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Carol Loopstra
- Associate Professor
- Office:
- WFES 306
- Email:
- c-loopstra@tamu.edu
- Phone:
- (979) 862-2200
- Undergraduate Education
- B.S. Forest Management, Oregon State University
- Graduate Education
- M.S. Forest Science, Oregon State University
- Ph.D. Genetics and Forestry, North Carolina State University
Pronouns
she/her/hers
Professional Summary
Carol Loopstra is an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology with teaching and research interests in the biological aspects of Forestry. She teaches “Forest Trees of North America” and “Tree Improvement and Regeneration” and is the program leader for the undergraduate degree in Forestry. Her research has evolved over time from molecular biology of forest trees focusing on wood development and drought resistance to conifer genomics focusing on drought resistance. Her latest project is funded by the USDA and is a collaboration with the Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program. This project is an attempt to take earlier work and use WGFTIP progeny tests to develop molecular markers and biomarkers that can be used to assist with selection of and breeding for trees with increased water-use efficiency and drought resistance while at the same time increasing photosynthetic efficiency and growth.
Research Interests and Specializations
Forest Tree Genomics and Molecular Biology
Recent Publications
Lu M, Loopstra CA, Krutovsky KV (2019) Detecting the genetic basis of local adaptation in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) using whole exome0wide genotyping and an integrative landscape genomics analysis approach. Ecology and Evolution 9(4)
Lu M, Seeve CM, Loopstra CA, Krutovsky KV (2018) Exploring the genetic basis of gene transcript abundance and metabolite levels in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) using association mapping and network construction. BMC Genetics19:100
Lu M, Krutovsky KV, Nelson CD, West JB, Reilly NA, Loopstra CA. (2017) Association genetics of growth and adaptive traits in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) using whole- exome-discovered polymorphisms. Tree Genetics & Genomes 13(57)
Lu M, Krutovsky KV, Nelson CD, Koralewski TE, Byram TD, Loopstra CA. (2016) Exome genotyping, linkage disequilibrium and population structure in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) BMC Genomics 17:730
Stevens KA, Wegrzyn JL, Zimin A, Puiu D, Crepeau M, Cardeno C, Paul F, Gonzalez- Ibeas D, Koriabine M, Holtz-Morris AE, Martínez-García PJ, Sezen UU, Marçais G, Jermstad K, McGuire PE, Loopstra CA, Davis JM, Eckert A, de Jong P, Yorke JA, Salzberg SL, Neale DB, Langley CH (2016) Sequence of the sugar pine megagenome. Genetics 204 (4) 1613-1626