths!

Frontiers | The Bacterial and Fungal Gut Microbiota of the Greater Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella L....

Plastic production has been increasing exponentially in the last 60 years, but plastic disposal is out of control, resulting in the pollution of all ecosyste...

www.frontiersin.org

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

I usually take out most of the exclamation marks after I write and email but today the data looked good so we went with this ending “Thank you!!!” 😂😂 Little victories (even if it doesn’t work next time I am happy it worked today).

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Topics of interest this month… any book recommendations within scientific writing and protozoan biology?

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 months

Turning my family visit trip to Puerto Rico into an outreach opportunity, LEARN Crew has now booked talks to impact around 300 middle school and high school student in the island this fall! I am so excited to see this come to live!!! 🥹☀️

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Today I chose a shirt that says “F*** Racism”. Unexpectedly had to buy a new car battery and as I approach the counter of the place to buy it, I get asked to step aside without being asked what I am there for and made to wait until they attended to everyone on the line. (1/2)

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

More drop off location uploaded everyday! Check them out and see how you can help.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Thank you so much @gareaulab for mentoring me and open the doors for me to be part of this project. And thank you @UBeitnere it was great working on this publication together! It was an incredible collaboration!

Dr. Melanie Gareau

@gareaulab

2 years

Congrats @UBeitnere 🎉 Happy to see this work out. A nice "side-project" for talented UC Davis PREP scholar @brayan_vilanova A fun collaboration 🥳 @ucdavisvetmed @ucdavisbiology @UCD_APC

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

10 months

Very excited to see this work published, it was great to collaborate in this project from our lab ( @IanH77 ) 🌊🥒🦠 Dynamics of the Apostichopus californicus-associated flavivirus under suboxic conditions and organic matter amendment

Frontiers | Dynamics of the Apostichopus californicus-associated flavivirus under suboxic conditi...

Flaviviruses cause some of the most detrimental vertebrate diseases, yet little is known of their impacts on invertebrates. Microbial activities at the anima...

www.frontiersin.org

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Consider me immortal 😂

The New York Times

@nytimes

2 years

People who drank moderate amounts of coffee, 1.5 to 3.5 cups per day, were up to 30% less likely to die during a multiple year study period than those who didn’t drink coffee, new research found.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

5 months

We now have 5 schools in the Caribbean lined up for this academic year where we will contribute to teachers curriculums by giving a talk about our research and emphasize how being bilingual is a great advantage in our personal and profesional development. (4/?)

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

A fun chilly morning at Cayuga lake, can’t wait to be in Panamá!

Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Laboratory 🏳️‍🌈

@IanH77

1 year

Practicing underwater swabbing in Cayuga Lake ahead of an upcoming trip to Panamá. Needless to say that the destination will be more interesting! Lots of quagga and zebra mussels, plus an amphipod or two! @brayan_vilanova @oceansci_swim

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

I’ll be presenting, on Tuesday June 6th, my poster (# 80) titled “Ciliate-Bacterial Endosymbiotic Relationship May Influence Diadema Antillarum Urchin Mass Mortality” come by and let’s talk some science. #ASLO23 #ASLO2023

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Extremely grateful to have been a part of this trip working with amazing collaborators from USVI. Specially grateful to my mentor @IanH77 for allowing me to be a part of this. Sample collection was a success and I can’t wait to get back in the lab to see what we find.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

@BioLumbee @WisamTariq I use a mix of qiime2 and R for Microbiome analysis that makes it flexible to do preliminary analysis and get high quality graphs. I started out with this workflow, it’s a bit dated but it will give you an understanding of the baseline analysis.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

So happy to have collaborated in this project and even more to see it finally published!

Ulrika Beitnere, PhD

@UBeitnere

2 years

Our work has been published! Please check out the final version: A big thanks to the collaborators: @gareaulab , @brayan_vilanova , @jill_silverman_ and my supervisor: @lab_segal , and, of course: @cureangelman for the support! @UCDavisResearch

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

5 months

If you want to share with a science teacher from a Spanish speaking country or be part of the graduate students who give the talks please fill out the following forms Teachers: Students: Thank u, I am excited to see this take off!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

This alone should account for a PhD. Hurricanes, earthquakes, long term power outages, and mediocre politicians who only care for themselves.

