College of Veterinary Medicine
De Souza Lab
Led by Cleverson De Souza · Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine
What we study
The De Souza Lab designs peptide (protein-fragment) vaccines for cattle against Johne's disease bacteria, validates lab-made antibodies that detect and classify dog lymphoma, and uses AI to improve diagnosis of canine cancers. It also builds AI chatbot tools for veterinary education.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Computational
- Farm animals (cattle, horses, poultry)
- Bacteria & microbes
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 4
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Peptide-based vaccine development targeting Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) in cattle
Developing protein‑fragment vaccines to protect cattle from MAP infection.
Validation of monoclonal antibodies for detection and classification of canine lymphomas
Testing lab‑made antibodies to improve diagnosis of dog lymph cancers.
Show 2 more projectsShow fewer
AI-Enhanced Diagnostics for canine neoplasia
Applying machine learning to speed and accuracy of cancer detection in dogs.
AI-driven chatbot for veterinary student education
Creating a conversational AI tool to boost learning and critical thinking in vet students.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Iron-Handling, Lipid-Oxygenation, and Hypoxia-Response Gene Expression in the Renal Cortex of Cats with Chronic Kidney Disease: An Analysis-Plan-Guided Secondary Analysis
2026 · Veterinary Sciences
Looks for links between iron handling, oxygen use, and low oxygen in cat kidneys with CKD.
- Matching genomic evidence to claims about Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis: Host association, host adaptation, mechanism, and virulence
2026 · Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Show 3 more papersShow fewer
- Lipopolysaccharide induces a delayed iron-handling transcript pattern in primary bovine macrophages
2026 · American Journal of Veterinary Research
Studies how LPS affects iron-handling genes in cow macrophages over time using lab tests.
- Update on development of monoclonal antibodies for use in clinical flow cytometry and research in dogs
2025 · Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
Tests new lab tools for studying dog blood and cancers using flow cytometry.
- Transcriptomic identification of genes associated with thrombosis and coagulation in lipopolysaccharide-exposed bovine monocyte-derived macrophages
2024 · American Journal of Veterinary Research
Finds genes linked to blood clotting in cow macrophages exposed to LPS using lab tests.
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
How to reach out
Cleverson De Souza hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.