Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷

Microbial-ecology 🦠, disease-ecology, genomics and marine microbiomes 🌊 Postdoc in the Luo Lab at UNCC

[Javier del Campo @fonamental]

Widespread symbiosis of ciliate epibionts colonizing gills of shrimps inhabiting vents and seeps across the Pacific Ocean https://t.co/f7BYsNNDS7 #symbiosis #protists

[Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes]

Doing experiments in the Atlantic Ocean on the TEAL-SHIPS5 cruise, where fish ecologists caught a huge wahoo!

Grateful for amazing colleagues, and excited to catch up at OSM!

[Chris @DrChrisKellogg]

New paper alert! Super happy to finally see this in print: "Assessment of antibiotic resistance genes in Caribbean corals, including those treated with amoxicillin" https://t.co/i59ypfvsb0 #SCTLD #CoralDisease

[Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes]

Luo Lab 2026: Welcoming Dr. Stephania Tsola (Queen’s Mary University of London) and Brayan Vilanova Cuevas (Cornell)!

[bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv_micrbio]

Scuticociliate Detection and Microbiome Composition in Museum Collections of Diadema Antillarum https://t.co/eU1NrPGppt #biorxiv_micrbio

[Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @brayan_vilanova]

Today was a bitter sweet day, I’m excited to be moving forward but I’m also overwhelmed by my last day at @CornellMicrobio Department. Gonna miss all the amazing people who took part of my journey specially my mentor, @IanH77, I don’t have words to express how grateful I am.

[Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @brayan_vilanova]

@Moin_Sheam Thank you!!

[Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @brayan_vilanova]

Well it’s official, today I passed my defense!! Dr. Vilanova-Cuevas 😊🤩 so happy!!!

[Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes]

My department (Biological Sciences) has opened a tenure-track position! This is a broad search, with some preference for ecology/evolution/environment, but any and all research foci in biology are encouraged to apply! Review date is Dec 15th.

https://t.co/SOgGpDKHgL

[Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @brayan_vilanova]

@GeoSantiagoM Thank you!!

[Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Laboratory 🏳️‍🌈 @IanH77]

Lots and lots of traffic today about Sea Star Wasting in Florida. This probably isn’t the same thing as in the Pacific, but speaks to the fact that there is no case definition, and that it’s very non specific and describes when stars fall apart. See
https://t.co/Al7ZhImKpp

[Elaine Luo @oceanmicrobes]

Funded postdoc + PhD opportunities in marine microbial ecology! Please share with folks that might be interested.

Start date is flexible (fall 2025 to summer 2026)

More about the lab + applying (Postdoc rolling, PhD apps due Oct/Jan):
https://t.co/faMrVc3uWD

[Cornell Marine Mass Mortality Laboratory 🏳️‍🌈 @IanH77]

https://t.co/E6gQgaeQaP
I was asked to write this based on a town hall at a recent meeting. Apologies but the journal wanted $3200 for open access and I just couldn’t afford. Lmk if you’d like to see it.

[Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @brayan_vilanova]

Excited and grateful, earlier this month I started my INTERN Fellowship, allowing me to spend the next three months working on elucidating relationships of bacteria and coral at the USGS - Honolulu Field Station under the mentorship of Dr. Thierry Works and his amazing team!

[Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @brayan_vilanova]

Dive deeper on the results and learn more about our work on Diadematidae mass mortality and how environmental microbiomes compare when the disease is replicated in laboratory conditions. 🌊🦠
Big thank you to all the incredible collaborators who made this work possible (8/8)

[Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @brayan_vilanova]

🧵 Exciting Research Alert! 🌊🚨 Our latest study investigates the impact of Diadema antillarum scuticociliatosis (DSc) on the microbiome of sea urchins! Here are some key findings. @IanH77 #MarineScience #Microbiome #SeaUrchins

https://t.co/fsF5udgLkv

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[Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @brayan_vilanova]

💡 Understanding microbiome changes due to pathogens like DSc is vital to developing strategies that protect marine ecosystems. Our research sheds light on the mechanisms behind host-pathogen interactions! (7/8)