Prof. Runjun Yang is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Animal Science, Jilin University, China. He holds a Bachelor’s in Animal Science from Hebei Agricultural University and both a Master’s and a Doctorate in Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction from Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University. He was a Visiting Scholar at Tohoku University from 2016 to 2017. His research focuses on functional genes in beef cattle germplasm and economic traits, along with exploring the molecular mechanisms of muscle cell and adipocyte proliferation and differentiation. Prof. Yang is a member of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG), the Canadian Society of Animal Science (CSAS), and the Chinese Society of Cell Biology, as well as serving as a director of the Jilin Provincial Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine Association.