Cayetana Lazcano Etchebarne

@LazcanoCayetana

2 years

*updating my cv* Skills: living [surviving] in Puerto Rico

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

“The snow is pretty your gonna love it” they said, well happens that when there’s just ice you can fall on ur side and you get a hairline fracture on ur ribs… this is so comedic, that laughing literally hurts I am good, one of many stories to come from this PRican on ice 😂🥶

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

5 months

Surrounding a wide range of research topics. While also allowing for Spanish speaking graduate students to not only practice our science communication in our native language but also make it accessible for those who don’t speak or are not proficient in English (3/?)

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

@oceansci_swim @IanH77 Solved

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

7 months

It’s today! #OSM24 excited to present at the Leveraging Historic Archives to Reconstruct Ecological Processes Across Temporal and Spatial Scales Session, and dive into the historic microbiomes of Diadema antillarum!

Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

7 months

Super excited for #OSM2024 this coming week! Come explore museum preserved specimens of D. antillarum from the 1980’s with me, will be comparing the microbiome then and now, associations with mass mortality events, and talk about Diadema scuticociliatosis! 🦠🌊

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

You are an amazing scientist, colleague, and friend! Definitely will miss you Joanna, thank you for all the mentoring and all the coffee breaks (to discuss science of course). I hope you have safe travels back to Poland, as we said this ain’t good bye just a “see you later”!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

@PhD_Genie Peanuts, will literally have the entire peanut container studying, reading or writing

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Some pictures from the second day sampling with @IanH77 at St. Thomas! Day 2/3

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

It’s so nice to be outside again and enjoy some sun light ☀️ Survived my first winter

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

The last few weeks I have expressed my concern with the catastrophic events after hurricane Fiona in Puerto Rico. In an effort to help our people, other Puerto Rican students and I, have developed a plan to send provisions. If you are a member of the cornell community pls share!

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

2 years

Manuscript submitted to @FrontMicrobiol and awaiting review! 🤩 This is always an exciting and stressful time, can’t wait for the reviews to get back. #plastic #digesting #moth #microbiome

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Pride month and a pride mixer sounds perfectly adequate! Love this #ASLO23

Michael Henson, Ph.D.

@HensonMW_08

1 year

. #aslo23 folks new event tmrw ! Join ! Queer in Aquatic Science mixer

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

10 months

I am super happy to have been invited by @2STEMFrom to participate in their podcast to talk about my journey and current work at the Hewson lab! Very rewarding and incredibly weird to hear myself on this 😂

Podcast | STEM From

Every week, STEM From posts a podcast where we interview others about their career. pursuits, as well as any suggestions or advice for others! Whether you are considering joining the STEM field or...

www.stemfrom.org

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Our new lab mascot is going to have brain damage by the end of the week if he doesn’t stop.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

While adjusting to Ithaca was quite the challenge considering the many slips in the icy floor, the Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Lab ( @IanH77 ) had me flying all over to do incredible work and meet amazing collaborators. Florida, USVI, Smithsonian DC, and Smithsonian Panamá. (2/5)

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

@FelixJBerrios When I was in UCDavis they asked and persisted I did a TOEFL as required by the grad school in the campus. So they definitely asked for it last year.

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

Science Query: Post-Bach program for Non-US citizens. How can students get a similar experience to a post-Bach? Are there programs or individual PI’s that would support students to get this experience? Please retweet to see if someone else knows. (1/2)

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Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🇵🇷

@brayan_vilanova

1 year

And to put the 🍒 on top, I bought my house and am finally settled in to Upstate NY really looking forward to what the next few years will bring. This was lengthy (sorry) but when the experiments are not working this reminds me there’s light at the end of the tunnel.