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16328
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2961
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lawrence B. Schook is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Epidemiology, and Hepatology.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research, 2020, GigaScience
  • Epigenetic clock and DNA methylation analysis of porcine models of aging and obesity, 2021, GeroScience
  • Transarterial Embolization of Liver Cancer in a Transgenic Pig Model, 2021, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
  • Staging Liver Fibrosis by Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor PET in a Human-Sized Swine Model, 2022, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
  • Electrothermal soft manipulator enabling safe transport and handling of thin cell/tissue sheets and bioelectronic devices, 2020, Science Advances

They frequently collaborate with other researchers, including:

  • Kyle M. Schachtschneider
  • Ron C. Gaba
  • Lobna Elkhadragy
  • Hooman Yarmohammadi
  • Stephen B. Solomon

Their work has been published predominantly in several venues, reflecting their multidisciplinary research approach. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Mammalian Genome
  • PLoS ONE

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Lawrence B. Schook has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution

    Martien A. M. Groenen;Alan L. Archibald;Hirohide Uenishi;Christopher K. Tuggle

  • The Genome Sequence of Taurine Cattle: A Window to Ruminant Biology and Evolution

    Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Christine G. Elsik;Ross L. Tellam;Kim C. Worley;Kim C. Worley;Richard A. Gibbs

  • Design of a High Density SNP Genotyping Assay in the Pig Using SNPs Identified and Characterized by Next Generation Sequencing Technology

    António M Ramos;Richard P M A Crooijmans;Nabeel A Affara;Andreia J. Amaral

  • Construction of a whole-genome radiation hybrid panel for high-resolution gene mapping in pigs.

    M. Yerle;P. Pinton;A. Robic;A. Alfonso

  • Dynamics of mammalian chromosome evolution inferred from multispecies comparative maps

    William J. Murphy;Denis M. Larkin;Annelie Everts-Van Der Wind;Guillaume Bourque

  • An improved pig reference genome sequence to enable pig genetics and genomics research

    Amanda Warr;Nabeel Affara;Bronwen Aken;Hamid Beiki

  • A first-generation porcine whole-genome radiation hybrid map.

    Rachel J. Hawken;Jeremy Murtaugh;Gail H. Flickinger;Martine Yerle

  • IMpRH Server: an RH mapping server available on the Web

    Denis Milan;Rachel Hawken;Cédric Cabau;Sophie Leroux

  • Regions of homozygosity in the porcine genome: consequence of demography and the recombination landscape.

    Mirte Bosse;Hendrik Jan Megens;Ole Madsen;Yogesh Paudel

  • Mechanisms generating functionally heterogeneous macrophages: chaos revisited.

    Mark S. Rutherford;Alice Witsell;Lawrence B. Schook

  • Pig genome sequence - analysis and publication strategy

    Alan L. Archibald;Lars Bolund;Carol Churcher;Merete Fredholm

  • Genome sequencing reveals fine scale diversification and reticulation history during speciation in Sus

    Laurent A.F. Frantz;Joshua G. Schraiber;Ole Madsen;Hendrik Jan Megens

  • A genomic scan of porcine reproductive traits reveals possible quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for number of corpora lutea

    P. J. Wilkie;A. A. Paszek;C. W. Beattie;L. J. Alexander

  • Activation of adenosine A3 receptors on macrophages inhibits tumor necrosis factor-α

    Charlene D. McWhinney;Mark W. Dudley;Terry L. Bowlin;Norton P. Peet

  • A high density recombination map of the pig reveals a correlation between sex-specific recombination and GC content

    Flavie Tortereau;Flavie Tortereau;Bertrand Servin;Laurent Frantz;Hendrik Jan Megens

  • A high utility integrated map of the pig genome

    Sean J Humphray;Carol E Scott;Richard Clark;Brandy Marron

  • Swine in biomedical research: creating the building blocks of animal models.

    Lawrence B. Schook;Craig W. Beattie;Jonathan Beever;Sharon M. Donovan

  • Genetic resources, genome mapping and evolutionary genomics of the pig (Sus scrofa).

    Kefei Chen;Tara Baxter;William M. Muir;Martien A. Groenen

  • Twists and turns in the development and maintenance of the mammalian small intestine epithelium.

    Andrew L. Hauck;Kelly S. Swanson;Paul J. A. Kenis;Deborah E. Leckband

  • Dynamics of Mammalian ChromosomeEvolutionInferredfrom Multispecies Comparative Maps

    William J. Murphy;Denis M. Larkin;Annelie Everts-van der Wind;Guillaume Bourque

Frequent Co-Authors

Martien A. M. Groenen
Martien A. M. Groenen Wageningen University & Research
Alan Archibald
Alan Archibald University of Edinburgh
Hendrik-Jan Megens
Hendrik-Jan Megens Wageningen University & Research
Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans
Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans Wageningen University & Research
Gary A. Rohrer
Gary A. Rohrer Agricultural Research Service
Kelly S. Swanson
Kelly S. Swanson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ole Madsen
Ole Madsen Wageningen University & Research
Harris A. Lewin
Harris A. Lewin University of California, Davis
Christopher M. Counter
Christopher M. Counter Duke University
Joan K. Lunney
Joan K. Lunney Agricultural Research Service

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