Baifen Song received a B.S. in animal medicine from Heilongjiang Bayi Agriculture University, Daqing, China in 2002, an M.S. in preventive veterinary medicine from Heilongjiang Bayi Agriculture University, Daqing, China in 2005, and a Ph.D. in preventive veterinary medicine from Northeast Agricultural University, Haerbin, China in 2014. She is currently working at the College of Animal Medicine, China Agricultural University in Beijing. Her research interests include the interaction between virus and host, especially the role of lncRNA in viral infection.