Lawrence B. Schook is Gutgsell Professor of Animal Sciences, University Scholar and holds appointments in Animal Sciences, Pathobiology, Nutritional Sciences, and Surgical Oncology. He serves as the Theme Leader for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering at the Institute for Genomic Biology and has an Affiliate Faculty appointment at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Professor Schook attended Albion College and received his Ph.D. from Wayne State School of Medicine. After postdoctoral training at the Institute for Clinical Immunology in Switzerland and the University of Michigan he has held faculty positions at the Medical College of Virginia and the University of Minnesota.