Laura Patterson Rosa, MV, Ph.D.

Dr. Laura Patterson Rosa received her veterinary doctor (M.V. – Medico Veterinario) degree in 2015, from the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. During veterinary school, she participated in the 2013 Veterinary Investigator Program, conducting research on Equine Genetics at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. After a brief period as equine veterinarian in Brazil, she started her Ph.D. in Equine Genomics at the University of Florida, focusing on usage of “omics” tools in equine health and preventative medicine. Her dissertation was titled “Leveraging ‘Omics’ to Unravel Complex Health Conditions in the Horse”. Upon completing her Ph.D., Dr. Patterson joined the University of Florida’s Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, where she discovered genetic variants associated with coloration, social interaction and behavior in defensive or “africanized” honey bees. She also assisted on the development of a screening test for genetic type in honey bees targeting invasive lineages in the US. After the postdoctoral experience, she became a Genetics Scientist for Etalon Diagnostics, further developing the genetic testing panels and conducting research in health and traits of interest. In 2022, she accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, TX, where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Genetics, Reproduction, Equine Industry and Equine Physiology, as well as conducted research in health parameter variation and health reestablishment in emaciated rescued horses.
She is a member of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, the Equine Sciences Society, and the Dorothy Russell Havemeyer International Horse Genome Workshop. She also actively serves as Scientific Editor for PLOSOne. As faculty at Long Island University - College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Patterson is excited to mentor veterinary students and share her knowledge in Equine Medicine and Genomics. Her research focuses on using omics tools to further understand complex diseases, locomotion, population structure, adaptation and improve health and selection in equids (and sometimes other species!).
Dr. Patterson enjoys horse-related activities, as she has been a trainer and show jumper for over two decades.

Publications - (selected manuscripts)

• Clifton, D.L., Boyd, J.A. and Patterson Rosa, L. (accepted, in press) Using Genetics to Trace the Ancestry and “Breed-Type” of Rescued Horses. Animal Genetics

• Araujo, F. and Patterson Rosa, L. The Gait Gene? Demystifying the genetics of gaits. Brazilian J Equine Med. Ano 19 – n.113 May/June 2024. ISSN: 1809-2063

