Dr. Jin Cui is a Professor at the College of Animal Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University. He received his master's degree in Veterinary Medicine from Northeast Agricultural University and his PhD in Preventive Veterinary Medicine from South China Agricultural University. He has conducted postdoctoral research at Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK; Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He was awarded the David A. Benfield Fellowship and the Best Poster Award at the World PRRSV Congress. His research focuses on viral diseases in pigs and cats. His research interests include the molecular mechanisms by which viral non-structural proteins regulate viral replication, pathogenicity, and stability of structural proteins; the development of gene therapy platforms based on CRISPR/Cas13 and non-viral vectors; and the development of novel assays for animal viruses.