Research Program and Theme
- Program: Cancer Engineering and Biological Systems
- Theme: Comparative and Engineered Oncology Models
Research Focus
Lawrence Schook is an international scholar of comparative genomics who has developed the Oncopig Cancer Model, a biomedical cancer model to help medical professionals better understand and treat the disease. The Oncopig Cancer Model (OCM) is a next-generation large-animal platform used to study hematology and solid-tumor oncology. Prior to the development of OCM, Schook led the global pig genome-sequencing project.