• Elif Bozlak, Lara Radovic, Viktoria Remer, Doris Rigler, Lucy Allen, Gottfried Brem, Gabrielle Stalder, Caitlin Castaneda, Gus Cothran, Terje Raudsepp, Yu Okuda, Kyaw Kyaw Moe, Hla Hla Moe, Bounthavone Kounnavongsa, Soukanh Keonouchanh, Nguyen Huu Van, Van Hai Vu, Manoj Kumar Shah, Masahide Nishibori, Polat Kazymbet, Meirat Bakhtin, Asankadyr Zhunushov, Ripon Chandra Paul, Bumbein Dashnyam, Ken Nozawa, Saria Almarzook, Gudrun A. Brockmann, Monika Reissmann, Douglas F. Antczak, Donald C. Miller, Raheleh Sadeghi, Ines von Butler-Wemken, Nikos Kostaras, Haige Han, Dugarjaviin Manglai, Abdugani Abdurasulov, Boldbaatar Sukhbaatar, Katarzyna Ropka-Molik, Monika Stefaniuk-Szmukier, Maria Susana Lopes, Artur da Câmara Machado, Valery V. Kalashnikov, Liliya Kalinkova, Alexander M. Zaitev, Miguel Novoa‐Bravo, Gabriella Lindgren, Samantha Brooks, Laura Patterson Rosa, Ludovic Orlando, Rytis Juras, Tetsuo Kunieda, Barbara Wallner. 2023. Refining the evolutionary tree of the horse Y chromosome. Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.8954.
•  Viana, C.L., Dodson, Z., Santos, H., Boyd, J. and Patterson Rosa, L., 2023. 95 Health parameter variation in emaciated stock-type horses going through two refeeding protocols. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 124, p.104397. DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2023.104397
• William Timothy Treal Taylor, Pablo Librado, Mila Hunska Tašunke Icu (Chief Joseph American Horse), Carlton Shield Chief Gover, Jimmy Arterberry, Anpetu Luta Wiŋ (Antonia Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook), Akil Nujipi (Harold Left Heron), Tanka Omniya (Robert Milo Yellow Hair), Mario Gonzalez (Nantan Hinapan), Bill Means, Sam High Crane (Wapageya Mani), Mažasu (Wendell W. Yellow Bull), Barbara Dull Knife (Mapiya K’o Yake’ Wiŋ), Wakiŋyala Wiŋ (Anita Afraid of Bear), Cruz Tecumseh Collin (Wanka’tuya Kiya), (…), Beth Shapiro, John Southon, Joss Hibbs, Charlotte Faulkner, Alan Outram, Laura Patterson Rosa, Katelyn Palermo, Marina Solé, Alice William, Wayne McCrory, Gabriella Lindgren, Samantha Brooks, Camille Eché, Cécile Donnadieu, Olivier Bouchez, Patrick Wincker, Gregory Hodgins, Sarah Trabert, Brandi Bethke, Patrick Roberts, Emily Lena Jones, Yvette Running Horse Collin (Tašunke Iyanke Wiŋ), and Ludovic Orlando. (2023) Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies. Science, 379, n. 6639, p. 1316-1323, 2023/03/31
• Todd, E.T., Tonasso-Calviere, L., Chauvey, L., Schiavinato, S., Fages, A., Seguin-Orlando, A., Clavel, P., Khan, N., Perez Pardal, L., Patterson Rosa, L. (…) and Orlando, L. The genomic history and global expansion of domestic donkeys. SCIENCE, 8 Sep 2022, Vol 377, Issue 6611, pp. 1172-1180 DOI: 10.1126/science.abo3503
• Patterson Rosa, L., Whitaker, B., Allen, K., Peters, D., Buchanan, B., McClure, S., Honnas, C., Buchanan, C., Martin, K., Lundquist, E., Vierra, M., Foster, G., Brooks, S.A. and Lafayette, C. Genomic loci associated with performance limiting equine overriding spinous processes (kissing spines). Research in Veterinary Science. 2022 Dec 5;150:65-71.
• Patterson Rosa, Martin, K., Vierra, M., Foster, G., Brooks, S.A. And Lafayette, C. (under review – Journal of Heredity) A KIT Variant Associated with Increased White Spotting Epistatic to MC1R Genotype in Horses (Equus caballus). Animals. 2022 Aug 2;12(15):1958.
• Patterson Rosa L, Campos FA, Martin K, Vierra M, Foster G, Lundquist E, Brooks SA, Lafayette C. Demystifying the Genetic Origins of the Mangalarga Horse Through the Influential Stallion Turbante JO. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 2022 Jun 1;113:103910.
• Patterson Rosa L, Eimanifar A, Kimes AG, Brooks SA, Ellis JD (2021) Attack of the dark clones the genetics of reproductive and color traits of South African honey bees (Apis mellifera spp.). PLOS ONE 16(12): e0260833. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260833
• Patterson Rosa, L., Mallicote, M.F., MacKay, R.J. and Brooks, S.A., (2021). Ion Channel and Ubiquitin Differential Expression during Erythromycin-Induced Anhidrosis in Foals. Animals, 11(12), p.3379. doi.org/10.3390/ani11123379
•  Patterson Rosa, L., Troop, T., Martin, K., Vierra, M., Foster, G., Lundquist, E., Brooks, S. A., & Lafayette, C. (2021). Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia homozygote adult working horse with mild signs - A Case Report. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 103756, ISSN 0737-0806, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2021.103756
• Patterson Rosa, L., Staiger, E. A., Martin, K., Vierra, M., Foster, G., Lundquist, E., Brooks, S. A., & Lafayette, C. (2021). Stock-type equine disciplines Hunter, Reining and Roping are associated with the A allele at the DMRT3 locus for gait phenotypes in the horse. Animal genetics, 52: 773-774. https://doi.org/10.1111/age.13110
• Patterson Rosa, L., Martin, K., Vierra, M., Foster, G., Brooks, S.A. And Lafayette, C. (2021) Two Variants of KIT Causing White Patterning in Stock-Type Horses. The Journal of heredity, esab033. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esab033
• Patterson-Rosa, L., Walker, N., Mallicote, M., Mackay, R. and Brooks, S., (2021) Genomic Association of Chronic Idiopathic Anhidrosis to a Potassium Channel Subunit in a Large Animal Model. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2021.05.014
• Patterson Rosa, L. (2021) Atualizações na Genética da Pelagem Equina. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Equina Ano XIV, n.92, ISSN: 1809-2063
• Patterson Rosa, L. (2020) O Diagnóstico Genético na Clínica de Equinos. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Equina Ano XIV, n.90, p.10-18. ISSN: 1809-2063
• Martin, K., Patterson Rosa, L., Vierra, M., Foster, G., Brooks, S.A. And Lafayette, C. (2020), De novo mutation of KIT causes extensive coat white patterning in a family of Berber horses. Anim Genet. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2021.05.014
• Patterson Rosa, L., Mallicote, M.F., Long, M.T. And Brooks, S.A., (2020). Metabogenomics reveals four candidate regions involved in the pathophysiology of Equine Metabolic Syndrome. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 53, p.101620.
• Henkel J, Lafayette C, Brooks Sa, Martin K, Patterson‐Rosa L, Cook D, Jagannathan V, Leeb T. Whole‐genome sequencing reveals a large deletion in the MITF gene in horses with white spotted coat colour and increased risk of deafness. Animal Genetics. 2019 Jan 15.
• Patterson, L.; Staiger, E. A.; Brooks, S. A. DMRT3 is associated with gait type in Mangalarga Marchador horses but does not control gait ability. Animal Genetics, 46: 213–215.