College of Veterinary Medicine
Moore Lab
Led by Julie Moore · Infectious Diseases and Immunology
What we study
The lab studies malaria in pregnancy and its effects on the placenta, using field work in Kenya, mouse models, and lab experiments. They also explore how maternal stress affects infant gut health and malaria susceptibility.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Fieldwork
- Computational
- Mice
- Coding required
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Exploring the etiology of oxidative damage and cell death in placental malaria
Studying how malaria causes damage to the placenta through inflammation and oxidative stress.
Project Efficacy of Machine Learning Algorithm in Determining Health Status of Mice
The lab works on using a machine‑learning program to watch videos of mice infected with malaria and tell which mice are sick. Students feed 14 days of video data into a Google AI platform and the algorithm correctly identifies sick mice 92.6% of the time. Future work will add real‑time monitoring and alerts.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 460
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Recent papers, explained
- Evidence and opportunities for preeclampsia and cardiovascular disease prevention in malaria endemic settings
2026 · Communications Medicine
Explains how malaria may increase preeclampsia risk by damaging the placenta.
- The gut microbiome in early life predicts malaria susceptibility
2026 · Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Studies whether gut bacteria in early life affect malaria risk.
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- Anticoagulant therapy and altered tissue factor expression protect against experimental placental and cerebral malaria
2025 · PLoS Pathogens
Tests if anticoagulants help protect against severe malaria in mice.
- Neutrophil-driven Oxidative Stress in Syncytiotrophoblast
2025 · Placenta
- An ex vivo model for studying regulated cell death in syncytiotrophoblast using human placental explants
2025 · Placenta
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