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University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez: Mayagüez, PR

2023-07-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Biology)
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Alex Veglia

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, US

2016-08-14 to present | MSc Biological Oceanography (Department of Marine Sciences)
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Alex Veglia

Rice University: Houston, Texas, US

2019-08-15 to 2023-08-31 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (BioSciences)
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Alex Veglia

Roger Williams University: Bristol, RI, US

2012-08-15 to 2016-05-14 | B.S. Marine Biology (Marine and Natural Sciences)
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Alex Veglia

Works (20)

vAMPirus: A versatile amplicon processing and analysis program for studying viruses

Molecular Ecology Resources
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13978
Contributors: Alex J. Veglia; Ramón E. Rivera‐Vicéns; Carsten G. B. Grupstra; Lauren I. Howe‐Kerr; Adrienne M. S. Correa
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Shadows over Caribbean reefs: Identification of a new invasive soft coral species,Xenia umbellata, in southwest Puerto Rico

2024-05-10 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.07.592775
Contributors: Daniel A. Toledo-Rodriguez; Alex Veglia; Nilda M. Jimenez Marrero; Joyce M. Gomez-Samot; Catherine S. McFadden; Ernesto Weil; Nikolaos V. Schizas
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Filamentous virus-like particles are present in coral dinoflagellates across genera and ocean basins

The ISME Journal
2023-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01526-6
Contributors: Lauren I Howe-Kerr; Anna M Knochel; Matthew D Meyer; Jordan A Sims; Carly E Karrick; Carsten G B Grupstra; Alex J Veglia; Andrew R Thurber; Rebecca L Vega Thurber; Adrienne M S Correa
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Endogenous viral elements reveal associations between a non-retroviral RNA virus and symbiotic dinoflagellate genomes

Communications Biology
2023-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04917-9
Contributors: Alex J. Veglia; Kalia S. I. Bistolas; Christian R. Voolstra; Benjamin C. C. Hume; Hans-Joachim Ruscheweyh; Serge Planes; Denis Allemand; Emilie Boissin; Patrick Wincker; Julie Poulain et al.
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Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae

Nature Communications
2023-05-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38612-4
Contributors: Kelsey M. Beavers; Emily W. Van Buren; Ashley M. Rossin; Madison A. Emery; Alex J. Veglia; Carly E. Karrick; Nicholas J. MacKnight; Bradford A. Dimos; Sonora S. Meiling; Tyler B. Smith et al.
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vAMPirus: A versatile amplicon processing and analysis program for studying viruses

2023-02-09 | Preprint
DOI: 10.22541/au.167592965.50010700/v1
Contributors: Alex Veglia; Ramon E Rivera-Vicens; Carsten Grupstra; Lauren Howe-Kerr; Adrienne Correa
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Consumer feces impact coral health in guild-specific ways

2022-11-02 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2022.10.31.514626
Contributors: Carsten G.B. Grupstra; Lauren I. Howe-Kerr; Jesse A. van der Meulen; Alex J. Veglia; Samantha R. Coy; Adrienne M.S. Correa
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Thermal stress triggers productive viral infection of a key coral reef symbiont

The ISME Journal
2022-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01194-y
Contributors: Carsten G B Grupstra; Lauren I Howe-Kerr; Alex J Veglia; Reb L Bryant; Samantha R Coy; Patricia L Blackwelder; Adrienne M S Correa
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Alphaflexivirus Genomes in Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease-Affected, Disease-Exposed, and Disease-Unexposed Coral Colonies in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Microbiology Resource Announcements
2022-02-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/mra.01199-21
Contributors: A. J. Veglia; K. Beavers; E. W. Van Buren; S. S. Meiling; E. M. Muller; T. B. Smith; D. M. Holstein; A. Apprill; M. E. Brandt; L. D. Mydlarz et al.
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Cladopsammia manuelensis sensu Cairns, 2000 (Order: Scleractinia): a new distribution record for Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

Cahiers de Biologie Marine
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.21411/CBM.A.6427875E
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Alex Veglia

Variable Species Responses to Experimental Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Exposure

Frontiers in Marine Science
2021-04-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.670829
Part of ISSN: 2296-7745
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Alex Veglia

Isolation and genotyping of novel T4 cyanophages associated with diverse coral reef invertebrates

Coral Reefs
2021-04-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-021-02056-3
Contributors: Alex J. Veglia; Caleb R. Milford; Nikolaos V. Schizas
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Correction to: Isolation and genotyping of novel T4 cyanophages associated with diverse coral reef invertebrates

Coral Reefs
2021-04-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-021-02070-5
Contributors: Alex J. Veglia; Caleb R. Milford; Nikolaos V. Schizas
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Thermal stress triggers productive viral infection of a key coral reef symbiont

2021-03-19 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.17.435810
Contributors: Carsten GB Grupstra; Lauren I Howe-Kerr; Alex J Veglia; Reb L Bryant; Samantha R Coy; Patricia L Blackwelder; Adrienne MS Correa
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vAMPirus: An automated, comprehensive virus amplicon sequencing analysis program

Zenodo
2021-02-19 | Research tool
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.4549851
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Alex Veglia

Holobiont Virus Extraction Protocol (Veglia et al.)

protocols.io
2021-01-22 | Journal article | Author
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bmr5k586
Contributors: Alex Veglia
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De novo transcriptome assembly of the digitate morphotype of Briareum asbestinum (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the southwest shelf of Puerto Rico

Marine Genomics
2019-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2019.04.001
Part of ISSN: 1874-7787
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Alex Veglia

Characterizing population structure of coral-associated fauna from mesophotic and shallow habitats in the Caribbean

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315418000413
Part of ISSN: 0025-3154
Part of ISSN: 1469-7769
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Alex Veglia

Easy Holobiont Virus Extraction (Ez-HoVE) Protocol v1

2019-03-22 | Preprint
DOI: 10.17504/protocols.io.zfkf3kw
Contributors: Alex Veglia
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De novo transcriptome assembly of the coral Agaricia lamarcki (Lamarck's sheet coral) from mesophotic depth in southwest Puerto Rico

Marine Genomics
2018-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2018.08.003
Part of ISSN: 1874-7787
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Alex Veglia

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